The Joanne Avison Podcast

Joanne Avison
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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.

  1. 5D AGO

    Sacred Geometry: The Missing Link Between Fascia and Form

    What 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-info SIGN UP TO THE JOANNE AVISON NEWSLETTER Simply 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/3zF3SAS Instagram -  joanneavison FREE ONLINE WEBINAR: Free Webinar - https://myofascialmagic.com/webinar-registration Podcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman

    17 min
  2. Refine In Action: How to Move Well Without Forcing It

    APR 24

    Refine In Action: How to Move Well Without Forcing It

    What 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 NEWSLETTER Simply 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/3zF3SAS Instagram -  joanneavison FREE ONLINE WEBINAR: Free Webinar - https://myofascialmagic.com/webinar-registration Podcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman

    48 min

  3. APR 17

    Restore In Action: Bringing the Body Back to Its Natural Blueprint

    What 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 NEWSLETTER Simply 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/3zF3SAS Instagram -  joanneavison FREE ONLINE WEBINAR: Free Webinar - https://myofascialmagic.com/webinar-registration Podcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman

    41 min
  4. Release In Action: From Tension and Compensation to Ease

    APR 10

    Release In Action: From Tension and Compensation to Ease

    What 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 NEWSLETTER Simply 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/3zF3SAS Instagram -  joanneavison FREE ONLINE WEBINAR: Free Webinar - https://myofascialmagic.com/webinar-registration Podcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman

    45 min
  5. Recoil In Action: The Foundation of Body Resilience

    APR 1

    Recoil In Action: The Foundation of Body Resilience

    Why 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-info SIGN UP TO THE JOANNE AVISON NEWSLETTER Simply 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/3zF3SAS Instagram -  joanneavison FREE ONLINE WEBINAR: Free Webinar - https://myofascialmagic.com/webinar-registration Podcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman

    25 min
  6. Rebound In Action: The Key to Moving Without Strain

    MAR 20

    Rebound In Action: The Key to Moving Without Strain

    For 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 NEWSLETTER Simply 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/3zF3SAS Instagram -  joanneavison FREE ONLINE WEBINAR: Free Webinar - https://myofascialmagic.com/webinar-registration Podcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman

    25 min

  7. MAR 13

    Why Lever Mechanics Don’t Explain Human Movement

    Why 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 NEWSLETTER Simply 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/3zF3SAS Instagram -  joanneavison FREE ONLINE WEBINAR: Free Webinar - https://myofascialmagic.com/webinar-registration Podcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman

    20 min

  8. MAR 2

    Is the Skeleton Really Linear? Rethinking Alignment

    Is the human skeleton really linear — or is that a fundamental misunderstanding of anatomy? In this episode, Joanne responds to a detailed YouTube comment that raises important questions about fascia, skeletal organisation, and so-called “linear” underlying structure of the bones. What follows is not a disagreement of style, but a clear challenge to biological inaccuracies that are commonly repeated in movement and manual therapy circles. Are bones straight? Is working to soften the tissue an advantage to everyone? And does it always automatically restore function? Drawing on extensive fascia research, laboratory experience, embryology and lived movement experience, Joanne unpacks why the idea of a linear skeleton collapses under scrutiny and why misunderstanding this matters for anyone involved a movement or manual practice, therapy and teaching. This is a grounded exploration of anatomy, not a metaphor or a promotion. A reminder that living bodies are non-linear, adaptive, self-organising and unique. And that humans are not standardised mechanical frames waiting to be corrected. If you care about fascia science, skeletal structure, functional anatomy and embodied awareness, this conversation will sharpen your thinking. It will also, no doubt, invite more questions - which are always welcome. SIGN UP TO THE JOANNE AVISON NEWSLETTER Simply 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/3zF3SAS Instagram -  joanneavison FREE ONLINE WEBINAR: Free Webinar - https://myofascialmagic.com/webinar-registration Podcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman

    21 min
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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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  • Creator
    Joanne Avison
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    192
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 The Joanne Avison Podcast
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