What is Fascial Unwinding and how does it work?
At the British Fascia Symposium 2014, the very first one, Leon Chaitow gave a summary of fascia-based modalities. At the very end of the list he added: “And Fascial Unwinding – it’s ‘out there’, but it works.” Minasny states[1], “In the absence of a scientific explanation or hypothesis of the mechanism of action, it [Fascial…
The World of Spirals
by Karen Kirkness What is spirality? You might have been hearing more about spirality in the anatomy world recently, but what is spirality and why is it important for bodyworkers to know about it? Spirality in biologic structure, including fascia, refers to the appearance of spiral form throughout nature. Spirality is an emergent property of…
Monthly Member Webinar – On Breath
Monthly Member Webinar As part of your membership, we are delighted to run a monthly members’ webinar to explore a different element of fascia. See the details below for this month’s instalment. Practical details Date: Thursday 23rd September Presenter: Ana Barretxeguren Title: On Breath Webinar Outline: Join Ana Barretxeguren for a webinar exploring the continuum of…
Menopause and Fascia
I vividly recall my first Feldenkrais lesson in Oxford 1999. I emerged loving the liberating connected feeling in my body, not having a clue what I’d just done and intuitively aware that this was more than my nervous system responding. And so my Fascia and connective tissue learning had begun. I feel deeply blessed to…
Movement and Biotensegrity
Monthly Member Webinar As part of your membership, we are delighted to run a monthly Member Webinar to explore a different element of fascia. See the details below for this month’s instalment. Event type Zoom Members Webinar Online 7 pm BST Day Hour Minute Second 19th August 2021 – 19:00 UK time Practical details Date:…
Abdominal Scars and Adhesions – effects and approaches
by Jan Trewartha In 2011 Geoffrey Bove and Susan Chapelle published a paper entitled ‘Visceral mobilization can lyse and prevent peritoneal adhesions in a rat model[i]. On March 5 2021, ten years later, a report was published entitled Controlling adhesions in the abdomen[ii]. The Hove/Chapelle paper is well known and often referred to. In brief,…