Myofascia the unsung song
“The universe is a continuous web. Touch it at any point and the whole web quivers.” Stanley Kunitz
Myofascia is like the unsung song its like the mycelium web under the layer of the Earths surface. And as they so poetically and eloquently put it in the breech release “we think its the notes being played. But really its the space between the notes that are holding the notes up in just the right relationship to each other.” This woven system is what supports our form and facilitates communication. Fascia remembers stories, injury, habit and can hold it but also release it so we can return to wholeness. Its both physical and emotional….
Always coming back to the mushwomb, the mycelium web. . It always makes sense. I used to teach a fascia release yoga class working with these dense balls to roll, slide, and gently lean into and it always felt so good to stimulate this layer of the body. And one of my friends that does body work on me says my body really responds well to gua sha. She gua sha’s my body at the end of the session and i find thats something i naturally do to myself. As we have this beautiful space between our thumbs and pointer finger it gives us the nicest space to curve our hand to cup around our body and lightly slide and stimulate the fascia, the broadness of our palms, the tips of our fingers. We were perfectly designed to heal ourself and to touch others.
I bring rise to this not just because its speaks so much on how important touch and trust can lead to release but also because of the interconnectedness of our body. How if we have a trauma in a certain area that spot doesn’t necessarily need the hands on work it can be reached from a far. One of my favorite quotes that was posted in a garden in my home town has stuck with me since high school is ,“The universe is a continuous web. Touch it at any point and the whole web quivers.” (Stanley Kunitz ) This resonates and ripples through so many aspects of life however here in the world of fascia it speaks to how we can bring touch somewhere else in the body and it can ripple through the body to all the other places. This is the hammock of our body, it holds us and holds your baby. So i invite you to work with your hands to rub your skin, jiggle your body to release allow someone to work on this universal web of yours and feel and watch the ripple effect.
