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Get to know your Interstitium (revisit this 2018 post!)
Whatever we call it, fascia or interstitium, researchers now believe that this ubiquitous material within our bodies, with at least 250 million sensory receptors, is our largest sensory organ.
Caring for Your Fascia
Can it be that our fascia contains untapped reserves of self-expression, healing and wisdom?
Talk at Google: How to Sit, Stand and Move in the Modern World
Jumping off from the subtitle of The New Rules of Posture, I spoke about fascia, pandiculation, tensegrity, ergonomic chairs, spatial orientation, and manspreading. If you enjoy it, please share!
Pandiculate for Fascia Health
Unlike cats and dogs, humans tend to stifle this natural urge. In polite company such movement expression is considered rude.
Fascia and Fitness
Healthy, hydrated fascia is an essential ingredient in enduring youthfulness and grace of movement. The stiffness we experience when we begin to age is a sign that fascial layers are dehydrated and are becoming adhered to one another.
Re-conceiving Our Bodies
Current fascia research suggests that we’ve had it backwards for several millennia. This research indicates that bones, muscles, and organs--indeed, all other tissues in the body—may be, in fact, specializations within the unified medium of fascia. A primary constituent of embryonic development, fascia is the very clay of our creation. In other words, fascia is the stuff we’re made of.
Posture & Perception: Naked Skin Moments
Contemporary living undervalues body awareness and overrides it most of the time. But could it be that listening to our interior body signals has an evolutionary advantage? If so, we undervalue this capacity to our detriment. We need to practice activating it.
Fascia: Your Natural Posturizer
You may have gathered that I like Pilates, yoga and dancing for my personal fitness and posture maintenance. But here’s the thing–both yoga and Pilates train muscle tone and muscle flexibility, but don’t directly address the fascial system. Scientists have only recently become interested in fascia, so there’s much learn about keeping this pervasive part of our bodies healthy and resilient enough to last a lifetime…