’Gravity is the Therapist’ - Ida Rolf (Bodywork Documentary)

Ida Pauline Rolf (May 19, 1896 – March 19, 1979) was a biochemist and the creator of Structural Integration or “Rolfing“. Structural Integration (or Rolfing) is a type of manual therapy that claims to improve human biomechanical functioning as a whole rather than to treat particular symptoms. Rolf began developing her system in the 1940’s. Her main goal was to organize the human bodily structure in relation to gravity. Rolf called her method “Structural Integration“, now also commonly known by the trademark “Rolfing“.