I'm a movement educator with over 26 years of teaching experience who writes about bodies, Flow states, being naughty for your own good, and how to stop your THINKY head from ruining all your movement fun.
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๐ 1-900-Hip-Play (tomorrow)
Published 6 months agoย โขย 5 min read
โ โIn this email: My trip to the International Fascia Research Congress, where I studied this year & upcoming events โ Read time: 3 mins
โ โTOMORROW, Dec 19 โ
Iโm rather amazed by how many years I yanked my pelvis to its extremes before understanding how itโs designed to move.
15 years ago. The days before I knew where my hip sockets actually were, and before some career-changing hip+lower back ouchies. โ โ
In ๐ Articulate Anatomy: Hips โ weโll look at hip zones that are often misunderstood and turn anatomical imagery into โ ๐ซง playtime ๐ซง โ I can't wait for you to come feel the vast territory between your ass cheeks with me ๐ โ Join me inside The Freestyle Collective at 11 am EST โYes! recordings are available โจ
In 2024, as I was coming down from the high of the in-person intensive at the end of the Floor Flow Teacher Training (FFTT), โ
somewhere between staring blankly at clouds and wondering what to focus on now,
a knowing came through: โ
โThat was the last FFTT. Itโs complete.โ โ
After 10 years of the program and over 400 attendees, I was done. โ
But not because I was over it. โ I was done because the last two trainings went so well that closing off the chapter felt right.
this is what fulfillment looks like ๐ miss u all!
But then a few things happened that changed how I felt about the end of FFTT: โ
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The messages came in
โ โโIโve been wanting to take FFTT for yearsโฆ.when will the next one be?โ โ
โI want more training like FFTT, but I can't find anything else like it. Will you run it again?โ โโ โ
2. The classroom reality hasnโt changed ๐ซ โ โIn plenty of in-person movement classes I attend, I glaze over. โ
Iโm listening to someone talk, and talk, about a very cool move weโre hopefully going to practice. โ
But with so much explanation, by the time they say, โokay, now you try,โ Iโm side-eying others, trying to remember how it starts ๐ โ
Then, when we practice, itโs too brief to land in my body.
Many classes fail to create the conditions for deep enjoyment-or for skills that actually last. โ โThe issue isn't teacher expertise. It's that movement classes built around the embodied learning process are still rare.โ โ
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3. I went to live events with movement thought-leaders I admire โ๏ธ โ
Between April and October, I went to: โ
a movement coaches weekend with Tom Myers, creator of the Anatomy Trains body of work
And I met new friends like Satya Sardonicus โฌ๏ธ
Trimming this picture to spare you the GAPING mouth shape I'm making. โ โ Satya is the creator of the NeuroFascial Flowยฎ Method and a thought LEADER in body-based healing for chronic nervous system distress and complex illness. โโ ๐๐ผ read her latest clinical thought piece hereโ
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While many heavy science facts flew right past my high hair bun at the Fascia Research Congress ๐๐ผ, โ
one thing stood out as missing for the movement-based workshops: โ โ
๐ฆ fluidity ๐ฆ โ Don't get me wrong, I went to some great sessions. โ I just didnโt experience any that brought people into a dreamy state where undulating, bouncy, spiraling movement arises without thinking. โ โBecause that state โ ~ the one where movement feels easy ~ โ and you no longer need someone to tell you what to do, โ requires moving away from the alignment-perfecting, muscle-led, โam i doing this right?โ way of thinking, โ โto a fascia-led / body-led way of sensing.โ โ This shift allows you to: โ
โ have better balance and feel less like beef jerky as you age ๐๐ผ โ โ uplevel your sensual perception and physical intelligence ๐น โ โ move more athletically and express your greatest power ๐ โ โ โand much more. โ โ(If you are wondering "what even IS fascia?" and you havenโt left this email yet, go see the bottom of this email) โ โ
For the first time, I'm running both a training track and a teaching track so that both movement teachers and those who want to develop their own floor practice have a path.โ โ โIf you have questions for me, hit reply. I'm happy to send you a video or hop on a call to answer.
Adam Woolley and I go way back to the time before Instagram or pole shorts existed, and I still paid 99 cents each for songs on iTunes. โ Today, heโs a thought leader in non-linear pedagogy, physical literacy, and all kinds of other cool stuff: @proudcoachโ โ โWe teamed up to take you on a warm-up-burning, curriculum-crushing, movement-class makeover journey. โ Join us here: Movement Class Custom Busting Experience - Jan 2026
The shortest non-technical explanation I have is this: itโs how your body feels itself. Itโs your largest sensory organ โ both a webby connective network that links everything and a gooey, hydrated matrix that lets layers of you slide and spring. Itโs alive with nerve endings and fluid, and it behaves a bit like a liquid crystal โ responsive and conductive, sensitive to pressure and stretch. Your nervous system is constantly reading changes in your fascial web to decide whatโs safe and how coordinated you are, moment to moment.
Hereโs the part people recognize immediately in their own bodies: fascia reorganizes itself based on how you use it. Well-used tissue tends to stay elastic and communicative. Underused or over-braced tissue tends to matten and dehydrate, often feeling stiff, sticky, or strangely loud. This isnโt a moral failing or a posture problem โ itโs adaptive biology doing its job. Fascia is always listening. Always remodeling. Always "taking notes" on what you're doing and how you're being.
Fascia is also how information travels through the body โ not just force, but sensation and timing. Itโs what lets movement be felt as movement, continuity, and flowโnot as a checklist of parts. โ Okay, there is much more to say, and that wasnโt very shortโฆthx for being here.
Marlo Fisken | Movement Educator โโ Creator of Flow Movement, Invert Ready, and the Floor Flow Teacher Training
I'm a movement educator with over 26 years of teaching experience who writes about bodies, Flow states, being naughty for your own good, and how to stop your THINKY head from ruining all your movement fun.
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