For the Love of Trees (and Fascia)
Have you ever traced your fingers over the knot of an old oak tree? That dense, swirling vortex where the wood grew around something — an old branch, an injury, a season of stress — and kept going?
Your body does the same thing.
We call them “knots” in our shoulders, our backs, our hips. But fascia — the connective web that holds everything together — doesn’t knot up to punish you. It’s protecting something. Adapting. Holding on. Just like the tree.
The difference? A tree doesn’t judge its knots. It just keeps growing around them, through them, with them. It knows they’re part of its story.
At ForResting the Soul, I believe we’re a lot more like our tree friends than we realize. We both reach toward light. We both carry our history in our tissues. We both heal — not by erasing the knots, but by understanding them.
This page is where the science meets the soul. Below you’ll find the latest fascia research — updated each week — curated for people who want to know what’s happening under their skin and why it matters.
Fascia release group classes are now available. Let’s learn to release, together. See schedule for details.