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Sean Casey, Detroit Tigers

Professional Baseball Players use Rolfing® SI to Recover From Injury and Stay in the Game

Over the past 25 years many professional baseball players have used Rolfing® Structural Integration to help them recover from injuries and stay in the game. Here is a list of half a dozen players who have benefited from receiving Rolfing® SI. 1) Sean Casey, former Major League Baseball first baseman During his career National League [...]

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ElenaAvila

Conscious Connection, The Ego & Embodied Presence: A Tribute for Elena Avila, Curandera

A while ago I had an interesting conversation with David Rickey over at www.SoulsCode.com. You can read our conversation about “A History of Consciousness, and How to Live in Presence” here. The next day, as I was riding my bike immersed in the beauty of the intense yellow, wild, blooming mustard juxtaposed against the spring [...]

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Esalen Book

How Swedenborg’s Mysticism Influenced Osteopathy, Rolfing® SI and The Psychological Lineage of The Fledgling Esalen® Institute

I recently spent some time at Esalen® Institute and while there picked up a copy of Esalen: America and the Religion of No Religion by Jeffrey J. Kripal. This book recounts the fascinating formation and history of Esalen Institute, the 1960s epicenter of the human potential movement. Many people are familiar with the deep connections [...]

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Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger

Sullenberger’s "Highest Duty" To Maintain Ego Capacity in High Intensity Emergency Landing

Just as US Airways Captain Chesley B. Sullenberger III skillfully landed his jet in the Hudson River on January 15th, 2009, there is an art to landing from peak experiences. Everyone on board the jet that day survived, so everyone is OK, right? Well, maybe. Everyone on board the jet that day experienced a high [...]

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5 Rhythms

5Rhythms® Movement Practice Helps Me Get My Flow On

I went to a Sweat Your Prayers: Silent Practice last Sunday hosted by The Moving Center School. I had not been to a Sweat Your Prayers in quite some time and the practice got me back in touch with a profound quality of being I have been wanting to write about for many months now. [...]

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More Connections Between Emanuel Swedenborg, Ida Rolf & William Sutherland, DO

It turns out there is more to this story about Ida Rolf, William Garner Sutherland and Emanuel Swedenborg. Since the publication of the first piece I have run across two transcripts of Rolf speaking about Sutherland and Swedenborg. One from 1970 and the other from 1973. The 1973 transcript is from the Advanced Training in [...]

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