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Part 4: There Are Sensors on the Inside — The Vagus Nerve and Interoception
Breathing, Revisited — Part 4 of 4 This is the fourth and last of four pieces in the series Breathing, Revisited. The series returns to breathing […] -
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Part 3: The Jaw Is Made by Breathing — Mouth Breathing and the Teeth
Breathing, Revisited — Part 3 of 4 This is the third of four pieces in the series Breathing, Revisited. The series returns to breathing from the […] -
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How Rolfing Differs from Seitai and Massage — “Symptom” or “Structure”?
Introduction I have been offering sessions using the hands-on practice of Rolfing since June 2015. One of the questions I’m asked most often is, “How […] -
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Part 2: The Diaphragm Reaches the Heart — Breath, Heart Rate, and Two Nuclei in the Brainstem
Breathing, Revisited — Part 2 of 4 This is the second of four pieces in the series Breathing, Revisited. The series returns to breathing from the […] -
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Part 1: A Body That Breathes Too Much — When Carbon Dioxide Runs Short
Breathing, Revisited — Part 1 of 4 This is the first of four pieces in the series Breathing, Revisited. The series returns to breathing from the side of the research, eight […] -
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The Rolfer Who Changed My Course — Akinori Ito, and What Followed
Introduction Meeting Akinori Ito — Nine Years Ago, and the Session I Signed Up For Akinori Ito (hereafter Ito-san) rented the room for two and […] -
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Why Sitting for Long Periods Is Bad for the Body — The Science of Visceral Fat, Chronic Inflammation, and Stress
Posture and Movement Science Series — The Science of the Relationship Between Gravity and the Body | Part 2. Posted: December 2022. Updated: April 2026. […] -
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Session 7: The Neck and Shoulders — Waking the Vestibular Sense
With the medial line organized as far as the chest over sessions 4 to 6, session 7 sets the neck and head on top of […] -
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Session 6: The Sacrum and the Pelvis — Your Own Axis, and Other People
With the front of the spine organized in session 5, session 6 goes around to the back. The focus is the sacrum and the coccyx, […] -
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Session 5: The Psoas and the Viscera — The Front of the Spine
With a way in from the contact surfaces to the center established in session 4, session 5 moves to the front of the spine. The […]