Fascia and Body Memories in chronic illnesses and trauma

The focus is on ways to reduce psychological and physiological symptoms. It brings together Gary Sharpe’s section on Fascia and Connective Tissue from the curriculum of the Nervous System in Chronic Illness online course, with Lilian Sjøberg’s concept of Body Memories from the HOPE-shortcut online course and articles published in the Overcome Chronic Disease facebook group.

We cover fascia release modalities that work through the body, and help to restore and restructure the connective tissue, and Lilian’s talk therapy, which works through the mind to release body memories of stressful events that get written into the fascia. Lilian uses a technique where you investigate your symptoms very carefully and in depth as if you saw yourself from the inside, and give the symptom all your attention. From the words you use to tell the story of your symptom, she can hear if you are using healthy or unhealthy descriptions. She balances and guides the narrative, and lets you find the story behind the installation of the body memory, and release it. The combination of these modalities which use both the body and the mind as portals, allow significant progressive symptom reduction, fast..