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Phenomenology
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 […] -
Phenomenology
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 […] -
Phenomenology
When a Name Appears, You Stop Seeing — What Phenomenology Changes in Practice
Introduction Technique in bodywork can be learned. Where to make contact, in what order to work, what to assess. The list of procedures can always […] -
Phenomenology
We Don’t See the Same Thing — Why Work with Perception?
Introduction Two people hear the same words and take away different things. If words only carried information, that wouldn’t happen. The person receiving them interprets […] -
Phenomenology
How Healing Comes About — Jeffrey Maitland’s Four Approaches
How does a person heal? Jeffrey Maitland carried that question for a long time. He was a tenured professor of philosophy, a practitioner of Zen, […] -
Phenomenology
Mind, Body, and Knowledge — What Made the Rolfing Basic Training Interesting as an Education
Reading Eleven Years of Articles In preparation for a major revision of this Rolfing website, scheduled to go live at the end of August 2026, […] -
Phenomenology
Beyond “Looking” — On Fundamental Vibration, Right Action, and Neutrality~ Reflections on the Final Days of Training – AT-2 (11)
Introduction The three practice sessions with fellow students and external clients have successfully concluded, and today (July 11, 2025), we reached the final day of […] -
Phenomenology
Why Does “the Sensation of the Body” Not Change Even After Continuing Yoga — Reading It Through Body Schema, Body Image, and Phenomenology
Yoga × Rolfing Five-Part Series | Part 1 | First draft: May 2025. Updated 2026. Introduction Why does ‘the same sensation’ keep repeating, even after […] -
Phenomenology
Balance both Limitation and Possibility – 7 Part Series on AT Phase 1 (3)〜AT-1 (16)
Introduction From April 8 to 25, 2025, I participated in a three-week (four days per week, Tuesday through Friday, totaling 12 days) Advanced Rolfing Training (AT) held in Ichigaya, Tokyo, organized by the Japan Rolfing Association. The instructors […] -
Phenomenology
Waiting for ‘Things as They Are’ to Emerge — How Can We Recognize It? – AT-1 (12)
Introduction Since April 8, 2025, I’ve been participating in the Advanced Training (AT) organized by the Japan Rolfing Association in Ichigaya, Tokyo. The instructors are Ray McCall and Hiroyoshi Tahata. Yesterday marked the final day of the […]
