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The Second Half Begins — Reflections on Phase 1 of AT-2 (1)
Introduction This year, for the first time in a decade, I decided to participate in the Advanced Rolfing® Training (AT) held by the Japan Rolfing Association in Ichigaya, Tokyo. Phase 1 took place over […] -
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From Regulation to Empathy — How the Social Brain Matures (Part 7 of 7)
Introduction This series has gone into the development and integration of what is called the social brain, from the point of view of Interpersonal Neurobiology […] -
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The Brain Grows Bottom-Up and Right-to-Left — Development and the Neural Basis of Attachment (Part 6 of 7)
Introduction This series explores the process by which a person recovers connection, approached from neuroscience, attachment theory and Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB). Part 6 takes up […] -
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Feeling Comes from a Resonating Brain — The Circuits Behind Empathy and Self-Sense (Part 5 of 7)
Introduction Part 5 goes into how the capacity to feel with others works inside the brain, and how it bears on our relationships and on […] -
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The Amygdala and Emotional Learning — Safe, or Under Threat? (Part 4 of 7)
Introduction This series of seven pieces explores the neural networks that go by the name of the social brain, from several sides at once: neuroscience, […] -
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Right-Brain Development and Attachment — How Co-Regulation Builds a Sense of Self (Part 3 of 7)
Introduction Part 3 looks at right-brain-led development in early childhood, the formation of attachment, and how far co-regulation between infant and caregiver lays the ground […] -
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The Fast Brain and the Slow Brain — Two Systems for Feeling and Remembering (Part 2 of 7)
Introduction This series looks at the reintegration of body, feeling and relationship through the social brain and Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB). This second piece takes up […] -
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What Is the Social Brain? — Thinking Through Interpersonal Neurobiology (Part 1 of 7)
Introduction This series of seven pieces takes up what is called the social brain, and looks at how we connect with one another from several […] -
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Rolfing and the Power to Reconnect: From Attachment to Integration (Part 5) — A Five-Part Attachment Theory Series
Introduction Hello, my name is Hidefumi Otsuka, and I offer Rolfing sessions in Shibuya, Tokyo. This is the final post (Part 5) of this blog […] -
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Rolfing Rewrites the Map of Safety — Restoring Connection through the Lens of Polyvagal Theory (Part 4) — A Five-Part Attachment Theory Series
Introduction In this series, I explore the theme of “Attachment and the Connection with the Body,” delving into the potential of Rolfing from the perspectives […]
