Throughout August, Mari-Halina Colbert offers Interwoven: Embodying Fascia.

The teachings of Non-Dual Śaiva Tantra invite us to remember our continuity with everything. The macrocosm lives within the microcosm, and the microcosm within the macrocosm. The same organising principles expressed throughout the natural world are within ourselves, born of the same creative intelligence. The patterns of communication, relationship and responsiveness that unfold through mycelial networks beneath the forest floor and the flowing currents of rivers are mirrored within the glistening, fluid web of our body’s own fascial matrix.

Fascia is a continuous web of connectivity that weaves through every layer of our being. It wraps around, permeates and gradually transforms into muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones, organs, nerves and even the coverings of the brain, extending from the soles of the feet to the crown of the head, and from the broad architecture of the body to its smallest cellular landscapes. It creates continuity while allowing each tissue to differentiate, glide, spiral, suspend and respond. Every breath, every step and every gesture ripples through this living fabric.

NST is an embodied tradition. The body is both the teacher and the teaching. Embodied anatomy moves beyond the textbook, becoming the practice of living this philosophy through direct experience, deepening our relationship with the extraordinary self-organising intelligence that animates all.

Over four weeks, we'll explore contemporary fascia research through the living experience of self-myofascial release, embodied movement, meditation, contemplation and free exploration. There'll be a little asana, and a whole lot of rolling, spiralling, rippling, undulating, bouncing, shaking and moving in the spaces between, as we awaken the qualities that help fascia flourish in all its multidirectional, multilayered brilliance.

Along the way, you may discover greater freedom and adaptability in movement, richer sensory awareness, practical ways to support the health of your fascial matrix, and a deeper intimacy with the extraordinary web that has held you, in your wholeness, from your very beginning.

Join Us:
Fridays 7.30am BST
1 hour, online and recorded
Aug 7, 14, 21 and 28th

You are welcome to drop in or buy the four week series as a bundle.