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What My Body Learned Walking in Shikoku
Four days on a mountain, a rope bridge, and a corridor with no light in it Japan has two opposite traditions of walking, and for […] -
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Part 3: The Leg Begins Below the Ribs — The Psoas and the Diagonal
Part 1 looked at the foot, Part 2 at the lower leg and the pelvis. The point of view has been rising one level at […] -
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How Healing Comes About — Jeffrey Maitland’s Four Approaches
How does a person heal? Jeffrey Maitland carried that question for a long time. He was a tenured professor of philosophy, a practitioner of Zen, […] -
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Where Rolf Movement Came From — A History from Ida Rolf to the Present
Introduction Rolf Movement is a course of training set apart from the hands-on work of Rolfing, approaching the body from the side of movement. It […] -
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Part 2: The Problem in the Foot Is Not in the Foot — From the Lower Leg to the Pelvis
Part 1 followed how the foot collapses and locks within a single step: 26 bones, the alternation of hinge and spiral, three arches. But as […] -
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How the Rolf Movement Practitioner Certification Works — The 30-Day Requirement and Choosing Where to Train
Introduction The Rolf Movement certification training is a thirty-day program, set up separately from the Rolfing basic training. When you complete all of it, you […] -
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How to Choose Continuing Education — Four Things I Look At Before Signing Up
Once you are certified, what you study is yours to decide. In Rolfing, the Advanced Training requires eighteen credits. Which courses fill them is not […] -
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Continuing Education After Rolfing Certification — The 18-Credit Framework and a Map of the Teachers
Introduction Certification is not the end of the training. To go on to the Advanced Training, you need eighteen credits of continuing education. One day […] -
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Mind, Body, and Knowledge — What Made the Rolfing Basic Training Interesting as an Education
Reading Eleven Years of Articles In preparation for a major revision of this Rolfing website, scheduled to go live at the end of August 2026, […] -
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Two Years of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu — On Distance, and on Learning with the Body
Introduction Brazilian jiu-jitsu practice began in May 2024. At the ARTA Hiroo, starting once a week, the habit has now settled at three times a […]
