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The Science of Fascia: How Simple Movements Can Calm Your Mind & Heal Your Body with Jason van Blerk #620

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Feb 4, 2026

Jason van Blerk, co-founder of Human Garage and movement educator, teaches simple fascial manoeuvres for self-care. He discusses how fascia may hold emotions, why rotation plus breath frees the body more than force, and how posture, pressure and vibration shape mood. Practical, no-equipment movements and a short grounding exercise promise quick stress relief and greater body awareness.

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Fascia As A Water-Based Memory Medium

Jason van Blerk proposes fascia stores memory because it's largely water and water can take on surrounding patterns.
He links fascia's water-based nature to the body's capacity to hold emotional information.

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Emotions Map To Body Regions

Jason maps emotions to body regions and sees predictable release responses when those areas are worked.
He connects posture, stored emotion, and specific physical patterns across many clients.

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Fascia Is A Dynamic, Intelligent Matrix

Jason describes living fascia as gel-like tubes of water that reconfigure with movement and emotion.
He argues fascia transmits electricity, stores memory, and drives posture and tension patterns.

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When it comes to feeling better, many of us instinctively start with our minds. We think about our thoughts, our beliefs, our stress levels. But what if a huge part of our emotional and psychological experience is actually being held in our bodies – quite literally – in a remarkable tissue called fascia?

This week, I’m joined by Jason van Blerk, one of the co-founders of Human Garage - a global self-care movement that aims to inspire 1 billion people to heal themselves, through simple, accessible movement practices, that they call Fascial Manoeuvres.

In our conversation, we explore what fascia actually is, why modern science is only just beginning to catch up with what many practitioners have observed for decades, and how emotions and past experiences may be stored in our physical structure. Jason also shares how different areas of the body seem to relate to different emotional patterns, why posture and mood are so tightly linked, and how changing one can often influence the other.

We also talk about stress, and why so many of us feel tense, disconnected, and stuck in our own lives and Jason explains how simple rotational movements, combined with specific breathing patterns, can help “unwind” the body, reduce stress, and leave you feeling lighter, calmer, and grounded.

The thing I love the most about Human Garage’s philosophy is that they want to empower people to heal themselves. This is not about needing lifelong treatment, or becoming dependent on a therapist or HCP - it’s about learning a set of practical moves that you can use anywhere, anytime AND with no equipment, to start healing your body and calming your mind.

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