May - 2021

May 28
2 min

Doesn't That Hurt?

One of the biggest misconceptions about Structural Integration is that it has to be extremely painful. Today, I’m here to tell you that’s just not the truth. While traditional Rolfing may be known to be painful, that does not account for all the different styles of Structural Integration that have developed since then. In the Morales Method® Academy of Structural Integration, there is no tenet that the work must be painful. This is not to say that occasionally the work can be

Caroline Moncure

May 26
2 min

The Challenges of Listening

This weekend I was in the woods in Arnold, CA and I found myself outside at night listening to that deafening silence that I can never seem to find here in San Francisco. As I sat there the silence became less deafening and I began to hear all the little noises that had been happening all along. The faint rustle of the trees as the occasional breeze blew by. The breath of the dog sleeping next to me. Even my own breath and heartbeat as I watched the stars in the cold night ai

Marty Morales

May 17
1 min

Marty's Favorite Books!

Over this past month I gave away a STACK of some of my favorite sales & marketing and overall inspiring/educational books. I didn’t do this because I no longer thought they were valuable. Instead, I did this because as I was looking at the stack, I could hear the author’s voice in my head and I could recite word for word some of their amazing knowledge. I realized I had started to embody their message. These books have been instrumental in my success, there’s no other way to

Team Morales Method

May 10
4 min

Blinded by Fascia

When most bodyworkers think of the modality, Structural Integration (SI), their first thought is fascia. Many forms of Structural Integration have built their approaches off its existence, including the OG, Rolfing®. When Ida Rolf, the creator of Rolfing®, was originally creating the modality, she had quite the revolutionary thought at the time: fascia was a tissue that both could and should be worked. Her understanding and focus on fascia ended up being a catalyst for the cr

How Understanding the Stages of Motor Development Can Improve Your Bodywork

Caroline Moncure

May 2
3 min

How Understanding the Stages of Motor Development Can Improve Your Bodywork

Gait analysis and body reading can be tricky skills to pick up. The body has so many moving and interacting parts that it can be difficult to know what you’re even seeing as you watch a client walk. To help us create some sort of structure when reading the body and working, we at the Morales Method® Academy of Structural Integration rely on what we call The Order of Complexity. When body reading, we use and look at planes of the body in a particular order: Sagittal, Coronal,