Rolfed.

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I had my first Rolfing session yesterday! Rolfing is ‘structural integration’. It felt something like a deep tissue massage, but different. They work with your connective tissue rather than your muscle. Read more about it here. I’ll go through 10 sessions total. Yesterday, he worked on opening up the front of my body. When he was finished with my chest, I literally took deeper breaths than I’ve ever taken. It was crazy. I’ve always had a difficult time opening up my chest in yoga poses, and maybe this constriction was prohibiting me. After he manipulated the connective tissue on my chest, I took a deep breath and I felt like I could inhale forever… He told me that this change will last–it has undone years of ‘damage’. Wow. I’m looking forward to my next session in 2 weeks.