Alternative medicines

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The practice of yoga focuses on bringing balance and strength to the body by using movements and poses.  The practice of rolfing focuses on bringing balance and proper structure to the body through movements and soft tissue manipulation.  This, of course, points out the similarities between rolfing and yoga, as well as pointing out the subtle differences.  But the best part about these two practices is that they can be used – and often are used – together to produce the same effects.

Since yoga does not use soft tissue manipulation, it is thought by rolfers that it is not quite a perfect method of helping and therefore healing muscular and body structure problems.  However, combining rolfing with yoga adds the need to manipulate soft tissues to complete the lengthening process of the tissues, thus bringing the body into balance.