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Polyvagal Theory
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, […] -
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Why Do Breathing Methods Change “the State of the Body” — Pranayama and Modern Respiratory Physiology
Yoga × Rolfing Five-Part Series · Part 5 Introduction In Parts 1 through 4 of this series, the meeting points of yoga and Rolfing were […] -
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Why “the Head Understands, but the Body Won’t Move” — An Introduction to Somatic Psychology
Somatic Psychology Series — Toward the Integration of Thought, Emotion, and Body | Part 1. Updated 2026. Introduction “I understand it in my head. But […] -
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The Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) and Polyvagal Theory — a Reunion with Takami Kamata
Introduction Over the year-end and New Year, I had the chance to meet Takami Kamata, a Rolfer active in Frankfurt, Germany, who was back in […] -
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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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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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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 […]
