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What is Rolfing or Structural Integration?

Rolfing in Haiku & Kihei with Sacha Prescott
What is Rolfing? A system that opens the fascia all over the body, including the plantar fascia.

Working with your Fascia, (or the web of your body matrix), the large, (or "coarse"), muscles in the body are lengthened and reminded of their ability to slide individually and appropriately under your skin, allowing the intrinsic muscles, (or "fine" core muscles), to awaken and participate in efficient body function.

The recipe of 10 sessions utilize breath and movement from the client with hands on bodywork to induce your own unique organized blueprint. Aligning the body segments of your fascial web allows room for fresh insight into how you choose to live and move within your body.

The Process

The first 7 "hour" sessions each have their own goal and create a demand on the body that calls for the following session to penetrate more deeply into your fascial web.*
The last 3 sessions organize your newly loosened and listening body

*Fascial Web: Fascia is connective tissue, which surrounds, penetrates, and connects every part of the body - our bones, muscles and organs. It gives your body its shape and is often referred to as our "organ of form".

I decided to do the Rolf 10 series with Sacha because of chronic jaw and hip pain, resulting in TMJ and regular injuries. I'm a serious runner and have a history of tendinitis, but I trained for my first ultramarathon injury-free while working with Sacha. I also stopped getting regular TMJ pain and tension headaches. Sacha both treated me on the table and gave me suggestions to take home off the table so that I could keep our work in mind while walking, standing, sleeping, etc. I know I'll be returning regularly to Sacha, even after the ten series, to maintain the progress I've gained since starting Rolf with her. If you're considering starting Rolf, I highly recommend reaching out to Sacha.
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12/20/2023
I decided to do the Rolf 10 series with Sacha because of chronic jaw and hip pain, resulting in TMJ and regular injuries. I'm a serious runner and have a history of tendinitis, but I trained for my first ultramarathon injury-free while working with Sacha. I also stopped getting regular TMJ pain and tension headaches. Sacha both treated me on the table and gave me suggestions to take home off the table so that I could keep our work in mind while walking, standing, sleeping, etc. I know I'll be returning regularly to Sacha, even after the ten series, to maintain the progress I've gained since starting Rolf with her. If you're considering starting Rolf, I highly recommend reaching out to Sacha.
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I completed a 10 series with Sasha. It has helped me with my pain and mobility issues. I’ve also noticed I now pay more attention to posture, breathing, and other everyday functions that I never have given thought to. Which has boosted my confidence and reduced stress levels. I continue to see Sasha for maintenance to supplement my active lifestyle. Super stoked to discover Rolfing and highly recommend Sasha.
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I completed a 10 series with Sasha. It has helped me with my pain and mobility issues. I’ve also noticed I now pay more attention to posture, breathing, and other everyday functions that I never have given thought to. Which has boosted my confidence and reduced stress levels. I continue to see Sasha for maintenance to supplement my active lifestyle. Super stoked to discover Rolfing and highly recommend Sasha.
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5 star ratingSacha fixed me. Literally.

I had injured my knee playing volleyball, and waited too long to get surgery. As a result, all my muscles adjusted to the damaged knee, and rather than recovering following the surgery, it got worse. I went from playing two-man beach volleyball multiple times per week, to not being able to walk a mile without significant pain. I put on weight, got sedate, got depressed, and was generally in a crappy place.

I tried a number of things to get better - physical therapy, massage, acupuncture, but nothing made much of a difference. Finally, I decided to try rolfing, and was introduced to Sacha. She has a defined regimen which sequentially targets different areas of the body. About the fourth one in, she hit my quads and adductors. When I got off the table, I immediately felt the difference. The next day, I went on a five-mile hike - completely pain free. She had worked the muscles loose from their incorrect positions, and got them back to where they naturally needed to be. Never before have I felt such a profound effect from a single session of anything. With no hyperbole, I can unequivocally state that Sacha fixed me when many others had tried and been unsuccessful. I am back to playing volleyball, and regaining an active lifestyle - and I've lost 40 lbs.
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2/02/2018
Sacha fixed me. Literally.

I had injured my knee playing volleyball, and waited too long to get surgery. As a result, all my muscles adjusted to the damaged knee, and rather than recovering following the surgery, it got worse. I went from playing two-man beach volleyball multiple times per week, to not being able to walk a mile without significant pain. I put on weight, got sedate, got depressed, and was generally in a crappy place.

I tried a number of things to get better - physical therapy, massage, acupuncture, but nothing made much of a difference. Finally, I decided to try rolfing, and was introduced to Sacha. She has a defined regimen which sequentially targets different areas of the body. About the fourth one in, she hit my quads and adductors. When I got off the table, I immediately felt the difference. The next day, I went on a five-mile hike - completely pain free. She had worked the muscles loose from their incorrect positions, and got them back to where they naturally needed to be. Never before have I felt such a profound effect from a single session of anything. With no hyperbole, I can unequivocally state that Sacha fixed me when many others had tried and been unsuccessful. I am back to playing volleyball, and regaining an active lifestyle - and I've lost 40 lbs.
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Sasha is an amazing Ralph instructor. She is caring and knowledgeable. I really feel the difference after my session. Highly recommended 👍👍👍👍
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Sasha is an amazing Ralph instructor. She is caring and knowledgeable. I really feel the difference after my session. Highly recommended 👍👍👍👍
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positive review I was recently in Maui and had the pleasure of experiencing a Rolfing session with Sacha P., and it was nothing short of transformative. From the moment I walked in, Sacha's warm and welcoming energy put me at ease, and I knew I was in the hands of a true healer.
Sacha's expertise in Rolfing is evident in every aspect of the session. She has an intuitive understanding of the body, and her ability to identify and release deep-seated tension is truly remarkable. Throughout the session, Sacha guided me with care, explaining the process and ensuring that I felt comfortable and supported at every step.
The session itself was both relaxing and invigorating. Sacha's skillful touch and attention to detail helped to release tension I didn't even realize I was holding. By the end of the session, I felt a profound sense of alignment and balance, both physically and emotionally. It was as if a weight had been lifted off my shoulders, and I left the session feeling lighter, more energized, and deeply at peace.
What sets Sacha apart is not just her technical skill, but her genuine care and compassion for her clients. She truly listens and tailors each session to meet your unique needs, creating a personalized healing experience that goes beyond just the physical.
I cannot recommend Sacha P. highly enough. If you're looking for a healing Rolfing session that will leave you feeling revitalized and restored, look no further. Sacha is a gifted practitioner, and I am so grateful to have experienced her incredible work.😀
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8/15/2024
I was recently in Maui and had the pleasure of experiencing a Rolfing session with Sacha P., and it was nothing short of transformative. From the moment I walked in, Sacha's warm and welcoming energy put me at ease, and I knew I was in the hands of a true healer.
Sacha's expertise in Rolfing is evident in every aspect of the session. She has an intuitive understanding of the body, and her ability to identify and release deep-seated tension is truly remarkable. Throughout the session, Sacha guided me with care, explaining the process and ensuring that I felt comfortable and supported at every step.
The session itself was both relaxing and invigorating. Sacha's skillful touch and attention to detail helped to release tension I didn't even realize I was holding. By the end of the session, I felt a profound sense of alignment and balance, both physically and emotionally. It was as if a weight had been lifted off my shoulders, and I left the session feeling lighter, more energized, and deeply at peace.
What sets Sacha apart is not just her technical skill, but her genuine care and compassion for her clients. She truly listens and tailors each session to meet your unique needs, creating a personalized healing experience that goes beyond just the physical.
I cannot recommend Sacha P. highly enough. If you're looking for a healing Rolfing session that will leave you feeling revitalized and restored, look no further. Sacha is a gifted practitioner, and I am so grateful to have experienced her incredible work.😀
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How often do I need to go?

Rolfing 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. Ida P. Rolf, Ph.D.
Each session is designed to unwind you through a system that chases kinks out of your being. An intensive approach is 2 sessions per week (four day intervals), and you are brought to a new space in your 10th hour. Freshly attuned, you are a newly organized being after these 5 weeks.

Some prefer a slower sequence; one per week, or two weeks between sessions. This allows for time to integrate in the energy unleashed and inspired in each hour, and some prefer more reflection time.

Occasionally people have experienced all 10 sessions in 10 days or less. This is much more challenging to integrate, and requires alternate support to ease the escalated shape-shifting of your body.
Why Rolfing instead of other bodywork modalities?

What is Rolifng? - Sacha PrescottThis is a recipe; an education in understanding your relationship with yourself in gravity. It is a process bringing you to a new place of beginning. There is value to processes aimed at taking you through an evolution. This learning occurs by going through a sequence designed to create new freedom within you through kinesthetic hands on manipulation. Experiencing the "Rolf" method of Structural Integration is one of many ways to remember, learn, and expand your growth in understanding yourself.

Ida Rolf spent over 20 years observing bodies and as she put her hands on them, the way they held themselves talked to her. She developed this series invoking a shifting of patterns to enhance our alignment with gravity. The territory covered in each "Hour" session has specific goals and territories. The series accentuates moving and standing with a reawakened alignment of your body, especially enhanced by the last three "organizing" hours on top of the first 7 "unwinding" hours.

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