To the person offended by my reent supportive post.

I have been doing Structural Integration since 1982 and have had a
lot of experience in discovering consistent trends in the
neuro-muscular and emotional energy conditions of the structure. I
was formally trained by PhD psychotherapists and Reichian experts,
plus Morris Netherton himself, regarding the emotional content of
structural tension and how past experiences whose energy got lodged
in the body affects structural tightness and imbalance.

Dr Ida P Rolf also had experience with this and some of her
expereinces are in the book, Ida Rolf Talks about Rolfing and
Physical Reality. The book, The Body (Is that it - I forget? The
one with the sphenoid (sp?) bone on the cover) by Rolfer Don Johnson
talks extensively about the psycho-emotional development of the
person going through the Structural Integration processing. Dr Rolf
herself mentions a number of points about psychological development
and the removal of traum in her big work, Rolfing.

Joseph Heller in Hellerwork uses some approaches to the psychosomatic
orientation.

So it's not really foreign, although I do know some people who said
they'd had big emoional releases and their practitioner did not want
them emoting. Other Structural Integrators I have been to are aware
of the releases and at the very least, are "there" for the client.

As far as nutrition, I was trained in living foods nutrition, and
have been practicing foods application to structure, purposely, for
about 10 years. So I have a lot of experiences, albeit hundreds of
anecdotal experiences, from which I offer some information.

Finally, in my email I purposely did NOT mention my own credentials,
trying to blow my own horn. As you suggested I do, I did indeed
refer to specific experts in the realms of Reichian and Netherton
Therapy, Postural Integration and parasites.

Please excuse to all this long email - facilitator if you don't want
to post this it is OK with me.

Yours,
Lou

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> 1. Re: RE: Giving nutritional advice
> From: Richard Wheeler <tarpitboss@...>
> 2. Re: RE: Giving nutritional advice
> From: Michael Vilain <vilain@...>
> 3. Re: RE: Giving nutritional advice
> From: Richard Wheeler <tarpitboss@...>
> 4. Only Slightly Off Topic
> From: Richard Wheeler <tarpitboss@...>
> 5. Re: Only Slightly Off Topic
> From: Richard Wheeler <tarpitboss@...>
> 6. Re: Only Slightly Off Topic
> From: "Matthew Williams" <puma@...>
> 7. Re: Only Slightly Off Topic
> From: Richard Wheeler <tarpitboss@...>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 13:16:24 -0500
> From: Richard Wheeler <tarpitboss@...>
> Subject: Re: RE: Giving nutritional advice
>
> Hi Maria:
>
> Thanks for your interesting post. To yours, I would add:
>
> What constitutes a valid question concerning nutrition? Since when
> do
> hands-on practitioners do anything that changes a person's
> nutritional
> requirements? Does changing a person's nutrition potentiate
> touchability or the results of a session or of a series of
> treatments?
> Or render them more plastic, or less?
>
> Richard Wheeler
>
> On Aug 3, 2005, at 12:38 PM, Maria Wolters wrote:
>
> > Incidentally, when I took my one-year weekend Intro to Massage
> course,
> > we
> > were specifically taught to get detailed (!) information about
> our
> > clients'
> > nutrition etc even though there is very little we could do with
> that
> > information, apart from referring on. I'm not too happy with
> this,
> > given
> > that nutrition and dietetics is a four-year degree course, but it
>
> > seems the
> > norm at least for British ITEC qualifications. What do
> practitioners
> > on this
> > list do - only ask the client about nutrition when they suspect
> it to
> > be
> > relevant? Or are nutrition questions part of the standard intake?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Maria Wolters
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Structural_Integration@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:Structural_Integration@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> Richard
> > Wheeler
> > Sent: 03 August 2005 16:13
> > To: Structural_Integration@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [Structural_Integration] Digest Number 289
> >
> > Hey Louis:
> >
> > It is NOT in our field of expertise, range of professional
> training or 
> > even our current job description to council on nutrition or
> health 
> > issues such as real or imagined vitamin issues or parasites.  If
> these 
> > kinds of questions come up, refer to the relevant trained
> professional 
> > specialist.
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 15:26:51 -0700
> From: Michael Vilain <vilain@...>
> Subject: Re: RE: Giving nutritional advice
>
> >Hi Maria:
> >
> >Thanks for your interesting post. To yours, I would add:
> >
> >What constitutes a valid question concerning nutrition? Since
> when do
> >hands-on practitioners do anything that changes a person's
> nutritional
> >requirements? Does changing a person's nutrition potentiate
> >touchability or the results of a session or of a series of
> treatments?
> >Or render them more plastic, or less?
> >
> >Richard Wheeler
>
> I ask a general nutritional question on my intake form (I use a
> modified version of the Rolf Institute's form). Something like
> "What
> is your current diet?" For the most part, it tells me how much
> attention the client pays to their diet, exercise, well-being, etc.
>
> Although I haven't made any associations with diet and our work, I
> wonder about diet and "embodyment". If someone's nutritional needs
>
> aren't being met because of a specific diet, would that person have
> a
> harder time being in their body? These questions have nothing to
> do
> with clients and are only background musings.
>
> I'm not trained in nutrition at all, so I don't say anything about
> it
> in the context of a session. If a client asks such questions, I
> defer answering them. I do have a client who was a nutritionist
> and
> could refer out to her if need be.
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 16:18:21 -0500
> From: Richard Wheeler <tarpitboss@...>
> Subject: Re: RE: Giving nutritional advice
>
> Egad I do believe we are on the same page Michael!!!
>
>
>
> ;-0
>
>
> Richard Wheeler
>
>
> On Aug 4, 2005, at 5:26 PM, Michael Vilain wrote:
>
> >> Hi Maria:
> >>
> >> Thanks for your interesting post. To yours, I would add:
> >>
> >> What constitutes a valid question concerning nutrition? Since
> when do
> >> hands-on practitioners do anything that changes a person's
> nutritional
> >> requirements? Does changing a person's nutrition potentiate
> >> touchability or the results of a session or of a series of
> treatments?
> >> Or render them more plastic, or less?
> >>
> >> Richard Wheeler
> >
>
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