About Structural Integration

Structural Integration (SI) is a somatic practice utilizing fascial manipulation, awareness, and movement education. It is practiced in an organized series of sessions and individual sessions within a framework designed to restore postural balance and functional ease by aligning and integrating the body in gravity. Structural Integration is based on the work of Dr. Ida P. Rolf.  It is practiced by persons trained in Structural Integration at trainings, schools and institutions in accordance with the standards established by the International Association of Structural Integrators.

Kinesis Myofascial Integration (KMI)

Kinesis Myofascial Integration (KMI) is the Structural Integration school founded by Tom Myers. KMI is a series of integrative fascial bodywork sessions designed to fill in your body image, realign body segments, and create more generous and easy movement.

Vital Health and Wellness

We offer an integrative medicine approach at Vital Health and Wellness. We are committed to working with you and your family to restore and maintain your health. Vital Health and Wellness, located in Portland, Oregon, offers naturopathic medicine, chiropractic, acupuncture, sports massage, Thai massage, Swedish massage, reiki and nutritional coaching. Our practitioners work together to best assist you and your family in achieving a better level of health and establishing a lifestyle that will promote health for many years to come.

Tom Myers

Thomas Myers studied directly with Drs. Ida Rolf, Moshe Feldenkrais, and Buckminster Fuller. His work is influenced by cranial, visceral, and intrinsic movement studies he made with European schools of osteopathy. Tom has practiced integrative manual therapy for over 30 years in a variety of clinical and cultural settings.

Tom’s unique approach to teaching fascial anatomy led him to author the book Anatomy Trains, which is now used by Structural Integration schools and practitioners around the world. In 1998, Tom founded the KMI school which currently offers Structural Integration certification programs in five countries.

Christoph Sommer

Christoph Sommer, a European Rolfing Instructor and Advanced Rolfer practicing in Munich, Germany. He began his training with Jean-Pierre Barral in Europe in 1989, and has also studied with Peter Schwind and Hubert Godard. Christoph was approved by Jean-Pierre Barral to teach Visceral Manipulation and Nerve Manipulation seminars in 1997. In 2007, he was asked to join the Instructor Team for the Barral Institute in the United States.

Kirstin began her studies with Christoph in 1995 and counts her classes with him as a having had a significant influence on her practice of Structural Integration.