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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 […] -
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The Legs That Held a Country Together — Couriers (Hikyaku), Shugendō, and Two Japanese Ways of Walking
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The History of Painting and the Body (3) — The Body Drawn as Line (Part Two): A Vanished Temple, and What Stays in Memory
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The History of Painting and the Body (3) — The Body Drawn as Line (Part One): Buddhist Painting, and Chōmyō of the Nara Ateliers
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Kōdō, the Japanese Way of Incense: Listening to Scent, a Culture Received Through the Body
Introduction On 26 July 2026, I visited a special exhibition of Shino-ryū kōdō — the Shino school of the Way of Incense — held at […] -
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The Body Carved in Three Dimensions — From the “Kūkai and the Treasures of Shingon” Exhibition, Toward Shikoku
A note for readers outside Japan: the exhibition discussed here is presented with English-language information as well as Japanese, so it is accessible without reading […] -
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Why Touch Can Change the Body──Cells Sense Force
Introduction This series has followed four faces of fascia. It is alive. It senses. It springs back. And it changes. But one question remains unanswered […] -
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That Low Back Pain May Be Fascia, Not Muscle──Fascia as a Source of Pain
Introduction When the lower back hurts, most of us picture muscle: muscle that is knotted, tight, or strained. In recent years another perspective has been […] -
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Immune Cells Live in Fascia──Research on How Stretch May Help Resolve Inflammation
Introduction In earlier posts I looked at the sensing face of fascia and its springing face — a tissue that holds a dialogue with the […]
