[PoisedWoman]

The sulphur springs were one nice feature of Esalen, but the place was not about the baths. Perls, Alan Watts, Ida Rolf, various doctors, psychologists experimenting with alternative therapies gave workshops there. Everything was so different from my conservative Catholic midwest white-glove upbringing, I went catatonic for a week! But stuck it out, had fun, and Rolfing changed my life forever. Fritz's mind-bending did nothing for me, though he was quite interesting to know personally, but Rolf's freeing up my fascia was absolutely profound. (Fascia = connective tissue holding muscle groups together.)

[Dr. Zoo]

The sulphur springs were one nice feature of Esalen, but the place was not about the baths

On the contrary, to me it was about the baths.

All the Psyco babble, dr'z, psychologists etc experimenting was mostly hype to rip off the people with money that would pay the big bucks to think they were being helped...IMO.

Fritz was an interesting person who actually really got the gastalt of what was happening there after you chipped throught the exterior he had to project to satisfy Murphy et al his "employers"

Were you in any sessions that Perls filmed on video camera?

We were there to use the place and play muzic and entertain the people...a friend was the wine steward there he drove a new mercedes how did he affort that on wine steward pay?

LOL

I did not have my doktorate then but now I* am

Dr. Zoo

[Syncro]

Also yes Ida Rolf taught there for a while...a friend of mine became a rolfer.

She was quite an amazing lady, but the techniques she taught IMO were a little sever...lol as you know the sessions could be quite painful, manipulating the muscles to put them in the "right" place.

My friend, a man named Jan showed me his feet and how the were pointed straight ahead and parallel to each other, and said rolfing put them right like that.

Personally, I am more comfortable with them pointing outwards slightly...lol