This episode is for anyone who is interested in how their body works, and essential  listening for anyone who's practised or taught yoga, bodyworkers and movement therapists.  In my physiology training, I was taught that fascia was a kind of wrapping that covered all our organs and muscles and bones, I’ve worked with it and touched it all my professional life. It turns out I’ve been holding a highly reductive and mechanical concept of fascia. In our conversation, Joanne explains how fascia is in fact the fabric of our whole form, it’s a sensory organ that holds and expresses our experience of life and our personalityJoanne is a former chocolatier, who has become one of the foremost teachers of structural anatomy for movement and bodyworkers,  she’s a member of the Biotensegrity Interest Group, who investigates why we move the way we do and her book YOGA Fascia, Anatomy and Movement is now in its 2nd Edition.If you want to move and feel better and are curious about what fascia is, how it works, how we can nourish it to live better, then stay tuned.You can find Joanne's website here at joanneavison.comGet 10% off Joanne's book YOGA Fascia, Anatomy and Movement is now in its 2nd Edition here.Joanne also recommended reading Scar Adhesions and the Biotensegral Body by Jan Trewartha and Sharon Wheeler.I'd love to hear what your fascia is up to and how you are taking care of yourself, you can find me on Instagram or have a look at my website where you'll find a wealth of free resources.You will find the podcast on Spotify, iTunes and many more platforms. It would be wonderful if you would pop over to iTunes to rate and/or review Life - An Inside Job to encourage more people to nourish their inner lives.MusicTrust Me (instrumental) by RYYZNCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / StreamMusic promoted by Audio LibraryArtworkPortrait by Lori FitzdoodlesMore information about Katehttps://www.katecodrington.co.uk/Instagram @kate_codringtonSecond Spring: the self-care guide to menopause is available from your favourite bookshopMusicTrust Me (instrumental) by RYYZNCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / StreamMusic promoted by Audio LibraryArtworkKate's portrait by Lori Fitzdoodles