An experience of transformation:
One client’s journey through the Soma Series
This client entered the Soma Structural Integration Series amidst a three year period of significant and chronic neck pain, following a spinal fusion surgery. He had begun to believe and accept the ongoing state of pain as inevitable, which was quite disheartening. Many changes occurred throughout the eleven sessions, not exclusive to the changes you may see in the photos and his on words below.
“Now, my pain level has been reduced by about 70% which has made a huge difference in my mood... I feel much more upright, open, relaxed, and fluidity of movement now. Also, my balance significantly improved throughout the sessions. I was amazed at the before and after pictures which dramatically mirrored how I was feeling.” — G.D., 72 y.o.
Structural Integration views the body through the lens of tensegrity
The human body is a brilliant architecture. Tensegrity is a lens to see the body through as whole, interconnected and relational. Bones, muscles, fascia, skin, breath, are all part of your dynamic living being. We cannot separate one from another, so we meet and treat the whole of you.
A Brief History
The roots of Soma come from the pioneering structural explorations of Ida P. Rolf, PhD and her work known as Rolfing. Dr. Ida P. Rolf created Structural Integration in the early 1950s. She earned a PhD in biochemistry in 1920 and worked as a research scientist for Rockefeller Institute for 13 years. As a lifelong student and instructor of yoga, she combined her scientific inquiry and experiential knowledge to create the system of bodywork called Structural Integration. It was known for a series of 10 separate sessions designed to bring the entire body into balance and vertical alignment.
The Soma Institute of Structural Integration was developed in 1977 by Bill Williams, PhD. of Psychology and a Rolfer® who studied directly with Ida Rolf. Today, the Soma Institute of Structural Integration teaches and trains practitioners on Whidbey Island, WA.
