I've tried many benches over my 30 years in practice, and they all
have different advantages and disadvantages. I like the way this
allows the arms to dangle freely.

My favorite story: At the Rolf institute, for many years we used the
kidney-shaped benches lovingly crafted by Dennis Miller in Boulder.
These benches would tip as the client leaned forward. Finally
someone worked up the courage to ask Ida Rolf why she used these
benches. "That was a bench I picked up in Fritz (Perls) house when I
arrived at Esalen, and took it down to the baths for my sessions.
You people keep copying it. If you want something different, go
ahead and make it." Beware the unthinking imitation!

I like the bench a KMI graduate, Eli Thompson, came up with - a
little cheaper, and quietly and easily adjustable without bolts -
just slide it up and down the cute, vine-like slots.

Durable too. It's laminated wood, so not quite as nice a piece of
furniture as others, but a unique design, and the price is right at
$275.

www.geocities.com/elishathompson, and click below the bench

Tom Myers


Change Your Body About Your Mind
Kinesis: www.AnatomyTrains.com




On Oct 30, 2007, at 10:46 AM, Ron Arbel wrote:

> www.bluerosewoodworking.com/benchworks



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