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How is Rolfing Different Than Massage?
In my practice and personal life I get asked the question, "how is Rolfing different than massage"? It is easy to lump any sort of manual...
John Wilson
Apr 10, 20235 min read
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Is Rolfing Quackery?
"The principles of Rolfing contradict established medical knowledge, and there is no good evidence Rolfing is effective for the treatment...
John Wilson
Mar 26, 20235 min read
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Rolfing- A Guide Through the 10 Series
Doing a ten series is the most fundamental approach to Rolfing. It was actually developed by Ida Rolf as a way to teach principles and...
John Wilson
Mar 17, 20236 min read
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Finding Posture- Tapping Into the Innate Wisdom of the Body
Most of us want better posture but how to achieve this is the question. We think that if we look at a diagram of what posture is...
John Wilson
Feb 12, 20232 min read
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We Address the Individual, not the Symptoms
Many people come to see a Rolfer because they have something "wrong" with them. They have aches, pains, injuries, etc. This is to be...
John Wilson
Jan 26, 20232 min read
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Eastern Vs. Western Medicine- Dependent Origination Vs. Causality
"The Chinese method is based on the idea that no single part can be understood except in its relation to the whole. A symptom, therefore,...
John Wilson
Jul 10, 20226 min read
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Strengthen Your Core, or Lengthen Your Core?
Have you ever wondered what people mean when they say "strengthen your core"? Like any fitness fad, it can get blown out of proportion....
John Wilson
Jun 11, 20221 min read
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Video Blog: Feet, Arches, and Orthotics
Many people wear orthotics and shoes with a high degree of support. Why temporarily cutting down on foot strain by limiting movement,...
John Wilson
Jun 9, 20221 min read
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What Does Good Upper Body Posture Look Like? - Video Blog
Anyone that has done some Rolfing probably understands that this work is all about our posture, how we stand and move around in gravity....
John Wilson
May 21, 20221 min read
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Chair Posture- Video Blog
So many of us spend long hours every day seated at a desk or even a couch. I usually address good seated posture with clients, but it is...
John Wilson
May 15, 20221 min read
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Hands- The Door to the Nervous System
In my previous profession as a massage therapist, it did not take long for me to realize that many people really enjoy having their feet...
John Wilson
Apr 25, 20224 min read
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3 Reasons to see Your Rolfer Monthly
We do a Rolfing series to help develop a higher degree of organization and function in the body. This means addressing the individual's...
John Wilson
Apr 9, 20223 min read
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Non-attachment- Allowing Space for Change
"You may take this for truth, that when a free mind is really disinterested, God is compelled to come into it; and if it could get along...
John Wilson
Apr 4, 20223 min read
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Meditation- the Focused and the Peripheral Approaches
I would like to take a moment to address the topic of meditation, as awareness is key to the transformative effects of Rolfing for both...
John Wilson
Apr 2, 20227 min read
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Five Things About Energy Work
"All this metaphysics is fine, but be mighty sure you've got physics under the metaphysics." Ida Rolf All Rolfers have some training in...
John Wilson
Mar 22, 20224 min read
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The Power of Rolfing - by Owen Marcus- a Book Review
Have you ever told someone that you were seeing a Rolfer and then had to try explaining what it is? Let's face it, that's not easy even...
John Wilson
Feb 7, 20222 min read
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The Hip Girdle- Our Suspension and Alignment
Hips, knees, and toes. What is their relationship to one another? They are all gears in one very important part of our machine, the...
John Wilson
Jan 29, 20223 min read
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A Tribute to Gurdjieff and his Influence on Ida Rolf
January, being the month of his birth, people in Gurdjieff groups all around the world gather together, in person or on zoom, to...
John Wilson
Jan 22, 20224 min read
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The Shoulder Girdle and its Relationship to the Greater Whole
Take a look at an anatomical chart and consider the muscles of the back. What do you notice? There are many layers, and many of these...
John Wilson
Jan 19, 20222 min read
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Going Around the Problem, a Holistic Approach
"Go around the problem; get the system sufficiently resilient so that it is able to change, and it will change, It doesn't have to be...
John Wilson
Jan 8, 20222 min read
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