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The Six Months When Clients Stopped Coming
Working as a Rolfer (Part 2) For the first two years, referrals kept the practice full. Then, in the autumn of 2017, it stopped. From […] -
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How Often Does Generative AI Cite Your Own Service? — An Experiment with My New Website
Introduction On September 25, 2026, I launched a new website. I wrote about the new website in a four-part series, Building a New Website. It […] -
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They Came Without Any Advertising
Working as a Rolfer (Part 1) On 29 June 2015, I started seeing clients in Shibuya, Tokyo. Nine people came in the first week, most […] -
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I Went to Sharpen My Skills and Arrived at “Being” — What Someone from the Science Side Noticed on the Side of the Body
Introduction The same procedure, and what happens differs from person to person. The same practitioner, and it differs from day to day. Anyone who keeps […] -
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What Does Tonic Function See? Four Aspects, and What They Look Like
Where Tonic Function Came From — Part 3 of 3 Introduction You think you’re talking about posture, and somewhere along the way it has become […] -
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It’s Live — Building the New Website (4)
The Renewal Is Finished After three months of work, the new website went live on September 25, 2026. I started writing a website on WordPress […] -
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Some Things Cannot Be Cut — Building a New Website (3)
Introduction So far I have written about reading through 540 articles, and about how nothing can be cut without a standard. This time I want to […] -
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When a Name Appears, You Stop Seeing — What Phenomenology Changes in Practice
Introduction Technique in bodywork can be learned. Where to make contact, in what order to work, what to assess. The list of procedures can always […] -
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What Is Tonic Function? The Body’s Ability to Organize Itself in Gravity
Where Tonic Function Came From — Part 2 of 3 Introduction When we are standing, it looks as though we are doing nothing. Inside the […] -
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We Don’t See the Same Thing — Why Work with Perception?
Introduction Two people hear the same words and take away different things. If words only carried information, that wouldn’t happen. The person receiving them interprets […]
