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Hellerwork Founder
Joseph Heller, born in Poland in 1940, immigrated to the United States at 16 and settled in Los Angeles. He graduated from Cal Tech in 1962 and worked as an aerospace engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for a decade, gaining expertise in structural stress.
In 1972, Heller trained as a Rolfer under Dr. Ida Rolf and later studied Structural Patterning with Judith Aston. He also received advanced training with Brugh Joy, a pioneer in preventive medicine and energy healing. In 1975, he became the first president of the Rolf Institute.
Combining his knowledge of structural integration, movement education, and body energy awareness, Heller developed a new form of bodywork. In 1978, he left the Rolf Institute, moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, and founded Hellerwork, an expansion of Dr. Rolf’s method.
What is Hellerwork?
The Hellerwork method of Structural Integration focuses on three main components:
Deep Connective Tissue Bodywork
It releases core tensions throughout the many layers of fascia helping the body return to a comfortable aligned position to move with ease within gravity.
Movement Education
It helps the individual to become aware of their body and their movement habits and patterns within gravity. By exploring how this tension was created, we know how it can be uncreated for complete and lasting change.
Self Awareness Dialogue
Self Awareness Dialogue helps a person to become more alert and aware of how their feelings, thoughts and beliefs that impact their posture and overall health of the body.
Hellerwork: Aaligning body, mind & motion
Joseph added components of Somatic Psychology, Active Therapeutic Dialogue and Movement Education. E-motion is how we feel as we move, Hellerwork provides a deeper exploration into the psycho- emotive aspect of the person. For example, if we are unconsciously clenching our teeth, that tension affects not just the jaw but the whole body.
“The body stores the trauma of our lives in muscular rigidity, thereby keeping us stuck in the past. When we release the tension in the body and align ourselves with gravity, we take a new stand in life. This allows us to be as ease with ourselves and in harmony in our relationship to others and to our planet.”
Joseph Heller
