Yoga: Fascia, Anatomy and Movement: Fascia, Form and Functional Movement

There are three major components to our anatomy that are of particular interest to us as yoga teachers (and students): muscles, fascia/connective tissue and bones. In a very straightforward way we can say that muscles generate forces to move us, fascia resists tensile forces and shapes us, and bones transmit forces to take the burden off muscles.

an improvement in the responsiveness of the respiratory system, enabling it to meet the needs of changes in effort, emotions and posture; and finally a greater sense of wellbeing that has something to do with the way we engage with the nervous system – both in the way we respond to our internal, physical promptings (hunger, thirst, tiredness etc.),

Our fascial system creates a sea of tension that holds our body together. As we have discovered, this amazing system is constantly rejuvenating and it will rearchitect itself based on how it was broken down.

Anchoring, including pinning the navel to the spine and tucking the pelvis, loses not only the visceral sense of volume, but also jeopardizes the responsive spine under the vise of control. In contrast, sensing the distribution of weight as it passes through the tensegrity of bones and buoyancy of tissue keeps the core released and supple.