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The Joanne Avison Podcast
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The Joanne Avison Podcast is a journey into Spiritual Science, examining the sacred geometry of human form and motion and how the Fascia Matrix changes all we thought we knew about human bodies. Reflecting on her rich experience as a movement and manual therapy practitioner, Certified Archetypal Consultant, ordained minister and Doctor of Spiritual Science; Joanne challenges our assumptions of human anatomy, and asks us to consider the "Humans Being" as intimately relating "soma to soul" such that they can't really be useful separated. Joanne animates the true meaning of practical spirituality and the patterns of (our) body and being as one!! Told through artful storytelling and conversations with scientists, researchers, teachers, clients and curious fellow beings; this podcast will spark your curiosity of humans “being in bodies”, and inspire your life-long inquiry into who you really are.
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Sacred Geometry - How The Icosahedron Shapes Your Reality
1w ago00:27:28Tap to summarizeWhat if the shape of water was also the shape of life itself?In this episode of the Sacred Geometry mini-series, Joanne Avison explores the icosahedron: the geometry of water, flow, fascia, and living form.From soap bubbles and spheres to Fibonacci, pi, tensegrity, and the liquid crystal nature of the human body, this conversation reveals why the icosahedron sits at the heart of the living fascial matrix, and how its geometry shapes the way we move, breathe, adapt, and experience reality itself.You’ll discover:Why the icosahedron is the geometry of water and flowHow spheres are actually high-frequency icosahedronsThe relationship between fascia, bound water, and tensegrityWhy living systems are designed to move, not lockHow Fibonacci, phi, and pi relate to human formWhat “fasciategrity” reveals about the body’s deeper architectureWhy the body is fundamentally round, responsive, and nonlinearThis episode is part of an ongoing Sacred Geometry series exploring the five platonic solids and their relationship to fascia, movement, awareness, and embodied human experience.🌟 Learn more about Joanne’s fascia-focused training here: https://www.myofascialmagic.com/mmia-programme-infoSIGN UP TO THE JOANNE AVISON NEWSLETTERSimply 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 here MORE:My website - https://www.joanneavison.com/My course - https://myofascialmagic.com/My book: - https://amzn.to/3zF3SASInstagram - joanneavisonFREE ONLINE WEBINAR:Free Webinar - https://myofascialmagic.com/webinar-registrationPodcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman
Transcribe →Sacred Geometry: The Hexahedron and the Geometry of Grounding
2w ago00:26:25Tap to summarizeWhat if the geometry of the cube was a transient aspect of you before you were even an embryo?In this episode of the Sacred Geometry mini-series, Joanne explores the hexahedron: the geometry of earth, embodiment, and the earliest sacred geometric patterns of human form… You’ll discover:Why the cube appears briefly during the earliest human developmentHow the body grows through geometric patterns rather than mechanical onesThe deeper symbolic meaning of “earth” within sacred geometryHow fascia carries memory, responsiveness, and formWhat sacred geometry reveals about the intelligence of life itselfJoanne also explores the tension between the rounded, adaptive nature of living bodies and the straight-lined world we have built around ourselves, and why understanding this changes the way we think about movement, embodiment, and human design.This episode is part of an ongoing series exploring the five platonic solids and their relationship to fascia, movement, awareness, and embodied human experience.🌟 Learn more about Joanne’s fascia-focused training here:https://www.myofascialmagic.com/mmia-programme-infoSIGN UP TO THE JOANNE AVISON NEWSLETTERSimply 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 here MORE:My website - https://www.joanneavison.com/My course - https://myofascialmagic.com/My book: - https://amzn.to/3zF3SASInstagram - joanneavisonFREE ONLINE WEBINAR:Free Webinar - https://myofascialmagic.com/webinar-registrationPodcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman
Transcribe →Sacred Geometry: The Tetrahedron and the Beginning of Structure
3w ago00:24:16Tap to summarizeWhat is the simplest structure the body can form… and why does it matter for movement, fascia, and transformation?Joanne continues this popular new Sacred Geometry mini-series by exploring the first true three-dimensional form: the tetrahedron.Following on from the previous episode on zero, this conversation moves from potential into form. Joanne explains how four points create the first possible volume in space, and why this shape is not just mathematical, but deeply relevant to the living body… In fact, the tetrahedron is a foundational pattern of structure, transformation, and organisation within fascia and movement.You’ll discover:Why four points create the first three-dimensional structureHow the tetrahedron represents transformation and “fire”The role of triangulation in structural integrityHow fascia distributes force through dynamic relationshipsHow geometry underpins movement, stability, and adaptabilityDrawing on anatomy, embryology, tensegrity, and somatic awareness, Joanne connects the tetrahedron to how the body actually forms, moves, and responds in real life.This episode is part of an ongoing sacred geometry series, where each instalment explores one of the five platonic solids and its relevance to the human body, movement, and embodied awareness.🌟 If you’d like to explore how this work applies in practice, learn more here: https://www.myofascialmagic.com/mmia-programme-infoSIGN UP TO THE JOANNE AVISON NEWSLETTERSimply 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 here MORE:My website - https://www.joanneavison.com/My course - https://myofascialmagic.com/My book: - https://amzn.to/3zF3SASInstagram - joanneavisonFREE ONLINE WEBINAR:Free Webinar - https://myofascialmagic.com/webinar-registrationPodcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman
Transcribe →Sacred Geometry: The Missing Link Between Fascia and Form
May 100:17:06Tap to summarizeWhat is the missing link between fascia and form… and how does sacred geometry help us understand the body more clearly?Following the popularity of previous episodes on this topic, and in response to so many questions from you, this new mini-series revisits sacred geometry in a deeper way. Join Joanne as she explores the fascinating geometric principles that underpin the human body, beginning with the concept of zero, the often-overlooked starting point from which all form emerges. Rather than treating geometry as abstract theory, Joanne shows how it reflects the way the body actually forms and organises itself. Through a fascia-focused lens, sacred geometry becomes a living language of structure, movement, and awareness.You’ll discover:How sacred geometry relates directly to human formWhat “zero” represents in both geometry and the bodyWhy opposites depend on an organising “in-between”How the body develops from a single spherical cell into complex structureDrawing on anatomy, embryology, and somatic movement, this episode lays the foundation for understanding the five platonic solids of sacred geometry and their relevance to the living body.🌟 If you’d like to explore training with Joanne, learn more here: https://www.myofascialmagic.com/mmia-programme-infoSIGN UP TO THE JOANNE AVISON NEWSLETTERSimply 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 here MORE:My website - https://www.joanneavison.com/My course - https://myofascialmagic.com/My book: - https://amzn.to/3zF3SASInstagram - joanneavisonFREE ONLINE WEBINAR:Free Webinar - https://myofascialmagic.com/webinar-registrationPodcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman
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Refine In Action: How to Move Well Without Forcing It
Apr 2400:47:57Tap to summarizeWhat if moving well isn’t about doing more… but feeling more?In this episode Joanne Avison and Paul Thornley explore the final step in their five-part fascia-focused prehab approach to movement. This conversation brings the series together by challenging one of the biggest assumptions in training: that repetition and effort lead to better movement. Instead, refinement is revealed as something far more powerful, the ability to perceive, adjust, and organise movement in real time.This episode includes exclusive practical demonstrations from inside their practitioner training, showing how subtle changes in position, timing, and awareness can instantly transform strength, coordination, and control.You’ll learn:Why repetition alone can reinforce poor movement patternsHow perception, not force, creates real skillWhy over-coaching and over-correcting often reduce movement qualityHow small adjustments can dramatically improve strength and easeWhat true refinement looks like in everyday movement and performanceThis is especially relevant for personal trainers, Pilates and yoga teachers, therapists, and anyone interested in biomechanics, fascia, and embodied movement who wants to improve performance while reducing injury risk.If you’d like to explore how this fascia-focused approach can support your own practice or clients, visit https://www.myofascialmagic.com/mmia-programme-info SIGN UP TO THE JOANNE AVISON NEWSLETTERSimply 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 here MORE:My website - https://www.joanneavison.com/My course - https://myofascialmagic.com/My book: - https://amzn.to/3zF3SASInstagram - joanneavisonFREE ONLINE WEBINAR:Free Webinar - https://myofascialmagic.com/webinar-registrationPodcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman
Transcribe →Restore In Action: Bringing the Body Back to Its Natural Blueprint
Apr 1700:40:35Tap to summarizeWhat if true restoration isn’t about rest… but restoring your body’s ability to move, adapt, and perform?In this episode Joanne and Paul explore restoration, the fourth step in their 5-step fascia-focused approach, and share exclusive video demonstrations from their practitioner training - so you may prefer to watch this on the Joanne Avison YouTube channel - although there's still plenty to be gained here!Restoration is about rebuilding your capacity to move well over time. Without it, even strong, capable bodies gradually lose options and become more restricted, often without realising it.Learn how simple but precise movement explorations help restore coordination, improve transitions between positions, and prepare the body for the unpredictable demands of real life, not just controlled environments.This is especially relevant for movement teachers, personal trainers, and therapists who want to move beyond repetition and performance, and instead build long-term resilience, adaptability, and efficiency in the body.If you’d like to explore how this fascia-focused approach can support your own practice or clients, visit https://www.myofascialmagic.com/mmia-programme-info And don’t forget to tune in next Friday for the final episode in this special mini-series about the 5 R’s of myofascial motion!SIGN UP TO THE JOANNE AVISON NEWSLETTERSimply 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 here MORE:My website - https://www.joanneavison.com/My course - https://myofascialmagic.com/My book: - https://amzn.to/3zF3SASInstagram - joanneavisonFREE ONLINE WEBINAR:Free Webinar - https://myofascialmagic.com/webinar-registrationPodcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman
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Release In Action: From Tension and Compensation to Ease
Apr 1000:45:15Tap to summarizeWhat if “release” isn’t about relaxing or stretching, but letting go of the patterns that hold you back?In this episode, Joanne Avison and Paul Thornley explore Release as the next step in their fascia-focused approach to movement. This is part of a mini-series on the Five R’s, and includes exclusive video demonstrations from inside their practitioner training, so you can see how this work is applied in real time. So you may prefer to hop on over to the Joanne Avison YouTube channel to watch this one 📺 (Although if you'd prefer to listen you'll still get plenty of goodness here.)Rather than forcing the body to relax or stretching out discomfort, this episode shows how true release comes from recognising and interrupting suboptimal movement patterns, allowing the intelligent body to reorganise itself naturally…You’ll learn:Why “myofascial release” is often misunderstoodHow tension and compensation patterns developWhy forcing release can make things worseHow subtle, precise movement restores ease and resilienceIf you’re working with bodies and want to go deeper into this fascia-focused approach, you can explore the Myofascial Magic in Action programme here: https://www.myofascialmagic.com/mmia-programme-info SIGN UP TO THE JOANNE AVISON NEWSLETTERSimply 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 here MORE:My website - https://www.joanneavison.com/My course - https://myofascialmagic.com/My book: - https://amzn.to/3zF3SASInstagram - joanneavisonFREE ONLINE WEBINAR:Free Webinar - https://myofascialmagic.com/webinar-registrationPodcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman
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Recoil In Action: The Foundation of Body Resilience
Apr 100:25:25Tap to summarizeWhy mechanical thinking breaks movement, and how Recoil restores adaptability, resilience, and real-world function in the body.After such a great reaction to their recent episode about Rebound, Joanne and Paul return with the second instalment in this mini-series exploring the Five R’s of myofascial motion, again sharing exclusive demonstration videos from inside their practitioner training!So you may prefer to hop on over to the Joanne Avison YouTube channel to watch this one 📺 (Although if you'd prefer to listen you'll still get plenty of goodness here.)This time they explore Recoil as a foundational principle for building true body resilience. Moving beyond the idea of the body as a system of levers, they show why traditional, position-based training often fails once movement leaves the controlled environment of the studio.Using practical demonstrations from the Myofascial Magic training programme, they reveal how the body actually organises itself through instability, variability, and counter-rotation.You’ll see how recoil underpins natural gait, how narrow and unstable positions develop deeper coordination, and why strength alone doesn’t guarantee efficient movement. This is a shift from controlling the body to working with its inherent intelligence.This episode is especially relevant for movement teachers and manual therapists looking to bridge the gap between controlled training and real-world application, and to deepen their understanding of fascia-focused, adaptive movement.🌟 If you’d like to learn more about the Myofascial Magic In Action programme, or book a relaxed, no-pressure chat with Joanne or Paul, visit: https://www.myofascialmagic.com/mmia-programme-infoSIGN UP TO THE JOANNE AVISON NEWSLETTERSimply 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 here MORE:My website - https://www.joanneavison.com/My course - https://myofascialmagic.com/My book: - https://amzn.to/3zF3SASInstagram - joanneavisonFREE ONLINE WEBINAR:Free Webinar - https://myofascialmagic.com/webinar-registrationPodcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman
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Rebound In Action: The Key to Moving Without Strain
Mar 2000:25:23Tap to summarizeFor the first time ever Joanne and Paul share real movement training clips from inside the Myofascial Magic In Action practitioner course! 🌟This exclusive episode explores why strength and stability alone actually don’t create efficient movement, and introduces Rebound as the key to moving without strain. Joanne and Paul illustrate this beautifully with visual clips of their Rebound exercises, offering a rare look at how this work is applied in practice with professionals.So you may prefer to hop on over to the Joanne Avison YouTube channel to watch this one! 📺 (Although if you'd prefer to listen you'll still get plenty of goodness here.)It’s an illuminating insight into how small, precise changes can transform the way the body moves and organises itself…They challenge the idea that the body should be trained for rigidity, instead showing how adaptable, responsive movement reduces stress and improves function. Through simple micro-movement explorations using a ball, narrow bases, and low-load positions, they demonstrate how to restore natural spring, improve transitions, and move with greater ease and confidence.If you’d like to find out more about Myofascial Magic, or if you’d like to book a relaxed, no-pressure discovery chat with Joanne or Paul, visit myofascialmagic.com SIGN UP TO THE JOANNE AVISON NEWSLETTERSimply 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 here MORE:My website - https://www.joanneavison.com/My course - https://myofascialmagic.com/My book: - https://amzn.to/3zF3SASInstagram - joanneavisonFREE ONLINE WEBINAR:Free Webinar - https://myofascialmagic.com/webinar-registrationPodcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman
Transcribe →Why Lever Mechanics Don’t Explain Human Movement
Mar 1300:20:20Tap to summarizeWhy lever mechanics don’t explain human movement.In this episode, Joanne explores the limitations of the biomechanical idea that joints act as simple levers. Drawing on fascia science and anatomical observation, she explains why the human body cannot be accurately understood through linear mechanical models.Many traditional explanations of movement rely on engineering concepts such as levers, pin joints, and mechanical chains. But living bodies are not built like machines! Joanne describes how the architecture of the body is fundamentally non-linear, tubular, and spiral in organisation, shaped by fascia and the dynamics of living tissue rather than rigid mechanical structures.Through insightful and playful reflections on the confusing language often used to describe movement, this conversation invites a deeper look at how we understand human motion. If the body is not built on levers, what does that mean for anatomy, movement practice, and manual therapy?If this subject resonates with you, subscribe to the channel - and do share your reflections in the comments!SIGN UP TO THE JOANNE AVISON NEWSLETTERSimply 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 here MORE:My website - https://www.joanneavison.com/My course - https://myofascialmagic.com/My book: - https://amzn.to/3zF3SASInstagram - joanneavisonFREE ONLINE WEBINAR:Free Webinar - https://myofascialmagic.com/webinar-registrationPodcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman
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