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I Moved the Articles, and Search Lost Me
Working as a Rolfer (Part 5) For twelve years, most of my clients have come by word of mouth. The website is where their enquiries […] -
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Why the Same Room Feels Wide One Day and Narrow the Next — What “Core” and “Surface” Mean
Why Life Changes When You Receive a Bodywork Session (Part 2 of 4) Introduction The same room feels wide on one day and narrow on […] -
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Funding and Rebuilding Through the Pandemic
Working as a Rolfer (Part 4) In June 2020 the practice turned five. A few months before that, the pandemic reached Japan. This is what […] -
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A Body Is Not the Sum of Its Parts — Where Phenomenology and Gestalt Psychology Diverged
What Phenomenology Changes in Practice — Part 3 of 3 Homework I Set Myself Eleven Years Ago February 2015. A post from my basic training […] -
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Four Moves, and a Room I Always Meant to Share
Working as a Rolfer (Part 3) Since opening in Shibuya in June 2015, I have moved the session room four times: three addresses in Sakuragaoka, […] -
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Why Good Posture Never Lasts — What “Prereflective” Means
Why Life Changes When You Receive a Bodywork Session (Part 1 of 4) Introduction Most of us have decided at some point to hold ourselves […] -
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The Six Months When Clients Stopped Coming
Working as a Rolfer (Part 2) For the first two years, referrals kept the practice full. Then, in the autumn of 2017, it stopped. From […] -
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How Often Does Generative AI Cite Your Own Service? — An Experiment with My New Website
Introduction On September 25, 2026, I launched a new website. I wrote about the new website in a four-part series, Building a New Website. It […] -
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They Came Without Any Advertising
Working as a Rolfer (Part 1) On 29 June 2015, I started seeing clients in Shibuya, Tokyo. Nine people came in the first week, most […] -
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I Went to Sharpen My Skills and Arrived at “Being” — What Someone from the Science Side Noticed on the Side of the Body
Introduction The same procedure, and what happens differs from person to person. The same practitioner, and it differs from day to day. Anyone who keeps […]
