\' Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 http://www.archive.org/details/idarolftalksabouOOrolf Ida Rolf Talks L<?/c,,x.«, Ida Rolf Talks About Rolfing and Physical Reality edited and with an introduction by Rosemary Feitis HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco, London LAWRENCE LIBRARY f=>UBLIC h^ ^U For my mother, whose pleasure in my achievements has made them more valuable to me IDA ROLFTALKS ABOlfTROLFINGAND PHYSICALREALITY. Copyright © 1978 byRosemaryFeitis.Allrightsreserved.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied incriticalarticlesandreviews.ForinformationaddressHarper&Row,Publish- ers,Inc., 10East53rdStreet, NewYork,N.Y. 10022. Publishedsimultaneously in Canada by Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited, Toronto. FIRST EDITION Designed byC. Linda Dingier ISBN: 0-06-011258-1 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER: 78-2126 78 79 80 81 82 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Introduction 1 PART I In General 29 PART II Mainly About Rolfing 121 Glossary ofSome Technical Terms 207