The Joanne Avison Podcast

This Meditation is a THANK YOU gift to every one who is in the Collective as a token of my appreciation for your kindness and encouragement over the last year. I hope you will enjoy this resource, when you get 30 minutes to sit quietly and relax and a guided meditation is appropriate for you to unwind and fill yourself with light and Grace. (p.s. please do not listen to this while driving; it is d...

Fascia and water play supremely significant roles in removing pain and improving performance. They work together in very specific ways. Fascia has many different expressions in the human body and water  (which is mostly what we are made of) does too - of a particular kind. That is "bound water" - bound by fascia and (in a way) bound as fascia. It isn't liquid water in the sense of w...

What is tree school? Well, it turns out there is such a thing - it's just that trees don't speak "English" or "Spanish" or any of our mother tongues - any more than our own bodies do! They have a whole other language that has a whole lot we can learn from. In this episode I play with that idea and why it is so essential for us to go to Tree School too!! Reference: Pet...

What does ‘mystery’ mean to you?  It may have different meanings depending on the circumstances you find yourself in.  In this episode, I discuss the role of mystery in our own healing, be that personal or on behalf of the clients you treat and work with. How does science account for mystery; do we accept it as something that we can’t ever (and should never) know, or do we believe we’re entitled t...

What does it mean when we focus on "Stepping Up" our performance? In this episode we look into traveling first class, in life - and how, through a fit of giggles, I learned a very profound lesson! SIGN UP TO THE JOANNE AVISON NEWSLETTER Simply scroll down to ‘Join Our Collective’ and pop in your details. We DON’T spam and we DO respect privacy! FOLLOWING ON YOUTUBE? Do join us! Start her...

I was delighted to chat with Ram and Kalyani who are co-founders of Arhanta Online Academy, an important centre of excellence in yoga. Between us all, we have decades of experience teaching yoga in a variety of ways. Indeed, we could easily have talked (for hours) about yoga as a means to remove pain and improve performance! We know it can play a meaningful role in both and this truth lies at the...

Marie is a true artist and presenter of movement, art and ideas that come under the banner of the Healing Arts on a very international multi-cultural basis! Her translation of movement into practice and creative ways of improving performance are so dynamic and unique! This chat inspired me so much! There are some wonderful "outside the box" ideas ...that speak for themselves! Enjoy!! (Yo...

Lisa Babiuk is one of the three founders of Integrated Biotensegrity. Along with Paul Thornley and Rachel Tudor, this devoted team created a programme for everyone interested in movement and understanding the new world of fascia, natural movement and integrating the natural biology of living tensegrity. Lisa is dedicated to pain free movement as something that is accessible to everyone! Her work i...

Last year, Neil Theise, famous for distinguishing The Interstitium of the fascia matrix, chatted to me for an hour about just that. He is a fascinating human being, with a passion for science and the spirit behind it. My respect is huge and I am delighted to say that since this interview took place in real time, Neil is in the completion stages of his book and more papers. Watch this space and joi...

In 2021, my friend and colleague John Sharkey, saw some of the work he has been doing over the last two or three decades come to fruition. We talk about the science behind the scenes; although when two storytellers get together, it is anything but dry and academic. In fact, we are both so enthusiastic it ran well over an hour! Since then, early in 2022, there was another chapter - so stay close -...

In this lovely interview hosted by Helen Eadie, Karen Kirkness and I get to enjoy talking with Helen about some of what went into writing Spiral Bound, Karen's marvellous book that came out in 2021 - lucky for all of us! It really was a privilege to be part of that process with Handspring Publisging and Helen's thoughtful and beautifully crafted questions really highlight the collective...

In this episode I'm delighted to speak with my dear friend and revered colleague, Karen Kirkness.  Karen's background is in yoga, art, and clinical anatomy.  She is the recent author of the ground-breaking book: 'Spiral Bound', and creator of  ‘The 5 Filaments Theory’ of how our anatomy naturally expresses itself in a spiral motif. Karen has created an educational programme and...

This episode is an interview with Liz McNulty of Tensegrity Medicine Charleston , whom I met on Instagram and instantly resonated with. Liz animates her particular kind of bodywork from a deep experience as a therapist and waxes lyrical about the approach to Tensegrity Medicine she studied with Kelly Clancy; someone we both admire and appreciate, as you will hear. It is a real treat to share in Li...

In this episode I talk with Steve Haines - bodyworker and author of the 'Really Strange' graphic books on pain, trauma, anxiety and touch.  I really enjoyed riffing with Steve on topics close to both our hearts; including the sensory role of fascia, language and metaphor to promote health and healing, and athletic performance. We look at that essential key; which is what it means to feel...

Almost 20 years ago, I studied archetypal patterns and Sacred Contracts with Dr Caroline Myss. What became apparent was that every single one of us expresses ourselves physically, emotionally and spiritually through archetypal shapes and patterns of body and behaviour. It became a wonderful resource to all my teaching in bodywork and movement therapies. Now, for the first time, we have created a c...

This interview with Mina Blair is one that I hope leads you to read her beautiful book "Not for the Last Time" (available on Amazon). Mina, as a mother of two girls, in a corporate world, got on with her life (as any of us do) to manage her family and pay the bills. The book is an exquisite story of the courage to stay with life, whatever happens, finding your way from the inside out. Mi...

It was a pleasure to interview Jan Trewartha, Director of the British Fascia Symposium and creator of The Fascia Hub. It is an exciting time to be part of these events as the Fascia Hub has now opened its Membership (go to their website for more information) where you can dive deeper with lots of bonus material, insider interviews and events that don't get to the public domain. This episode w...

I loved interviewing Sarah Cox as someone whose life is devoted to empowering others. On so many levels. Sarah embodies the alchemical principle of "transforming the lead of our wounds into the gold of our gifts" (to quote Caroline Myss) Her work (with Zephorium products) is worldwide and exceptional - yet it came from a deep inner strength and determination to survive and thrive and ser...

This podcast is all about understanding fascia and the four different ABC Masterclasses we are offering. What difference can they make to you? We look at the myofascial matrix-in-motion and at giving you the "fasciategrity code" to understand Living Tensegrity.  Then we spend time on EmbrYOU, the part of you that doesn't have to remember anatomy; but knows from your life-long intern...

This episode is an interview with the fabulous Ana Outsubo. This episode is also available in Portuguese, for all the wonderful people in Brazil that will love listening to her! Please find that version above. SIGN UP TO THE JOANNE AVISON NEWSLETTER Simply scroll down to ‘Join Our Collective’ and pop in your details. We DON’T spam and we DO respect privacy! FOLLOWING ON YOUTUBE? Do join us! Start...

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United we stand...and we are not the only ones! Trees have always fascinated me. The more we learn about them, the more we appreciate their shapes and functions, the more we can learn about ourselves. In this short episode, we consder Peter Wohlleben's book The Hidden Life of Trees and I read a short excerpt which is about improving "tree performance" and their reliance on light and...

This episode is an interview with Kylie Hennessy, someone who fascinates me because she has so effectively combined science, therapy and a deep respect for people in her mulit-disciplinary career and practice. Art meets science in this gentle conversation about what it is, in Kylie's experience, that is happening at a molecular level, biochemically, in the body - and how that knowledge is use...

Chapter 7, in the new edition of my book (Yoga, Fascia, Anatomy & Movement) introduces a new word to make sense of fascia. We talk about it here and how it gives us access to the magic of our own fascia in removing pain and improving all kinds of performance. Enjoy! SIGN UP TO THE JOANNE AVISON NEWSLETTER Simply scroll down to ‘Join Our Collective’ and pop in your details. We DON’T spam and we...

Thinking about moving and moving are quite distinct things! In this episode, with a quote from the 2nd Edition of Yoga, Fascia, Anatomy and Movement, we consider how the fascia talks to us instinctively, if only we can translate its exquisite language of sensation!! SIGN UP TO THE JOANNE AVISON NEWSLETTER Simply scroll down to ‘Join Our Collective’ and pop in your details. We DON’T spam and we DO...