Rolfing® is the only form of bodywork directed at organizing the human body in the field of gravity. Rolfers work primarily with the connective tissue or fascial planes in order to enhance the health of an individual and to create a dynamic balance through the structural support of the connective tissue.

Each person’s body takes its unique shape through his/her approach towards and experience of living. Dr. Rolf noted that even in utero an infant is negotiating the forces of gravity to adapt its structure to the environment. Physical traumas, like automobile accidents, painful falls, or repetitive use can strain connective tissue, resulting in restrictions. Even inadequate nutrition can create unhealthy tissue, leading to difficulties in moving or being still. When imbalances exist in the fascia or connective tissue, as well as in the fluid body, unresolved strain patterns can create problem aticnerve impingment, bulging discs, shortness of breath, diminished life forceenergy and psychological difficulties.

Rolfing releases the body from lifelong patterns of tension, bracing, or trauma bychanging the tone of the connective tissue and re-establishing more appropriate relationships between the various segments of the body. When the head can be supported by the neck, shoulders, pelvis, and arches of the feet, the spine often experiences increased length and mobility, and neurological functioning may be improved. In each Rolfing session the client’s postural alignment and movement patterns are examined, goals are discussed, and manipulation of the connective tissue structure completed, returning the body to a more fluid, graceful state of being.

Through reorganizing the connective structure, Rolfing provides the body with a more dynamic, integrated relatonship to gravity. Dr. Rolf would say, “Anyone can take the body apart, but few can put it back together.” Rolfing endeavors to put the body back together by integrating the connective tissue system into a functional whole.

Welcome! I am Anita Acevedo, a Certified Rolfer and licensed in the state of Colorado as a Licensed Clinical SocialWorker. I hope this website will answer most of your questions about my Rolfing – Structural Integration practice. Please call me at (415) 686-4379 or email me for more information or to set up an appointment. My office is conveniently located inthe beautiful town of Tiburon, Marin County, California at:

1610 Tiburon Blvd., Suite 204
Tiburon, California 94920
(415) 686-4379
info@rolfingmarin.com

I also work on Mondays only in San Francisco at:

220 Bush Street, Suite 1084
San Francisco, California 94104
(415) 686-4379

Anita Acevedo, LCSW, Certified Rolfer