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Why Sitting for Long Periods Is Bad for the Body — The Science of Visceral Fat, Chronic Inflammation, and Stress
Posture and Movement Science Series — The Science of the Relationship Between Gravity and the Body | Part 2. Posted: December 2022. Updated: April 2026. […] -
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[R#244] Gravity and Posture — Understanding the “Transient” and “Sustained” Muscles That Work Under Gravity — On Letting Go of Tension
How Can “Letting Go of Tension” Be Understood in Relation to “the Muscles”? Since June 2015, I have offered Rolfing sessions in Shibuya. Rolfing is […] -
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[R#243] What Does It Mean to Release Effort? (No Excess Force Entering) — How to Organize Posture with Minimal Force
“Releasing Effort” and Rolfing Since June 2015, I have offered Rolfing sessions in Shibuya, Ebisu, and Daikanyama. Rolfing is one method in which, once every […] -
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[R#242] What Is an Integration Session? — Sessions from the Eighth Onward — Encouraging the Client’s Independence
Introduction Hello, everyone! I’m Hidefumi Otsuka, offering Rolfing sessions in Shibuya, Tokyo. What It Means to Organize the Central Axis — Cultivating the Power to […] -
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Session 7: The Neck and Shoulders — Waking the Vestibular Sense
With the medial line organized as far as the chest over sessions 4 to 6, session 7 sets the neck and head on top of […] -
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Session 6: The Sacrum and the Pelvis — Your Own Axis, and Other People
With the front of the spine organized in session 5, session 6 goes around to the back. The focus is the sacrum and the coccyx, […] -
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Session 5: The Psoas and the Viscera — The Front of the Spine
With a way in from the contact surfaces to the center established in session 4, session 5 moves to the front of the spine. The […] -
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Session 4: From Sleeve to Core — Finding Where You Stand
With the sleeve released over the first three sessions, session 4 takes the work inward. What it starts with is the part of you that […] -
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Session 3: Organizing Front-Back Balance — From a Plane to a Volume
Breath in session 1, the feet in session 2. Once the vertical axis is organized, session 3 works with front and back. It closes the […] -
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Session 2: Organizing the Feet — The Superficial Lower Body and Its Relation to the Ground
Once breathing has organized the upper body in session 1, the ground is ready for the lower body. What session 2 works with is the […]
