Structural Integration’s goal is to align and balance the body so it can continue to develop into the body that is operating at its maximum.

From the first moment the client enters the room, that person begins a journey into self discovery.  Not only the client’s mind but the client’s body begins to understand and become aware.

I speak with the client to let them know how this works before and after getting on the table. I wish the brain to understand what is going on.  In the meantime, the client’s body also learns by way of touch and tracking movements…from its intention.

Like the work where “awareness makes the change” and understanding through the body how to initiate movement and then moving; that maximum body emerges.  The clients leave with the ability to help themselves.

For many of us, listening to a recording of ourselves speak is a truly cringeworthy experience. This phenomenon is so common that the negative reaction even has a name: voice confrontation. When recorded, our voices don’t sound like we think they should partly because a recording removes the sounds we hear internally through the bones in our head, which produce deeper and lower frequency vibrations.

As such, our recorded voices can sound higher in pitch than we’re used to, which can be surprising and not entirely pleasing to our ears. In general, however, the more we listen to recordings of ourselves speaking, the more accustomed we become to how we sound to other people, and the less it makes our skin crawl.

Structural Integration can help transform your voice into a fuller, richer sound because the diaphragm is open.  This allows  the air to fill the diaphragm producing a deeper more grounded voice.  And hopefully one that is more pleasing to yours and other people’s ears.

Here is a partial quote from Ida P. Rolf, developer of Structural Integration:

“. . . it can be like making your bed in the morning. You think you’re going to get by without pulling that bed apart, so you pull up this cover and the next cover. When you get all the covers puffed up, you’ve got nine ridges running across the bed. Now you’ve got to go to a deeper layer and organize the deeper layer, and make your bed on top of that. Then you’ve got a made bed. Well it’s the same with the body: you’ve got to organize those deeper layers. . .”

Let your structure work for you

In Ida Rolf speak it means  “align’, “unravel”, “lengthen”,  “balance”.  This brings health and ease into the structure.  We also want to re-align, reorganize and unwind the pieces of the body and integrate them so  there is a whole balanced structure.

Structural Integration is one of the foremost ways to do this.  The concepts are balancing the structure to work within the gravitational field.   We want a working structure.  We also want it to be able to function in and with gravity; not have gravity work against it.

I want my clients to feel the space inside, the flexibility and ease of movement.  This healing takes on a life of its own.  The body comes alive.

What Is Airplane Mode?

Airplane mode was introduced because of potential concerns that cell phones could cause interference with aircraft instruments during flight. The basic function of airplane mode or flight mode is to block cell tower reception so the phone cannot send or receive wireless communications — while still allowing users to access the rest of a smartphone’s features, like Wi-Fi, music, podcasts, and games. Because many of the same signals that are used for communication by pilots are the same used to connect phones to cell towers, there could be interference if an entire flight full of smartphones were trying to connect at the same time as the plane’s computer system.

Potential Risks of In-Flight Cell Phone Use

In 1991, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) banned the use of most cell phones and wireless devices during flight. Air traffic control needs to have a constant, direct line of communication with pilots, and there were concerns that cell phone signals could interfere with the ground networks used for communication. While it’s not currently thought that they cause serious harm, there’s a risk that they could create delays and cause confusion for pilots.  The most crucial time for pilots to have this connection to air control is during takeoff and landing, when signals and communications are coming in rapidly and time is of the essence. Even the potential for a cell phone signal to interrupt a pilot during this window is what initially led to regulators requiring that their customers switch to airplane mode.

What Happens if You Don’t Turn on Airplane Mode?

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and aircraft manufacturers like Boeing conducted a series of tests in the 1990s about the potential interference caused by cell phone signals with an aircraft’s communication and navigation systems. While there wasn’t conclusive evidence either way that these signals do, in fact, interfere with critical aircraft systems, the ban has been left in place out of an abundance of caution. Those who choose not to turn on airplane mode will not only be defying FAA regulations, but they’ll also probably be disappointed to know that most cell phone signals aren’t powerful enough to reach your phone while airborne.

Will We Ever Be Able to Use Cell Phones In-Flight?

In 2023, the European Union ruled that airlines can start allowing passengers to use 5G cell phone service in flight, just as they would on the ground. However, Americans might have to wait a little longer — the 5G frequencies used in the U.S. are much stronger than Europe, and there are still potential safety concerns.  That said, most airlines in the U.S. now offer in-flight Wi-Fi coverage, and some — like Delta or JetBlue — even offer it to all passengers for free. That allows passengers to stay connected in the skies, even if they can’t make voice calls. Plus, you might find it easier to relax on a flight if there aren’t 150 other passengers around you talking on their phones — at least for now.

Do something differently.

If pain doesn’t go away; if you feel physically as though you cannot do what you had before or you just want to look better… Try Structural Integration.  It can reshape your body and have it function more efficiently.

Then maintain this with follow-up sessions.  This to counteract the effects of gravity and  keep you performing optimally.

Getting to the core is a beautiful thing.  You cannot strengthen it until you get to it.  And that requires peeling off the layers until you get to the core.  You can form the structure around it to support it.

There is an openness that gets to an inner space. That extra room for movement or spiritual input or for finding that center; that vertical line of intention.  There is much to explore in getting to the core.  And such a peace when you arrive.

Let me help you get there.

Molding the Body with Structural Integration.  In the process of getting this work, the tissue becomes more malleable so it can be shaped or moved or aligned to its original form.

Maintain your body as you do your lifestyle, your car, your house, your friendships.  It takes continuous effort.  

Keeping your activities at their peak is done by continued maintenance on your body so that you can easily go from season to season ready for the next activity.  

Balance, flexibility, resilience and pain free movement go a long way to enjoying your body as you do your lifestyle, your car, your house and your friendships.