House for Wellness: Rolfing and Movement Therapies

House for Wellness: Rolfing and Movement Therapies House for Wellness: Rolfing and Movement Therapies focuses on improving your health and fitness.

07/13/2026

Getting back into training calisthenics has been fun recently. Not too many aches if I titrate correctly so instead of shooting for 5 sets or 4, I’ve been happy with 2-3 sets of different drills using as much assistance as is needed.

Conditioning and consistency comes first before chasing skills.

Today’s focus was one alternating pulls. Warmed up with:

Banded external Rotation 3 x 10
Wide Grip Pull 3 x 5

Banded Reach and press 3 x 10/10
Side to Side Pull Up 3 x 3e

Typewriter Pull 3 x 3e

Alternating Bodyweight Row w/ Pulley 3 x 10
Belly to Bar Hold for conditioning the biceps tendons 3 x 10seconds or longer

07/08/2026

Getting back into it I think it’s best to start with as much support as possible for some months before chasing heavier loads with less stability.

This is why an assortment of bands and anchors come in handy. You can’t have too many.

For this press day for example I hit pushing in a few different angles with some assistance that also challenged me to find some stability from below, and my glutes got a good workout as well. Despite how it looks, with a light enough load it’s actually a lot of fun.

There’s been talk of hosting calisthenics classes again in the near future at a new studio. So I also am inspired to freshen up a bit.

06/26/2026

I caught the lever fever…as things are feeling better hanging around. Staying within a certain threshold though trying to challenge things with each session. Twice weekly hang shrugs have been ramping up the scapular stability/strength and already feeling a significant shift from last week with the simple scapular pull-up hold.

Other things I played with today:

Single Arm Assisted Hang Shrug - 3 x 3-5
Ice cream Makers with Wide Legs - 3 x 5
Ice cream Makers with Long Legs using band - 3 x 5
Tucked Hold - 3 x as long as possible

06/23/2026

As a budding counselor I’m learning the importance of refining language around feelings. A lot of refinement for anything in life almost always seems to require developing a greater vocabulary for things that almost seem the same at first glance, but really aren’t. The feeling wheel is one illustration of how many words are available to match our emotions and this is still a short list.

06/23/2026

What if the source of your neck tension, jaw pain, headaches, or breathing difficulties isn’t in your neck at all?

One of the most overlooked areas in structural work is the tissue inside the mouth and nasal passages.

Intraoral and intranasal Rolfing can help address restrictions in the jaw, palate, tongue, sinuses, and facial fascia that may be contributing to:

✔️ TMJ tension and jaw clenching
✔️ Chronic headaches and facial pressure
✔️ Mouth breathing and restricted nasal airflow
✔️ Neck and throat tension
✔️ Voice and swallowing restrictions
✔️ Forward head posture

When these deep fascial layers begin to soften and organize, many people notice they can breathe more easily, move their neck with less effort, and experience a greater sense of ease throughout their entire body.

The face is not separate from the rest of the body. Through fascial continuity, the tongue, palate, jaw, throat, diaphragm, and pelvic floor are all connected in a dynamic system.

Sometimes a small change in the tissues of the mouth or nose can create surprisingly profound changes throughout the whole structure.

Have you ever noticed your breathing, jaw tension, or posture change after bodywork?

Only one more week until our first Rolfing for Kids Community Clinic where three local Rolfers will be holding free 30 m...
06/21/2026

Only one more week until our first Rolfing for Kids Community Clinic where three local Rolfers will be holding free 30 minute sessions to kids ages 3-12 at the Carolina School of Bodywork in North Charleston. Join us this Saturday the 27th from 10am - 12pm and reserve your spot now through the following link:

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06/20/2026

A short and challenging workout for the shoulders supersetting pronated & supinated German Hangs for as long as possible, adding some hip compressions and shoulder pulls per what felt available. It’s been a while working these but was surprised to reach some depth with the pronated version. Supinated…not so much. Altogether it was about 10 sets and honestly that’s all I needed for this weekend.

“Fascially” speaking this is a big bang for your buck exercise that improves shoulder extension, strength, and scapular control in almost the shoulder’s full range of motion.

06/20/2026

Your body doesn’t just experience the world, your systems interpret it.

Everything you see, hear, feel, and touch is filtered through your brain. Different brainwave states influence how you perceive your body, your environment, and even pain.

When we’re stressed, our nervous system tends to spend more time in faster brainwave states associated with vigilance and problem-solving. Muscles may stay more guarded, breathing becomes shallower, and the body can feel tight or “stuck.”

As we shift into calmer, more regulated states, the brain becomes better able to process sensory information. Movement often feels easier, tension can soften, and many people report feeling more connected to their bodies.

This is one reason Rolfing® Structural Integration is about more than changing fascia. By improving movement, touch, body awareness, and nervous system regulation, it may help your brain update how it perceives your body in gravity.

Sometimes the greatest change isn’t just in your tissues, it’s in the way your brain experiences them.

Your structure influences your nervous system, and your nervous system influences your structure.

06/19/2026

Some clips from a quick hip/low back session today focusing on hip flexion while trying to maintain as long of a spine as possible. The wide leg forward fold position is ideal for hitting a lot of this at once, but it gets to be significantly challenging when the knees become part of the picture. That’s why it may take a minute or two to warm up.

Tailors Stretch
Seated Good Mornings (knees at 90 degree bend)
Seated Good Mornings with knees at 45 degree bend or less; superset with seated leg lifts
Leg Adductions on the Back
Played around with trying an assisted loaded stretch, bucket didn’t quite work as well as I intended
Passive Fold

06/18/2026

It’s tough to keep up with it these days but sticking to a 2:1 ratio with pulling to pressing, or regularly working on scapular retraction in the face of hours of push heavy work, is the only way I’ve been able to keep neck and shoulder pain at bay. When I don’t I’m brutally reminded of it with ribs popping and shoulder blades winging.

One way I try to make it regular is to incorporate two brief sessions of playful pulls per a week whether that’s doing pull ups, lat pull downs, rows, or some other bodyweight exercises emphasizing scapular control.

Today’s session was rather spontaneous and brief:

3 sets of dead hands to scap pull with heavy hips - 3-5
3 sets of scap pull up hold - as long as possible
3 sets of swinging scap pulls - 5
3 sets of alternating hangs - as long as possible
3 sets of banded rows with different angles - 10

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