Hidefumi Otsuka

Writing a scientific paper begins with defining terms, then citing prior work and stating what the new finding is. The framework — introduction, methods, results, […]

The Rolfing training has reached its midpoint, with Session 5 completed. At the midterm stage, an interview is held between two teachers and one student. […]

From Session 4, the Core sessions begin. Sessions 4, 5, and 6 organize what lies above the pelvis — the psoas major, the sacrum, and […]

Every Rolfing training session opens with something called Embodiment. It is a key word in cultivating bodily sensation. Looking Embodiment up in the Oxford Advanced Learner’s […]

The first three sessions of Rolfing focus chiefly on ordering the superficial (sleeve) parts of the body, while Sessions 4 to 7 go into the […]

The first three Rolfing sessions center on organizing the superficial regions of the body, the Sleeve, while sessions four through seven enter the deeper aspect, […]

The word “Palintonicity” comes up frequently in Rolfing. Derived from the Greek word palintonos, meaning “to stretch in opposite directions,” it is hard to grasp because […]

The Phase II training has reached its midpoint. Away from work and from where one was born, in an entirely different setting and drawing on […]

In Rolfing, body reading calls for observing gait and standing posture very often (for concrete instances of body reading, see “Session 1: Organizing the Breath“ […]

This is the second of three pieces in the Letting Go of Tension series. The series was written during Phase II of the Rolfing Basic […]