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THE POWER OF BALANCE A Rolfing View of Health Brian W. Fahey, Ph.D. The Power of Balance is for those who are healthy and want to stay that way — or get even better! It is for those in con- stant pain who want relief. More and more people have become interested in “fitness” — hundreds of books and maga- zines, from Vogue to Runner’s World, focus on diet, exercise, and beauty, many making best-seller lists. People are now ready to hear about Rolfing, a revolution- ary form of body therapy which has the power to transform bodies and lives. This book: • Tells its readers how to look better, feel better, and have more energy. • Describes the concepts and stages of the Rolfing process. • Sheds new light on the aging process. • Takes the reader on a journey through the flesh. • Gives people a simple understanding of how their bodies work — or don’t work. • Provides the reader with a simple se- quence of exercises that assist in im- proving and maintaining health and body structure. The Power of Balance describes an ef- fective alternative to pain alleviation with- out using traditional drugs and surgery, and challenges many recent and popular fads such as Jazzercise, Nautilus equip- ment and jogging - as well as exposing the potential health hazards from the fashion industry and even car manufact- urers! It is a readable and informative book, simply illustrated and peppered with evocative anecdotal material from client files. It is “must reading” for any- one concerned about their health. BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ^r^jgP THE POWER OE BALANCE A Rolfing View of Health Brian W. Fahey, Ph.D. Published by METAMORPHOUS PRESS P.O. Box 10616 Portland, Oregon 97210 Copyright© 1989 by Brian W. Fahey, Ph.D. All rights reserved. No material in this book may be copied, reproduced, or used in any way without written permission from the author. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fahey, Brian W. The power of balance: a Rolfing view of health / by Brian W. Fahey. p. cm. Bibliography: p. ISBN 0-943920-52-3 1. Rolfing. I. Title. RC489.R64F35 1988 615.8’22 — dc 19 88-1536 CIP Cover Art by Penland Guertsch Illustrations by Stanley K. Lester Typesetting by Cy-Ann Designs, Portland, Oregon Printed in U.S.A. “New times, they say, require new remedies. New times also demand and consequently receive new forms, new ideas, perhaps a new man. One of the pregnant ideas of this decade is that human behavior is basically an out- ward and visible functional response of structural organiza- tion or the lack thereof.” Ida P. Rolf, Ph.D. IDA P. ROLF May 19, 1896 - New York, N.Y. March 19, 1979 — Bryn Mawr, PA “Humans have always developed and still live within the gravity pull of the earth. They must make peace with this energy field, whatever it really is. To the extent that they fail to make peace and mistakenly carry on war, gravity wins every time. The energy of this field can en- hance or dissipate the energy of the individual man. You cannot change the energy field, but you can change the man.” in ' ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am very grateful to my friend and Rolfing teacher Jan Sultan for contributing so much to my understanding of the Rolfing work which fills the pages of this book. I am eternally thankful for the unwavering love and support that my wife Gail has provided during the long process of bringing this work to completion. My beautiful children Caitlin and Ravenna inspire me more than I could ever express adequately. I am deeply grateful for my father and mother, Howard and Leona Fahey, for instilling in me the values of integrity, determination, and consistency which have carried me through a very meaningful life. I am very happy to be associated with Victor Roberge and the com- petent and considerate staff at Metamorphous Press. Finally, I tip my hat once again to Ida P. Rolf, whose ger- minal ideas form the foundation of this work and whose persistent spirit encourages me daily as I glance at her pic- ture on the wall in my Rolfing room. Brian W. Fahey, Ph.D. Albuquerque, NM Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/powerofbalanceOOfahe
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