Blog | John A. Wilson

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...

John Wilson

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...

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

John Wilson

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...

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

John Wilson

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...

Uncovering the Healing Power Within: A Review of "The True Source of Healing"

John Wilson

Aug 6, 20212 min read

Uncovering the Healing Power Within: A Review of "The True Source of Healing"

In a process like Rolfing where we take clients through a somatic experience of themselves I am often at a loss for how to explain ideas...

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

John Wilson

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? ...

Diving Deeper: The Benefits of Continuing with Advanced Rolfing Sessions

John Wilson

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...

Exploring the Connection Between Sensation and Mental Well-Being

John Wilson

Sep 7, 20206 min read

Exploring the Connection Between Sensation and Mental Well-Being

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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...

John Wilson

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.

Exploring the Relationship Between Disease and Balance in the Human Body

John Wilson

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

How Can Self-Acceptance Create an Environment of Healing and Love?

John Wilson

Jun 28, 20202 min read

How Can Self-Acceptance Create an Environment of Healing and Love?

We all want to do better in life, and that includes our own health and well being. We want to push ourselves to achieve our goals. ...

New Website, New Location, New Motivation!

John Wilson

May 31, 20201 min read

New Website, New Location, New Motivation!

Hello Friends, welcome to the new website! I hope to continue to work on improving it. As many of you know, I do enjoy blogging about...

John Wilson

May 30, 20201 min read

Welcome to my new Location!

My primary practice is now located at 951 E. 6th Ave. Denver, CO 80218- Inside 6th Ave. Chiropractic.

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