on Wed, Jun 26, 2002, tartarean@... said something like:

>Tell me, what do you have to lose by sharing some terribly *basic*
>information with another professional bodyworker? I belong to several lists
>of this nature and have always received and given information freely. I
>couldn't imagine saying to someone "don't ask me that--go take a class
if you
>want to know what I know. How dare you for asking." I feel it helps the
>profession when others are aware and informed. What hurts the profession is
>ignorance. If this is the gist of this list, cloaked in a shroud of secrecy
>and if this sort of arrogance is a common attitude among practitioners of
>structural integration, it's no wonder it's still a little known practice.
>This is unfortunate since it is capable of doing so much good.
>
>Marie
>


Hi there!
Yes, i'm afraid that this attitude is more prevalent than i'd like to
admit at times. I think part of it stems from long history: both of a bit
of irritated pride around the legitimacy and acceptance of our work, and
many, many people asking questions similar to yours, getting their
answers, and then going out and saying "Oh, I do that rolfing stuff." (Or
even, "Oh, I think i'll open a school to teach it!")
I think another issue is the basic difference in perspective between
structural integration and massage as a whole. The different context
underlying the language used can make miscommunication easy.
The best way to bridge some of this, (if you're interested) might be
to go and experience a 10-series. This would give you a much more
concrete understanding than any recipie ever could; I've seen it happen
time and again, even with my LMT clients. "Oh, *that's* what you mean by
______."
Hope this is useful.

Cheers,

Dameron