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. 1D AGO

    The Living Geometry of Fascia and Embodied Awareness

    How does the body organise itself into movement, perception and awareness? In this episode, Joanne explores fascia as living geometry — not symbolic or abstract, but the organising architecture of embodied awareness… Building on the previous episode about the energetic body, this conversation looks at sacred geometry as a biological reality rather than a spiritual overlay. Joanne reflects on fascia as a self-organising, responsive field through which structure, sensation and meaning continually arise. From embryology to movement, from breath to healing, fascia reveals a non-linear intelligence that adapts and reorganises when awareness and safety are present — beyond mechanical models of the body. 🌀 Part of the Fascia & Spirituality series This episode is part of a five-part series exploring how fascia shapes perception, emotional experience and inner organisation. If this episode resonates, you’re warmly invited to share your reflections (on YouTube, our socials, or your podcast platform if it supports comments), and subscribe for the next conversation in the series. 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

  2. JAN 30

    The Energetic Body & Fascia: A Bridge to Spiritual Awakening

    How fascia connects the energetic body, embodied awareness, and spiritual awakening — explored through lived, sensory experience. In this episode, Joanne explores the energetic body through the living lens of fascia, embodiment, and direct experience. Rather than treating spirituality as something abstract or separate from the body, this conversation invites a grounded understanding of awakening as something sensed, relational, and embodied. The episode reflects on fascia as a responsive field that shapes perception, movement, and inner organisation. From embryology to adult self-awareness, it explores how awareness arises through sensation, rhythm, and relationship, not effort or control. This is episode three in a five-part series exploring fascia and practical spirituality, examining how the body communicates before thought and how subtle awareness can reshape how we inhabit ourselves. This conversation will resonate with those interested in fascia science, somatic practice, embodied spirituality, and approaches to healing rooted in listening rather than technique. New episodes in the series are released weekly. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss the next conversation! 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

  3. JAN 23

    Biomotional Intelligence in Practice: Tuning into Your Body's Wisdom

    Biomotional intelligence describes how the body senses, adapts and responds before thought or analysis… In this episode, Joanne explores how awareness, fascia and lived experience shape the body’s innate intelligence in everyday life. She looks at biomotional intelligence not as a concept to understand, but as something to practice. Through embodied awareness, presence and subtle listening, the body reveals meaning that cannot be reduced to data, mechanics or emotional labels. Drawing on fascia therapy, somatic practice and contemplative traditions, Joanne reflects on how sensing precedes thinking, and how over-analysis can interrupt the body’s natural capacity to organise, adapt and respond. This episode is part two of a five-part series exploring the relationship between fascia, embodiment and spirituality, created in response to your questions and growing interest in how the body communicates beyond purely mechanical models. This conversation will be especially relevant for those interested in embodied practice, somatic therapy, mindfulness, fascia science and the cultivation of inner awareness. If this episode resonates, you are warmly invited to share your reflections in the comments on Spotify or on the Joanne Avison YouTube channel. Come back for episode three next week! 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

    9 min

  4. JAN 16

    Can Fascia Store Emotional Experience?

    Does fascia store emotional experience - or is there something more nuanced at play? Drawing on somatic healing, bodywork therapy and fascia science, Joanne looks at how our perceptions and emotional landscape influence our body’s tissue over time. But rather than framing fascia as something that simply “stores trauma,” she invites a more nuanced view of this incredible tissue as a dynamic, responsive field reflecting how we live, the way we move and what we feel. You’ll also hear how embodiment practice and cultivating aware presence can lead to subtle yet powerful shifts in body organisation — offering pathways for healing, integration, and change. 🌀 This is the first in a new five-part series exploring the potent links between fascia, embodiment, and spirituality — created in response to your messages, questions, and growing interest in how the body adapts, remembers and responds beyond purely mechanical models. It will be especially relevant for bodyworkers, movement teachers, therapists and anyone interested in embodied healing, holistic health and integrative bodywork. 👉 Coming next: How the body communicates before thought. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss the next conversation! 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

    13 min

  5. JAN 9

    Presence Over Analysis: The Gnosis Your Body Already Knows

    Gnosis, presence and embodied awareness explored through fascia, somatic practice and living intelligence. In this episode, Joanne reflects on gnosis as a form of knowing that is lived rather than intellectual. Through embodied awareness, breath and presence, she explores how the body reveals an innate intelligence that cannot be reduced to data or analysis. Drawing on fascia therapy, somatic practice and spiritual traditions, this conversation invites a gentle slowing down and a return to inner listening. It is a contemplative exploration for those interested in mindfulness, embodiment practices, fascia and spiritual awareness. 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. JAN 2

    Stretching, Fascia and the Problem With Misread Science

    Joanne is joined by clinical anatomist John Sharkey to unpack why stretching, fascia and strength are so often misunderstood in modern fitness, rehabilitation and movement training. Together they examine how misread science can lead to harmful assumptions about flexibility, myofascial release and long-term tissue health. The conversation centres on a widely discussed research paper on long-duration static stretching and strength. Joanne and John carefully clarify what the study does and does not show, exploring why increases in muscle girth do not automatically equate to functional strength, and how neural adaptation, fluid shifts and injury repair are often mistaken for true training effects. They discuss fascia science, biomechanics, functional movement and therapeutic exercise through a clinical lens, highlighting the dangers of extrapolating extreme laboratory conditions into everyday practice. This episode challenges common flexibility myths and reframes stretching as a question of physiology, neurology and context, not force or endurance. This conversation will be especially relevant for movement teachers, physiotherapists, manual therapists, trainers and anyone interested in fascia training, mobility exercises and therapeutic movement. It offers a grounded, nuanced perspective on how the body adapts and why better questions matter when interpreting research. The paper discussed is ‘Influence of Long-Lasting Static Stretching on Maximal Strength, Muscle Thickness and Flexibility’, 2022. If this episode sparks questions or reflections, we invite you to share them in the comments on our YouTube channel, where we love hearing from you and we always respond. 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

    31 min

  7. 12/27/2025

    Fascia, Wholeness and the Magic of Awareness

    In this reflective festive episode, I explore fascia, wholeness and the magic of awareness through lived experience, embodiment and deep listening. As interest in fascia, consciousness and embodied practice continues to grow, I invite you to look beyond data and analysis and return to the body as an already whole, living system. Drawing on more than thirty years of work in anatomy, embryology, manual therapy and movement education, I reflect on fascia as the medium through which awareness is expressed. Rather than seeing the body as a collection of parts to be fixed or optimised, this episode speaks to fascia as the connective field through which sensation, perception and meaning arise.  This exploration weaves together moments from my own life, reflections on modern measurement and technology, and a deeper inquiry into what it means to be embodied and aware. From embryonic development and cellular continuity to breath, sound and subtle movement, I explore how awareness is not something we need to acquire, but something we can learn to notice and trust again. This episode is an invitation to slow down, sense more clearly and reconnect with the quiet intelligence that is already present within your living body.  I hope you get a few moments to reflect and enjoy being you during the festive season, and as we greet the New Year. 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
  8. The Prehab Revolution: Rethinking Fitness and Longevity

    12/19/2025

    The Prehab Revolution: Rethinking Fitness and Longevity

    In this episode, Joanne and Paul explore why prehab, not rehab, is the missing foundation in modern fitness, functional training, mobility and long-term movement health. If longevity matters to you, how you move now matters more than how hard you train. They unpack why so many people get injured while exercising, how fascia training and mobility work are often misunderstood, and why the body adapts to the shapes and stresses we repeat over time. From gym culture and sports conditioning to rehabilitation exercises and therapeutic movement, this conversation questions whether current training models truly support resilience, adaptability and whole-body intelligence. The discussion moves into somatic movement, micro movement medicine and the living fascial matrix. Joanne and Paul explore why linear thinking in training creates shear, restriction and injury, and why the human body is not built on mechanical levers but on continuous, responsive tissue. Drawing on decades of experience across physical therapy, rehabilitation, martial arts and movement education, they show how subtle, intelligent movement restores function far more effectively than force or repetition. This episode is especially relevant for movement teachers, physiotherapists, personal trainers, coaches and anyone interested in functional fitness, therapeutic exercise and longevity. It offers a clear reframe of prehab as an ongoing relationship with the body, not something reserved for injury prevention alone. If you want to learn how this approach can transform your professional practice or your own movement for life, explore the Myofascial Magic In Action courses here:  www.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

    30 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
    183
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 The Joanne Avison Podcast
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