Ida Rolf

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Ida Rolf

Ida Rolf (== Template:IPA ==

The Template:IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standardized representation of the sounds of spoken language.

Pronunciation

The pronunciation of the term "IPA" is /aɪ piː eɪ/ in English.

Etymology

The term "IPA" is an acronym for the International Phonetic Alphabet. The International Phonetic Association, founded in 1886, created the IPA to provide a single, universal system for the transcription of spoken language.

Related Terms

  • Phonetic notation: A system used to visually represent the sounds of speech. The IPA is one type of phonetic notation.
  • Phonetics: The study of the physical sounds of human speech. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phonemes), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception.
  • Phonology: The study of the way sounds function within a particular language or languages. While phonetics concerns the physical production, acoustic transmission and perception of the sounds of speech, phonology describes the way sounds function within a particular language or languages.
  • Transcription (linguistics): The systematic representation of spoken language in written form. The source of the words transcribe and transcription, the term means "to write across" in Latin, and it's the process of converting spoken language into written form. In linguistics, this is often done using the IPA.

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Languages: - East Asian 中文, 日本, 한국어, South Asian हिन्दी, Urdu, বাংলা, తెలుగు, தமிழ், ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, မြန်မာဘာသာ, European español, Deutsch, français, русский, português do Brasil, Italian, polski) was an American biochemist and the creator of Rolfing, a form of bodywork that reorganizes the connective tissues, called fascia, that permeate the entire body.

Etymology

The term "Rolfing" is derived from the surname of its founder, Ida Rolf.

Biography

Ida Pauline Rolf was born in 1896 in The Bronx, New York. She graduated from Barnard College in 1916 and earned a Ph.D. in biological chemistry from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in 1920. She worked at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research for 12 years, rising to the rank of associate member.

In the 1930s, Rolf began exploring alternative forms of healing and bodywork. She developed the method of Structural Integration, which later became known as Rolfing.

Rolfing

Rolfing is a form of alternative medicine originally developed by Ida Rolf as Structural Integration. It is typically delivered as a series of ten hands-on physical manipulation sessions sometimes called "the recipe". It is based on Rolf's ideas about how the human body's "energy field" can benefit when aligned with the Earth's gravitational field.

Related Terms

  • Structural Integration: A type of bodywork that focuses on the connective tissue, or fascia, of the body.
  • Fascia: A band or sheet of connective tissue, primarily collagen, beneath the skin that attaches, stabilizes, encloses, and separates muscles and other internal organs.
  • Alternative Medicine: Practices claimed to have the healing effects of medicine but are disproven, unproven, impossible to prove, or excessively harmful in relation to their effect.

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