What does Rolfing feel like? Does it hurt?
The original style of Rolfing has a reputation for being painful, and the practitioners who trained early on may still practice this way. However, the way Rolfing has been taught has evolved over the past years. The work is now paced to what input the client can handle, and not what the Rolfer can give out. The sensation of Rolfing can be described from almost nothing to pleasurable to “good painful”. “Good painful” would refer to the sensations you might have holding a deep stretch on a tight muscle; some people would not refer to this as pain at all. The work should NOT stay in the “bad/ow painful” area, although it may cross into there at times. If the Rolfer does not notice your reactions, please inform them–you may ask for less pressure at any time. If you are tensing your body to receive the work, it won’t be beneficial overall. However, requests to “go deeper” may not be honored, as there are specific levels/depths of tissues that the Rolfer is targeting in each session. We onl
The original style of Rolfing had a reputation for being painful, and the practitioners who trained early on may still practice this way. However, the way Rolfing has been taught has evolved over the past years. The work is now paced to what input the client can handle, and not what the Rolfer can give out. The sensation of Rolfing can be described from almost nothing to pleasurable to “good painful”. “Good painful” would refer to the sensations you might have holding a deep stretch on a tight muscle; some people would not refer to this as pain at all. The work should NOT stay in the “bad/ow painful” area, although it may cross into there at times. If the Rolfer does not notice your reactions, please inform them–you may ask for less pressure at any time. If you are tensing your body to receive the work, it won’t be beneficial overall. However, requests to “go deeper” may not be honored, as there are specific levels/depths of tissues that the Rolfer is targeting in each session. We onl
