Why Moving is Important for Fascia Health
Move better – 3 essential “movement as medicine” stretches for your deep tissue inspired by yoga
After telling people I teach yoga, two common phrases I hear are “I can’t touch my toes,” and “I should do yoga. I should be more flexible.”
Sigh
Yoga isn’t about flexibility and touching your toes. Yoga is so much more! And the more I study yoga and teach and experience the presence of beautiful, older practitioners, the more I’m convinced that yoga is the key to mobility in aging – or at least a good place to start.
The number of times I’ve said, “No way!” when learning a student's age is unbelievable. Women in their late 60s, 70s, and 80s who look middle-aged and move better than I do. (Men too, but my classes tend to be predominately women.) What’s the secret? There isn’t one. It’s movement!
Mobility starts with your deep, connective tissue. Fascia keeps the body together, and it also keep us moving. However, if we stop moving, so does our fascia.
What Is Fascia?
Fascia is a commonly used, but poorly defined anatomical term applied to different types of tissue, including connective and membranous tissue. Explained simply, fascia is what connects the…
