The main goal for the tenth hour is to establish functional alignment from the ankles to the A/O joint. This is the opportunity to bring this clients body to the highest level of integration possible. Observe the breath and its transmission through the body and how the client's Psycho-emotional level manifests in the body. Movement should be fluid and orientation to G or G' tendencies should be considered. If more intra oral work is needed now is the time to do it and initiate further integration in x, y, z-axis from top down and vertical integration from the bottom up.
Tracking from the front and from behind is also ideal in tenth hour, considering horizontals at joints connecting segments, and diaphragms. The structure needs to be homogenous, stable, and palintonicaly open at its current level of order. The whole session should be considered an integrative session, get everything smooth and unlocked.
Neck work should be where any potential can be seen and back work could be broad and integrative. Pelvic lift or pull will end tenth hour. Leave time to say good bye, it has been an important process for both Rolfer and client and obvious growth and healing has taken place.Let the client know some recommendations for future work. Client's with scoliosis, or other pathologoies that cause chronic or acute neck or back pain should consider more sessions.
In conclusion, fascia like ripples of dark matter that engulf all of creation engulfs the mind and body of man and woman. From the double bag theory of the connective tissues ability to fold in on itself to create an alternate and complimentary compartment, to the theories of Albert Einstein about relativity and the effect that mass has on displacing and warping the void and enveloping depths of space. The inferences that could be drawn from surveying our universe are endless and yet we know that the ten series applied appropriately for each individual can create even more space than was previously considered.
In closing let us re-examine the nature of the series. Its intent is to establish order in the structure via considering The Rolfing Structural Integration wholistic system and the specific client involved, including environmental and physical factors.
The form or structure of the human body is a product of the nervous system and sub-consciousness mind. The fascia is the container of expression or the web of life, literally the human starts off as a streak of energetic potential and blooms into so much more. The respiratory diaphragm is primary from the digression of the heart and the rest of the web spins off from there. So our movement is our expression of the way we breath.
The way we breath is the way that we live. Breath and a deep felt sense of it's patterns are vital to our healthy perception of reality. The first of three movement sessions will include a functional breath release taken from Greenmans' Principles of Manual Medicine.
Start with the client walking to assess through client's self discovery where breath is bound and or flowing in the thorax and pelvis. It should be noted if the inspiration or expiration is more desirable.The client can lay supine on table and observe breath again in and out of the chest, belly, and pelvis. If restricted breath is in chest, release can be explored by placing hands on either side, one hand on pectoralis the other under the same side scapula, with fingers pointed inferiorly.
The breath should be expansive in to A-P gamma resistence on inhale and contractive on maximum exhale. Gamma compression into ribs infero-posterior and scapula supero-anterior past previous resting point will create new expansive potential. Explore to a new resting point, exaggerating direction of breath and move both hands anterior, same side with fingers pointing inferiorly. With right hand on pectoralis and the left at the bottom of the ribs meet the clients exhalation with gamma resistence then on the exhalation compress and exaggerate past previous resting point to a new one. Repeat on other side.
This exercise is usually associated with a new expansive ability to experience breath, as well as exposing a subtle lift. Bring client to standing and assess their gait cycle and how this breath release transmits through the body. A felt sense of lift and ease is usually associated with this technique enabling a more authentic expression. When considering all of the rolf movement technique it is clear how Rolfing compliments Orthopedic Chiropractic, Psychology, Massage and Physical Therapy.