{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Other Side of Things","title":"The Other Side of Things (E15) Rolfing with Sharalee Hoelscher #healing #rolfing #ontogenesis","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3872,"description":"00:00 Welcome to the Show\n00:42 Meet Sharalee Hoelscher\n02:58 Michael’s Rolfing Journey\n04:03 What Rolfing Really Is\n08:32 Gravity as Therapist\n12:38 Posture Shapes Psyche\n15:29 Gliding and the Midline\n22:16 Connective Tissue Explained\n27:11 Feeling Fascia in Motion\n29:55 Embryology and Forming Life\n34:28 Bringing It Back to Practice\n34:58 Gravity Heals Through Movement\n35:36 Embryology Movement Creates Form\n38:11  Unfolding and Unfurling Force Fields\n43:07 Adult Body Homeostasis And Posture\n45:27 Walking Experiments With Gravity\n48:22 Beyond The Machine Model\n52:58 Awareness Styles And Learning\n57:24 Movement Paths And Feldenkrais\n01:03:22 Final Thanks\nI'm thrilled to have Sharalee on the show today. I've went through a Rolfing series with her and was fortunate to work with her prior to her retiring this year.  Her depth of knowledge and commitment to the true origins of Ida Rolf's work truly impressed me and I have continued to reap benefits from my work with her.  \nA little more about this episode:\nIn this episode, Dr. Michael DeMaria welcomes retired Rolfer and craniosacral therapist Sharalee Hoelscher for a profound exploration of Rolfing’s deeper mystery — how movement shapes the self. Together they trace the lineage of Ida Rolf’s work, connecting gravity, fascia, and structural integration to emotional and spiritual transformation.\nSharalee shares insights from decades of practice, explaining how connective tissue acts as a continuous inner skin that organizes the body’s parts, and how gravity itself becomes the therapist when the body finds balance around its midline. They discuss embryology, ontogenesis, and Erich Blechschmidt’s revolutionary idea that movement precedes structure, revealing how this principle continues throughout life as we evolve through new gestures and forms.\nListeners will discover how posture shapes psyche, how trauma transforms through alignment, and how practices like Feldenkrais, yoga, Pilates, dance, and Rolf Movement help...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/YnH_L-OQgkULW3pyyymcS7QxXjX55uQvw8afFgyc5jA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMWI0/YjlmZDdlNTBkYjJh/NGI5NDJjMjc2MWUx/ZWFjZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}