is the founder and director of the British Fascia Symposium and The Fascia Hub. She has been in healthcare since 1979, originally training as a State Registered Nurse in the Queen Alexandra Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC), working with patients on the wards and in the operating theatre; a superb if non-deliberate foundation for her future career. In 1988, being trained by a blind massage therapist to really ‘feel’ the body, led to a lifetime passion for body work. Jan was a massage volunteer at the Auckland Commonwealth Games where she learned from professionals from all modalities. Her work now is the culmination of many years of training and experience in different disciplines. Through her school, Body in Harmony Training, Jan runs a variety of light touch therapy courses, including Sharon Wheeler’s ScarWork for which she was the first accredited tutor in the UK.
To learn more about Jan please visit her website: https://www.bodyinharmony.org.uk/.
Jan is also the author of the book Scars, Adhesions and the Biotensegral Body, published by Handspring Publishing in May 2020.
Members’ Meet-Up – London
Date: Saturday 4th March Time: 14.00 – 18.00 UK time Venue: The Hearth, Willesden, N.W. London Weblink: Click here No. of places limited to 30 Come and join us for our first, in-person, Members’ Meet-Up! We will be gathering at The Hearth in N.W. London; a lovely venue created to offer a peaceful meeting and working space,…
Day 2 – Advisory Panel with today’s speakers
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Day 1 – Advisory Panel with today’s speakers
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Day 2 Introduction and acknowledgment of current situation
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Day 3 – Advisory Panel with today’s speakers
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Why is biotensegrity a better explanation of our movement than traditional biomechanics?
by Jan Trewartha “The commonly accepted ‘tower of blocks’ model for vertebrate spine mechanics is only useful when modeling a perfectly balanced, upright, immobile spine. Using that model, in any other position than perfectly upright, the forces generated will tear muscle, crush bone and exhaust energy……..” Stephen Levin[1] In her book Yoga, Fascia, Anatomy and…