The Joanne Avison Podcast Joanne Avison

The Dalai Lama is reported to have said:  “the world will be saved by the Western Woman.” Cynthia Allen is the kind of woman I think of when I remember that. So in this episode, it really is my pleasure to talk to her, to share ideas with her and to listen to her speak from her vast experience and relentless focus on making a difference in the world.
Cynthia has been working in wellness, healthcare management, and organizational consulting for over 35 years. In 2001, she became a Certified Feldenkrais® practitioner and, more recently, a Senior Trainer in Movement Intelligence. She is the creator of the Move Better, Feel Better Summits (one is upcoming!!), Your Learning Body,  and Your Better Back. Cynthia is also co-creator of Integral Human Gait theory. 
Cynthia has written about the Feldenkrais Method, pain, and trauma, and has also conducted and published a research paper, Alternative Movement Program in Geriatric Rehabilitation, in Functional Neurology, Rehabilitation, and Ergonomics.


THE MOVE BETTER FEEL BETTER SUMMIT, ONLINE, 4TH-7TH MAY 2024

This FREE virtual, LIVE event focuses on the mind/body connection, and more specifically, how awareness heals. Join me and other speakers as we delve into the wonderful mystery and possibility that comes alive when we guide you through the journey of accessing self-care, in a way you can do any time, for the long term.

Access to the summit is completely FREE.

Just click here: https://fasciamagic--futurelifenow.thrivecart.com/move-better-feel-better-2024-oto/

You will also have the opportunity to upgrade and benefit from lifetime access, live movement workshops and other potent bonuses as well.  

This is your chance to build the skills of listening to and respecting what your body is saying. To make the impossible possible. To gain insight into the ways your brain influences pain, physical limitations, and emotional challenges, as well as pleasure and joy. 

There is a lot of learning to be done at this event. I hope you can join me!

All the best,
Joanne x


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Paul and Joanne share their experience and stories about pelvic issues, how they affect so many of us, and... how misunderstood they might be! How can we “rephrase” our understanding of the mythical “Pelvic Floor” and discover the magic of releasing the Pelvic Foot?  
This is not a made up idea, by movement instructors who didn’t like learning anatomy! Paul talks about the key science behind this structural understanding of the human body. Effectively, you have a pelvic foot – not a pelvic floor... It’s true, and magic happens when you know that, know how to treat that and know how to move so that you can enjoy freedom from so many issues that are usually assigned to the “pelvic floor”. 
There are many elements in Myofascial Magic that we can bring to the table (or mat or machine when we are teaching) that will automagically enhance all kinds of issues! 
If you would like more information on the next available course, visit myofascialmagic.com and press the 'Start Now' button to watch our free training.
You can also book an informal friendly call to chat to Joanne or Paul any time, either after you've watched the training, or simply by emailing us to say hi on info@myofascialmagic.com!



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In this episode Joanne interviews the brilliant Neil Theise. Joanne believes that his book “Notes on Complexity” should be on every curriculum in the world. There is something in it for every age and every living, animated being!
If you love this conversation with Neil as much as we do, you can get more of him  at the Feldenkrais Move Better Feel Better Summit in May 2024, where he'll be the Keynote Speaker. The Summit is live online around the world and you can click here to join the summit and enjoy his and many other workshops, including Joanne’s.

Enjoy, with blessings and magic where science and spirit meet!
Joanne

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Shoulders are such an expressive part of us! A shrug can replace a thousand words, right? Do you, or any of your clients, experience shoulder impingement, frozen shoulder, aching, stiffness or just limited range of motion in this amazing, if complex, “joint”?
In this episode Paul and Joanne share some delightful stories about shoulders. What do you gain from training them? How can you avoid straining them? What are the many elements in Myofascial Magic that we can bring to the table (or mat or machine, when we are teaching) that will automagically enhance working with shoulders?

There are some really valuable points in this fascinating discussion.

If you'd like more information on the next available Myofascial Magic In Action course, you can watch our free webinar here or contact us on info@myofascialmagic.com to book a free informal discovery chat with Paul or Joanne. We always love hearing from you!



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This episode covers the importance of fascia and how John Sharkey regards it as a process, rather than an object. It explains why some of us have difficulty defining fascia, or describing its paradigm-shifting significance to our colleagues and clients, friends and family. John is such a fabulous story teller and so well informed that you can literally collect the gems as we romp through this discussion covering a number of topics from surgery and dissection to crystal healing and consciousness!!
Interviewing John is always a delight and you can enjoy other episodes with him in previous series of this podcast too.
For further information on Human Dissection Programmes under John’s brilliant supervision, please you can enquire at https://ntc.ie/course/dissection-italy/ 


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Welcome to the second episode of our Myofascial Magic strand! I recently co-founded Myofascial Magic In Action with the esteemed Paul Thornley, with the mission of providing practitioners with client-centred micro-movement keys.  And now we're bringing you our shared passion - and the answer to some of your burning questions - in the form of this special joint podcast series, releasing every couple of weeks.

In this episode we talk about one of the most fundamental movements of most of our lives - WALKING...  Fifteen years ago Monty Python did a sketch called The Ministry of Silly Walks. It was hilarious (look it up on YouTube for a giggle!). But the truth is, that we all have a walking pattern that may or may not serve us as well as it could. Have you watched animals walking? Have you noticed that different people often mimic different animals? Like Penguins (that tend to rock and shuffle), or Bears (who have an ipsilateral swing) or Flamingos, that spiral-lift one foot after the other. It’s fascinating.

A great deal of the biomechanical information out there about “correct walking gait” focuses on foot placement and toe-heel relationships. It measures things like stride length and all sorts of metrics that prove pretty meaningless in practice. They fail us miserably when we just want to be able to move well and BONUS – actually receive energy from walking, rather than lose it. YES – that is possible.

In this episode Paul tells a gorgeous story from his army days and how cleverly walking was understood so that a unit of soldiers (of all different heights, sizes and abilities) could all walk in sync and arrive at the same time. What actually happens when we recognise how the Pelvic Foot works? How do we release rebound energy? And even give it back to the body? Listen in as we explore it all!

We hope you get a lot out of this conversation,
thank you for being here,
Joanne and Paul


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