07/06/2026
"In all Rolfing Work, we are involved in a lengthening process. If there were a law against lengthening a body, Rolfing would be out. Im not kidding, completely. Rolfing involves lengthening. That's the only way you can straighten a body. While we were on four legs, things were relatively fine. It's only when we got up on two legs that things went wrong. When you get up on two legs, you are allowing shortening of the body. If you get a body longer, you're also going to get a body thinner; you can't do one without the other. Watch as people get up and walk after a Rolfing hour, and see that the body is longer. There's no doubt about it in your mind; you can see it. There are so many little places, joints, and ligaments where you get a little increment of length: a little increment of length at the ankle, a bigger increment of length at the hip, and so on."
"Ida P Rolf"