๐Ÿ“ž 1-900-Hip-Play (tomorrow)


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TOMORROW, Dec 19
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Iโ€™m rather amazed by how many years I yanked my pelvis to its extremes before understanding how itโ€™s designed to move.

In ๐Ÿ‘ Articulate Anatomy: Hips
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weโ€™ll look at hip zones that are often misunderstood and turn anatomical imagery into
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๐Ÿซง playtime ๐Ÿซง
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I can't wait for you to come feel the vast territory between your ass cheeks with me ๐Ÿ˜†
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Join me inside
The Freestyle Collective at 11 am EST
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Yes! recordings are available โœจ

If it's good, end it?


I want to let you in on something:
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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),
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somewhere between staring blankly at clouds and wondering what to focus on now,

a knowing came through:
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โ€That was the last FFTT. Itโ€™s complete.โ€
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After 10 years of the program and over 400 attendees, I was done.
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But not because I was over it.
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I was done because the last two trainings went
so well that closing off the chapter felt right.


But then a few things happened that changed how I felt about the end of FFTT:
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  1. The messages came in

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โ€Iโ€™ve been wanting to take FFTT for yearsโ€ฆ.when will the next one be?โ€
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โ€I want more training like FFTT, but I can't find anything else like it. Will you run it again?โ€
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2. The classroom reality hasnโ€™t changed ๐Ÿซ 
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In plenty of in-person movement classes I attend, I glaze over.
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Iโ€™m listening to someone talk, and talk, about a very cool move weโ€™re hopefully going to practice.
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But with so much explanation, by the time they say, โ€œokay, now you try,โ€ Iโ€™m side-eying others, trying to remember how it starts ๐Ÿ‘€
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Then, when we practice, itโ€™s too brief to land in my body.

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Many classes fail to create the conditions for deep enjoyment-or for skills that actually last.
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The issue isn't teacher expertise. It's that movement classes built around the embodied learning process are still rare.โ€‹
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3. I went to live events with movement thought-leaders I admire โœˆ๏ธ
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Between April and October, I went to:
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  • a movement coaches weekend with Tom Myers, creator of the Anatomy Trains body of work

andโ€ฆ
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The
International Fascia Research Congress, where I got to be in the room with people like:
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Robert Schleip, Stephen Porgess, Sue Hitzman and many more whose books are on my shelf ๐Ÿ“š
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I got to meet other members of the Biotensegrity Trailblazers online membership group Iโ€™m in.
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Leader of spirals
Michelle Bouvier was there- hi friend!
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Jim Donak, circus teacher and anatomist, was there, too!
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[Jim and I are hosting a Human Cadaver Dissection Lab - Aug 2026 in colorado. Learn more]โ€‹
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And I met new friends like Satya Sardonicus โฌ‡๏ธŽ


While many heavy science facts flew right past my high hair bun at the Fascia Research Congress ๐Ÿ™†๐Ÿผ,
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one thing stood out as missing for the movement-based workshops: โ€‹
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๐Ÿ’ฆ fluidity ๐Ÿ’ฆ
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Don't get me wrong, I went to some great sessions.
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I just didnโ€™t experience any that brought people into a dreamy state where undulating, bouncy, spiraling movement arises without thinking.
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Because that state
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~ the one where movement feels easy ~
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and you no longer need someone to tell you what to do,
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requires moving
away from the alignment-perfecting, muscle-led, โ€œam i doing this right?โ€ way of thinking,
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to a fascia-led / body-led way of sensing.โ€‹
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This shift allows you to:
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โ†’ have better balance and feel less like beef jerky as you age ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ
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โ†’ uplevel your sensual perception and physical intelligence ๐ŸŒน
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โ†’ move more athletically and express your greatest power ๐Ÿ…
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and much more.
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(If you are wondering "what even IS fascia?" and you havenโ€™t left this email yet, go see the bottom of this email) โ€‹
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IMO fascia science can be a LOT (here is a 2025 paper to get u started or confused, depending)โ€‹
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But getting people to move "fascially"
can be simple. And fun!


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The way we work with the ground in Floor Flow is one of the most accessible places to make the switch from:
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โ€œI know moves and make shapes,โ€ and
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โ€œDance is terrifying.โ€
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to:
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โ€œI feel my body taking me on a wavey gooey ride"
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( โ†‘ a key sign you have connected with fascial intelligence)
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All the learning I did this year helped me see what a unique body of work the Floor Flow Teacher Training has become.
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So,
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Iโ€™m bringing this program back in 2026 for the classroom leaders and curious humans who want in on the yum yum.


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โ—‹ Floor Flow Teacher Training 2026 โ€‹
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Late Jan-June 2026
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20% off EARLY BIRD RATE ENDS DEC 21 < click to see
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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€‹
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If 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.
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Today, heโ€™s a thought leader in non-linear pedagogy, physical literacy, and all kinds of other cool stuff:
@proudcoachโ€‹
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We teamed up to take you on a warm-up-burning, curriculum-crushing, movement-class makeover journey.
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Join us here:
Movement Class Custom Busting Experience - Jan 2026

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We also made a loose-lipped, 5-episode mini-podcast (free).โ€‹

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The shortest non-technical explanation I have is this: itโ€™s how your body feels itself. Itโ€™s 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. Itโ€™s 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 whatโ€™s safe and how coordinated you are, moment to moment.

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Hereโ€™s 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 isnโ€™t a moral failing or a posture problem โ€” itโ€™s adaptive biology doing its job. Fascia is always listening. Always remodeling. Always "taking notes" on what you're doing and how you're being.

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Fascia is also how information travels through the body โ€” not just force, but sensation and timing. Itโ€™s what lets movement be felt as movement, continuity, and flowโ€”not as a checklist of parts.
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Okay, there is much more to say, and that wasnโ€™t very shortโ€ฆthx for being here.

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Marlo Fisken | Movement Educator
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โ—’ Creator of Flow Movement, Invert Ready, and the Floor Flow Teacher Training

๐ŸŒŽ International pole dance champion

๐Ÿƒ Part jester, part technician

๐Ÿ”ฅ Teaching bodies to do incredible things since 1999 | Over 10k Students online
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Website | Instagram | Flow Movement YouTube | Pole Dance YouTubeโ€‹

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Marlo Fisken

I'm a movement educator with over 26 years of teaching experience who writes about bodies, Flow states, fluidity, being naughty for your own good, and how to stop your THINKY head from ruining all your movement fun.

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