2009
Membership Conference
Body Maps, Perception, Gravity
Friday,
July 31st – Sunday,
August 2nd
Hotel Boulderado, Boulder CO
Join us this summer for three
inspiring days of lectures and presentations by distinguished
Rolfers, researchers and authors.
Attend the Membership
Conference to learn what’s new
at the Rolf Institute and share your ideas.
Gather with friends and colleagues to connect and look forward
to the future of our field.
SCHEDULE
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
ACCOMMODATIONS
TRANSPORTATION
BOULDER INFORMATION
SPEAKER BIOS
REGISTRATION
IS CLOSED
Please Note: This Conference is
limited to Rolf Institute Members.
Schedule
| Friday, July 31st |
| 5:30 – 7:15 p.m. |
Registration
Meet & Greet |
| 7:30 – 9:00 p.m. |
Keynote Presentation
Sandra Blakeslee & Matthew Blakeslee
“The Body Has a Mind
of its Own:
New Explanations For Why Structural
Integration Works” |
| Saturday, August
1st |
| 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. |
Flow Yoga with Anatomical Detail |
| 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. |
Welcome |
| 9:15 – 10:45 a.m. |
Keynote Presentation
Hubert Godard
“From Biomechanics
to Body Image:
How Perception Shapes the Body” |
| 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
Breakout Sessions |
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Tessy Brungardt
“Another View of Neck
Work - Techniques for
the Visceral Compartment of the Neck” |
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Lael K. Keen
“Remapping the Feet“ |
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Robert Schleip Ph.D.
“Fascia as Sensory Organ“ |
| 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch on your own |
| 2:00 – 2:15 p.m. |
Announcements |
| 2:15 – 3:45 p.m. |
Breakout Sessions |
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Steve Evanko Ph.D.
“Extracellular Matrix
and the Manipulation
of Cells and Tissues” |
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William Smythe MA
“Working on the Edge“ |
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Don Hazen D.C.
“Neurology of Posture
- A Synopsis” |
| 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. |
Dinner on your own |
| 8:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. |
Party |
| Sunday, August
2nd |
| 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. |
Panel by Advanced Faculty
“Biomechanical, Functional,
Psychobiological
and Energetic Considerations” |
| 9:45 – 11:15 a.m. |
Breakout Sessions |
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Hubert Godard
“Endogenous and Exogenous
Origins
of Spinal Dysfunction” |
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Liz Gaggini
“Natural Alignment: How
to Recognize
and Facilitate Different Fundamental
Alignment Patterns“ |
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Nicholas French Ph.D.
“Rolfing Odds and Ends“ |
| 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
Lunch on your own |
| 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. |
Membership Meeting |
| 2:15 – 3:00 p.m. |
Closing Ceremony |
Registration
Information
Early Bird Discount
(by April 29)
|
$235 ~ Not
Available Any Longer ~ |
| Standard Rate |
$295 |
Student or
2008, 2009 graduate |
$195 |
Single Day
(space permitting; registration
begins
June 29) |
$135 |
| Friday Night Keynote |
$25 |
Please Note: This Conference is
limited to Rolf Institute Members.
For assistance, contact:
Membership Services
Phone: (800) 530-8875 ext. 102
Email: membership@rolf.org
Accomodations
Hotel Boulderado
2115
Thirteenth Street
Boulder, Colorado 80302
Special
Group Rate Available:
Specify the Rolf Institute
Group
ID # 4559
www.boulderado.com
Call (800) 433-4344 to make a reservation or for
more information.
Other Nearby Accomodations:
Listing
of Boulder Bed and Breakfasts, Hotels, Motels and Lodges
Some nearby accomodations include:
• University Inn: (303) 417-1700 1632 Broadway St
(near Pearl St.)
• St. Julien: (720) 406-9696 900 Walnut Street (near
Pearl St.)
• Foot of the Mountain: (303) 442-5688 200 Arapahoe
(west downtown)
• Silver Saddle: (303) 442-8022 90 W. Arapahoe (west
downtown)
• Quality Inn: (303) 449-7550 2020 Arapahoe (near Naropa)
• Millennium Harvest House: (303) 443-3850 1345 28th
St (at Arapahoe and 28th)
Transportation
Boulder/DIA Transportation Information:
Super
Shuttle – van service
(303)-227-0000 Boulder
(303) 370-1300 Denver
(800) BLUE VAN (800-258-3826)
SkyRide – public
bus system
(303) 299-6000
(800) 366-7433
Denver International
Airport
Denver-Boulder
Ground Transportation
Boulder
Information
Boulder
Maps
Visitor
Information
Speaker
Biographies
Sandra Blakeslee & Matt Blakeslee
Authors of “The Body Has a Mind
of Its Own”
Sandra and son Matthew are the authors of The Body Has a
Mind of Its Own (2008), which explores the neuroscience of
the mind-body connection and the breakthrough technology
of body mapping.
Sandra is a freelance science writer and science correspondent
for The New York Times, with a specialty in cognitive neuroscience.
She is co-author, with V.S. Ramachandran, of Phantoms in
the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind (1999).
Matthew trained as a cognitive scientist and went on to
become a freelance science writer. His passion is writing
about the brain and human behavior.
Hubert Godard
Internationally Renowned Rolf Movement Instructor
Formerly a professional dancer, Hubert has made somatic
research a lifelong practice. His particular focus has been
functional rehabilitation, biomechanics, and the nervous
system’s function in motricity.
Since becoming a Rolfer, Hubert has been teaching his own
movement work and his theory of Tonic Function through the
RISI. Since 1988 he has been working as a researcher for
the National Institute for Cancer Research.
In 1990 Hubert was appointed director of the Dance and Movement
Analysis Department at the
Paris University.
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