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[R#42] Phase II (27) — Session 9: Continuity
In session 8, the two Girdles — the shoulder girdle (around the scapulae, clavicles, and sternum) and the pelvic girdle (around the pubis, sit bones, […] -
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[R#40] Phase II (25) — Session 8: The Shoulder Girdle and the Pelvic Girdle
The explanation now moves to session 8 as well. The main questions of sessions 8–10 are: In other words, in sessions 1–7 the focus had […] -
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[R#38] Letting Go of Tension (3) — Awareness of Gravity and Space
Before moving on to the explanation of Rolfing from Session 8 onward, I would like to take up “letting go of tension” once more (here, […] -
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[R#37] Body and Mind (1) — The Deep Layers and Trauma
When taking the Rolfing training, psychological theory does not come up all that much. This is because the view is that by bringing the body […] -
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[R#36] Phase II (24) — Old Patterns and New Patterns
While learning various techniques in the Rolfing training, I am sometimes told by the instructor: “People grasp things in terms of ‘right’ and ‘wrong,’ but […] -
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[R#32] Phase II (20) — The History of Painting and the Body (2) — How Do We View the Face and Head Through the History of Painting?
During the Rolfing training, photographs of paintings come up often. I have touched once before in this blog on the body and the history of […] -
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[R#23] Phase II (12) — The Deep (Core) Sessions
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 […] -
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[R#21] Phase II (10) — Basic Concepts — Bidirectionality (Palintonicity)
The word “Palintonicity” comes up frequently in Rolfing. Derived from the Greek word palintonos, meaning “to stretch front and back,” it is hard to grasp because […] -
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[R#16] Phase II (6) — The History of Painting and the Body (1) — Viewing the Body Through the History of Western Painting
The first three sessions of Rolfing focus chiefly on ordering the superficial parts of the body. Session 1 is the upper body, Session 2 the […] -
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[R#13] Letting Go of Tension (1) — Why Does Rolfing Make Up for What Yoga Lacks?
Before entering into the specifics of Rolfing’s full ten-session series, I would like to touch on the relationship between “letting go of tension” (here, in […]
