Discover the hidden geometry of movement that links fish, fascia, and the fluid intelligence of the human body... In this episode Joanne takes us further into the 'Law of Three', exploring how two planes of motion always create a third. Highlighting insights from the brilliant Serge Gracovetsky, she explains how different movements in nature, from fish to mammals, demonstrate this fundamental law. And she reveals how spirals and tubular structures underlie human form, motion, and the natural int...
Oct 31, 2025•13 min
Time isn’t just something we measure — it’s something we feel. In this episode, Joanne Avison explores how the Law of Three reveals deeper layers of time, fascia, and awareness. Moving beyond linear thinking, she reflects on how the body experiences past, present, and “pre-sent” time through the fascia — the connective tissue that unites structure, sensation, and consciousness. Through her signature fascia-informed perspective, Joanne invites you to explore how presence, patience, and embodied a...
Oct 24, 2025•27 min•Season 4Ep. 80
Love is regulation — and safety begins in the heart. In this deeply moving conversation, Joanne Avison sits down with Jyoti Manuel, founder of Special Yoga , to explore how love, presence, and compassion support self-regulation and healing. Together they reflect on what it really means to feel safe — for children, parents, and teachers alike — and how simple, embodied practices can help us reconnect to calm, awareness, and inner harmony. Through stories, practical tools, and spiritual insight, J...
Oct 17, 2025•31 min•Season 4Ep. 79
The human body isn’t mechanical — it’s relational. This episode explores the Law of Three and how it reveals a hidden harmony between cells, tissues, and the in-between . Drawing from fascia science, biomechanics, and embodied somatics, Joanne explains how the body functions as a living system — where structure, flow, and awareness are constantly communicating. Through the lens of holistic anatomy and somatic healing, she invites us to look beyond reductionist models of the human body and discov...
Oct 10, 2025•17 min•Season 4Ep. 78
Why do things take time? Fascia, learning, and presence hold the answer. In this episode Joanne reflects on fascia as the tissue of time, how it carries our stories, rhythms, and presence and why learning and healing require patience. Through teaching experiences, personal stories, and embodied practice, she explores how slowing down can create space for self-awareness, spiritual wisdom, and genuine transformation. You’ll hear how micro-movements, fascia therapy, and mindfulness practice shift u...
Oct 03, 2025•23 min•Season 4Ep. 77
Anxiety relief begins with the breath — and this simple guided practice helps you restore presence, inner peace, and calm. In this episode, Joanne shares a gentle breathwork sequence that goes beyond “just breathing deeper.” Drawing on fascia therapy, somatic healing, and embodied spirituality, she explains how mindful breathing can shift anxiety into inner harmony — and why fascia plays such a vital role in how we experience stress and safety. You’ll hear the story of a client who moved from te...
Sep 26, 2025•28 min•Season 4Ep. 76
In this episode of Myofascial Magic in Action , Joanne and Paul are buzzing with excitement about their upcoming workshop in Holland this October — but this chat goes way beyond just the event itself. They dive into the real magic: How do different learning environments impact our bodies, minds, and energy? What are the unique differences and values of training together in-person versus training together online? Why does getting into your own rhythm — your personal flow of movement and expressio...
Sep 19, 2025•13 min•Season 4Ep. 75
Conscious breathing is your anchor in chaos — a simple practice that brings stress relief, inner peace, and clarity. In this episode of the Joanne Avison Podcast, we more deeply explore the power of conscious breathing beyond techniques and data. Breathing isn’t just about the diaphragm or muscles — it’s about how breath connects fascia, body, and mind to restore balance in the midst of stress and overwhelm. What you’ll learn in this episode: Why conscious breathing is more powerful than any tec...
Sep 05, 2025•24 min•Season 4Ep. 74
Breathing is more than the diaphragm — fascia, movement, and the whole body collaborate in every breath you take. In this episode of the Myofascial Magic in Action Podcast, Joanne Avison and Paul Thornley explore the deeper story of breathing. Is the diaphragm really the primary muscle of breath, or is it part of a much larger system involving fascia, ribs, viscera, feet, and movement itself? Together we look at: Why breathing is both instinctive and influenced by environment The diaphragm as fa...
Aug 29, 2025•27 min•Season 4Ep. 73
Discover how your fascia, brain balance & movement patterns shape your body - and each other - in unique, life-changing ways. Joanne Avison reveals why breaking the body into isolated parts misses the bigger picture, what we can learn from both left and right brain perception, and how fascia acts as the architecture of your body’s form. You’ll hear insights on proprioception, archetypal movement patterns, and the subtle feedback loops that influence how you move and feel every day. In this e...
Aug 22, 2025•24 min•Season 4Ep. 72
What if pain or stiffness wasn’t just physical… but emotional? In this episode, Joanne and Paul explore how fascia can hold patterns of past experience — and how subtle movement, attention, and storytelling can gently unravel what’s been stuck. You’ll hear Paul talk about how our environment — from a noisy shopping mall to a quiet walk — can radically change how our body responds. And why noticing what actually “works” for us might be the key to healing, not forcing. From micro-movement medicine...
Aug 01, 2025•23 min•Season 4Ep. 71
Could your fascia know things before your mind does? In this episode, Joanne explores how our fascia can hold deep wisdom and even spiritual insights - and is SO much more than just a file of old injuries, tension and trauma. She highlights how fascia's sensory responses often precede cognitive awareness, suggesting that its feedback could actually guide our paths more accurately than logic... Through helpful examples and metaphors, Joanne explains how fascia integrates both the body's structura...
Jul 19, 2025•35 min•Season 4Ep. 70
In this moving episode, Joanne speaks with homeopath and fascia-focused bodyworker Heather Natoli, whose son’s life-threatening vascular tumour led to a remarkable journey through fascia, medicine, and healing. What began with childhood seizures became a story of deep listening, surgical precision, and fascia’s role in regeneration. Heather shares how a fascia-focused lens - paired with conventional medicine - helped guide her son back to health, and how that experience now shapes her clinical w...
Jul 10, 2025•27 min•Season 4Ep. 69
Fascia, burnout, and hidden stress in the body — discover how micro-movements and breathwork helped release years of tension in this fascia-first healing story. In this episode, Joanne shares the powerful story of Alex — a high-performing professional whose unexplained burnout didn’t shift through talk therapy, meditation, or even rest. The breakthrough came from an unexpected source: working with their fascia… You’ll learn how chronic tension, anxiety, and emotional holding patterns can physica...
Jul 03, 2025•40 min•Season 4Ep. 68
In this episode the tables are turned and Joanne is interviewed by her colleague John Sharkey about her new book, 'Myofascial Magic in Action.' The conversation explores the book's inspirations, its relation to her previous works, and its practical applications for manual and movement therapists. Joanne discusses the importance of understanding fascia as more than the sum of anatomical parts, aiming to bridge the gap between intellectual theory and practical application in various movement pract...
Jun 26, 2025•47 min•Season 4Ep. 67
In this episode of the Myofascial Magic In Action Podcast, co-founders Joanne Avison and Paul Thornley discuss a recent workshop in Manchester and the keys participants went home with - secrets they don’t often share! They delve into the foundational principles of myofascial magic, and explore the disconnect between traditional fitness regimens that don’t honour real, practical human movement... Paul shares insights from his workshop, stressing the importance of understanding the human body as a...
Jun 20, 2025•31 min•Season 4Ep. 66
Join Joanne as she seeks to build a bridge between science and spirit, between body and soul, and dives deeper into the incredible ways fascia can serve as a pathway to spiritual awakening… Fascia forms a liquid crystal matrix of communication - and deep consciousness - within us all. Today Joanne further unpacks this fascinating tissue, and how it relates to our embryological origins and the interconnectedness of our left and right brain hemispheres… Incorporating groundbreaking insights from r...
Jun 13, 2025•37 min•Season 4Ep. 65
What if anatomy wasn’t just intellectual? What if it’s part of our felt sense? In this fascinating conversation Joanne is joined by Brea Johnson, a yoga educator with over 20 years’ experience in anatomy and movement, and founder of the globally recognised online platform Heart + Bones Yoga. Together they explore how understanding fascia, proprioception and movement awareness can transform how we practice, teach and experience movement. And they reflect on the delicate interplay between intellec...
Jun 05, 2025•42 min•Season 4Ep. 64
Can subtle movement shifts really prevent long-term pain? In this episode, Joanne Avison and Paul Thornley unpack the power of pattern interrupts — small, intelligent changes that help you move better and hurt less. From gym routines to ballet classes, we often repeat movement patterns without realising they’re leading us toward strain or injury. Joanne and Paul explore how micro-movements and balanced training can restore mobility, reduce wear and tear, and keep us feeling good long-term. They ...
May 28, 2025•42 min•Season 4Ep. 63
Join me as I open the box on Sacred Geometry as part of our form... In a fascinating exploration of sacred geometry and how it is profoundly expressed in our fascia matrix, the story begins at the skin and goes deep into the divine proportions in which we form. Fascia, the complex connecting tissue that plays a vital role in our anatomy and movement, is deeply integrated with sacred geometry, like everything in nature. This episode teases open the overlooked significance of fascia and its profou...
May 21, 2025•37 min•Season 4Ep. 62
What does it truly mean to bring compassion into healthcare — and can empathy be taught? In this profound and moving conversation, Joanne Avison is joined by Emeritus Professor Carol M. Davis, author of What Is Empathy and Can Empathy Be Taught? Together, they explore the essential role of compassion in physical therapy, embodied movement, and fascia-informed healing. From Margaret Mead’s famous story of the healed femur to Carol’s own journey in redefining patient care, this episode dives deep ...
May 15, 2025•46 min•Season 4Ep. 61
In this moving episode Joanne Avison and Paul Thornley delve into the hidden language of fascia, and its profound role in helping us to understand and care for ourselves… Fascia SPEAKS, giving us vital insights into our history, our emotions, and our current state, and it says so much through movement. It is the narrator of our stories. So whatever movement modality we teach, or manual therapy we offer, we can deeply benefit our clients (and ourselves!) by learning to read its whispers. Joanne o...
May 08, 2025•28 min•Season 4Ep. 60
Join me as I build on our recent episode about fascia as a spiritual interface, to delve deeper into the incredible ways this inner web connects our mind, body and spirit! It is both our soft-tissue architecture, and the home of our embodied wisdom and awareness, storing feelings and managing how energy moves through us… We’ll explore fascia’s nature as a liquid crystal matrix - much like the responsive display of our phone screens, or, like chocolate! It is animated by our beingness and connect...
May 02, 2025•43 min•Season 4Ep. 59
In this lovely episode Joanne and Paul show how passionate movement teachers can raise their confidence by finding their own path, beyond the protocol they learned. Through understanding how every body is uniquely organised, we can find grace and patience with ourselves as we learn - even when we don’t know what to do!! With their decades of experience, they share the importance of supportive mentorship and openness within our teaching community, particularly when it comes to understanding fasci...
Apr 23, 2025•26 min•Season 4Ep. 58
In this thought-provoking episode, Joanne shares her groundbreaking insights on the fascinating connection between our fascia and spiritual embodiment. Listen in as she explores the relationship between the fascia matrix and spirituality, with a blend of light-heartedness and a deep appreciation of being human in our errors and joys! The body-wide fascia matrix is involved in every part of us as an expression of being alive. Does its motion, its shape, its biomotional intelligence provide us wit...
Apr 16, 2025•32 min•Season 4Ep. 57
We live inside a concept of “linear time” and “linear space” and we work on the basis of “linear form” in movement, from the way classical anatomy is taught. Yet fascia, the fascinating “matrix of time and space” in the body - is part of everyone’s non-linear form and non-linear motion... In this episode, Joanne is joined by her friend and colleague Shane McDermott to delve into the fascinating topic of “linear time” and how it can dominate our productivity and our culture and our self-image. Wh...
Apr 09, 2025•40 min•Season 4Ep. 56
Are you tired of feeling stiff and restricted in your shoulders? Do you wish you could move with ease and freedom - or have some key techniques to give your clients, with no equipment needed!? Did you even know your shoulder blades are like another set of hands at the back of you? In this episode of Myofascial Magic In Action, Joanne Avison and Paul Thornley share some gorgeous, nuanced techniques to manage myofascial issues, this time focusing on shoulder motion. You'll be able to prevent injur...
Apr 02, 2025•21 min•Season 4Ep. 55
Join me as I delve deep into the often-overlooked world of fascia and its profound impact on healing and overall well-being. Discover how this intricate web of connective tissue is far more than just a structural element; it’s a dynamic, intelligent system that communicates stress, influences emotional and mental states, and connects our inner and outer worlds. Learn about the subtle signalling properties of fascia, its role in proprioception, and why understanding fascia can revolutionize your ...
Mar 27, 2025•25 min•Season 4Ep. 54
This week’s episode is a lesson in HANDS, with tips, tricks and techniques for transforming them into the assets they love to be. They will love you for it!! Find out - through using your own therapeutic touch - why “grip strength” is NOT all there is to health... The opposite quality is actually essential too, to maintain flexibility. Using these fabulous and simple techniques you’ll find the answer to flexible supple hands - and how to help them move better for longer - regardless of age and a...
Mar 19, 2025•35 min•Season 4Ep. 53
In this conversation, Joanne Avison interviews Shane McDermott, an advanced practitioner, photographer, therapist, and explorer, often referred to as a “contemporary renaissance man”. They introduce the essential difference it makes to understand the human body beyond anatomy - and into archetypes - over time. To begin, they reminisce about meeting 25 years ago while teaching for Tom Myers and reflect on their time training with Caroline Myss, when she first taught Sacred Contracts (Archetypes) ...
Mar 14, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 52
