Being Ready: On Protein World, Body Image and Courage
Got a body? Going to the beach? Then let’s go, and to hell with Protein World and their notoriously offensive ‘are you beach body ready?’ advert.
A New Home for London Rolfing!
From April 2015, London Rolfing has an exciting new home at Lumen URC at 88 Tavistock Place, in Bloomsbury.
Consciously Uncoupling the Sense from the Nonsense: Rolfing, Gwyneth and an Open Letter to Chris Peters of Sense About Science
An open letter to Sense About Science, who’ve asked the UK Rolfing community to defend the claims we make for our work in the wake of the article that appeared on Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle website, Goop.
Rolling on the Floor Laughing: Why the Sceptics Have Got Rolfing All Wrong
The Guardian article on Rolfing brought sneers from the Internet trolls. In this post I address the criticisms and explain why Rolfing is not pseudo-science.
Rolfing and Running
Can Rolfing help you become a better runner and recover more quickly from running injuries? Absolutely. When it comes to running, Rolfing has taught me a number of things. More than anything else, it has taught me to pay close attention to the way I move and hold my body, to notice my patterns of tension and to begin to analyse my own running style.
The First Hour
‘One discovers by breathing that one had stopped breathing. One only discovers one’s stopped breath when one takes the next breath’ (Hélène Cixous).
Life begins on an inhalation. The Rolfing ten series underscores the importance of breathing by making it our theme of enquiry during the first hour of work.