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Oct 11, 20212 min read

Proprioception and Hypertonicity

When we are exploring hyptertonicity, i.e tight muscles, we need to ask how they got that way in the first place. Why does the nervous...

Sep 19, 20212 min read

The Embodied Self

Rolfing was developed a bit earlier than the human potential movement in the 60's but that is when it really took off. This movement...

Sep 12, 20212 min read

Maintaining One's Garden- How can Rolfing support your body after completing a 10 series?

So you have completed a basic 10 series with a Rolfer, what now? Hopefully you will be feeling more stable, movement will be more...

Aug 15, 20214 min read

How to Cultivate a Sense of Time and Spaciousness for Greater Ease in Your Life

A well known traditional folk song begins with "once I had a bunch of Thyme". It goes on to explain that she lost it due to a man and...

Jun 5, 20213 min read

How Does Chronic Flexion, a Trauma Response Inherited From our Evolution, Impact Our Modern Lives?

Moshe Feldenkrais once said "all negative emotions end in Flexion". What do the terms negative emotions or even flexion refer to? ...

Feb 27, 20213 min read

Diving Deeper: The Benefits of Continuing with Advanced Rolfing Sessions

So we have gone through a full basic series, addressed restrictions, strain patterns, and habits. We have worked with muscle and...

Sep 7, 20206 min read

Exploring the Connection Between Sensation and Mental Well-Being

In Rolfing we often speak of awareness as a vehicle for change. When speaking of bringing awareness to any part of the body, or the body...

Aug 5, 20204 min read

Is Rolfing Painful?

If the use of force is excessive, the practitioner is working with violence, but the appropriate use of force is not violence.

Jul 26, 20206 min read

Exploring the Relationship Between Disease and Balance in the Human Body

When a person's system is off balance it fosters an environment ripe for problems to develop, and to live in a way that is contrary to the b

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