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Tonic Function
Why Aiming at an Ideal Self Does Not Work — What “Limitation” and “Possibility” Mean
Why Life Changes When You Receive a Bodywork Session (Part 4 of 4) Introduction There is such a thing as ideal posture. Seen from the […] -
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Why You Cannot Relax Just by Deciding To — What “Allowing” Means
Why Life Changes When You Receive a Bodywork Session (Part 3 of 4) Introduction You are asked to let go of the tension. You try. […] -
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Looking at the Same Body, Seeing Different Things — What Gestalt Psychology Revealed About Seeing
Two Names I Was Given in Munich, 2014 Munich, 2014. Phase II of the basic training. The lead instructor was Giovanni Felicioni. An Italian living […] -
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What Does Tonic Function See? Four Aspects, and What They Look Like
Where Tonic Function Came From — Part 3 of 3 Introduction You think you’re talking about posture, and somewhere along the way it has become […] -
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What Is Tonic Function? The Body’s Ability to Organize Itself in Gravity
Where Tonic Function Came From — Part 2 of 3 Introduction When we are standing, it looks as though we are doing nothing. Inside the […] -
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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 […] -
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What Hubert Godard Saw: Tonic Function Was Born in the Dance Studio
Where Tonic Function Came From — Part 1 of 3 Introduction Change your posture and your mood changes. Let your mood shift and your posture […] -
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Part 4: Reading Gait Through Gravity — Tonic Function and Palintonicity
Part 1 took up the foot, Part 2 the lower leg and the pelvis, Part 3 the psoas and the diagonal. Structurally, we have climbed […] -
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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 Good Posture Is Not a Matter of Muscle Strength — Tonic Function and Its Relationship to Gravity
The Science of Posture and Movement Series — Examining the Relationship Between Gravity and the Body | Part 5 Introduction “I keep up with both […]
