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Looking for the big Picture
Do you have any friends who try to address their ailments through natural medicine? If they are taking a western approach they are...
John Wilson
Oct 26, 20212 min read
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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
Oct 11, 20212 min read
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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...
John Wilson
Sep 19, 20212 min read
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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...
John Wilson
Sep 12, 20212 min read
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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...
John Wilson
Aug 15, 20214 min read
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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? ...
John Wilson
Jun 5, 20213 min read
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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...
John Wilson
Feb 27, 20213 min read
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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...
John Wilson
Sep 7, 20206 min read
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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.
John Wilson
Aug 5, 20204 min read
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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
John Wilson
Jul 26, 20206 min read
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