This class meets four to five days per week for 8 weeks. The focus of this unit is to apply knowledge accumulated in Unit II to the clinical situation. The first week will be devoted to an in-depth exploration of fascial anatomy. Each student will then work on three clients from the community, bringing them through the basic ten series of Rolfing. In addition, students will have the opportunity to give post ten or Rolf Movement sessions to clients, and there will be a lab day, shared with Rolfers, where students focus on a particular area of the body.
All sessions take place within the classroom, under the supervision of the instructors.
Ongoing attention will be given to developing efficient body use while working, client-practitioner relationship skills, quality of touch, and body reading. In order to prepare the student to develop a Rolfing practice, professional ethics and business skills will also be presented, along with public education practices.