he fascial system is home to everything inside our body - suspending all our muscles, bones, organs, nerves, blood vessels.

the fascial webbing not only wraps around these things but actually weaves through it all 🤯 connecting us together in a way that’s hard to differentiate.

because of this every movement we make involves the fascial system, its impossible not to!

this means strength doesn’t just come from muscles pulling on tendons and bones but rather strength absolutely has to include the fascia.

in my most recent book I’m learning that muscles distribute/share around 40% of their force into the fascial system which then distributes/shares the force onto surrounding muscles.

but when the fascial system is tight and restricted there will be an issue in how the force of muscles can be distributed.

we have traditionally been taught when something feels hard to do there is a muscle(s) that needs more work, more strengthening.

but what if, when something feels hard to do, we zoom out from that muscle and get curious if there is something preventing the sharing from happening??

2 minute subtle shift…

sharing is caring. the next time you catch yourself thinking:

• “I’m not strong”
• “this never used to feel this heavy”
• “I have a weak [insert muscle]”
• “that’s my bad [insert body part]”

take 2 minutes to really slow down as you do that ONE task and see if you can feel any restriction or tightness - anywhere in your body as you move.

let me know what you find out! I read every response 💕

see you next week, Brooke ✌🏻

ps: I’ve thought I have a “bad shoulder” most of my adult life but now when I do my hair I move a lot slower and I can feel tightness in my ribs/back when I lift my arm 🙃