Foster explains that fascia is “the network of connective tissue that surrounds and includes your muscles”–like scaffolding throughout your whole body. She’s also a personal trainer, yoga teacher and anatomy teacher for yoga teacher trainings. The most important thing to keep in mind… is that the fascial net is one continuous structure throughout the body…The ‘everywhereness’ of fascia also implies that, indeed, it is all connected, and thus is ‘connective tissue’, which is a term often used interchangeably with ‘fascia.’ The Connective Tissue that Weaves Through Us AllĪriele Foster is the founder of Yoga Anatomy Academy. Fascia, SimplyĪuthor of Fascia–What it is and why it matters David Lesonak, explains that fascia is like “a silvery-white material, flexible and sturdy in equal measure–a substance that surrounds and penetrates every muscle, coats every bond, covers every organ, and envelops every nerve.” He says: And although we yogis often hear the word fascia associated with yin yoga, Western science is continuing to discover new ways of releasing and rehydrating through different forms of movement.įascia is a flexible and sturdy material that covers every muscle, bond, organ and nerve.
Long journeys along foam rollers were intercepted by oscillating movements that left me feeling spacious and free–despite the pop music in the background and lack of savasana at the end of the class.Īs the research on fascia evolves, we learn new ways of unravelling deeply held tensions in this connective tissue, which greatly impacts our mobility as we age, as well as affecting our mind. I recently attended a fitness class at the gym titled ‘fascial fitness’. The wonderful thing about the journey to understanding fascia is that you don’t need to have an acute understanding of the ins and outs of anatomy in order to see how it operates within your body. It’s the thing that keeps us coming back to our yoga mats it’s all about fascia.Īnatomy expert and author of Anatomy Trains, Tom Myers, when describing fascia tells us that, basically, our cells “are glued together with snot, which is everywhere, and is more or less watery (hydrated) depending on where it is in the body and what condition it’s in.” The moment your body goes from resisting to releasing. You may have felt it in a hip opener or a backbend. It’s an experience that needs to be felt.
Maybe you haven’t been able to describe it in words. Once you’ve experienced the aha moments that accompany practices that release the body’s fascia, there’s no going back.
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