Anatomy Science shows that every single body is unique. Even identical twins. Experience confirms that your face is different to everyone else’s. You are the only one that looks like you on the outside. Believe it or not,  you are also the only one that looks like you on the inside. You are the only one that moves like you.

Joanne is originally from London, where her Yoga Teacher Training school (Art of Contemporary Yoga Ltd) taught yoga teachers to 500 hour level. Joanne is also a Yoga Therapist and teacher of Structural Integration, which she studied for many years with Tom Myers, becoming one of the first Anatomy Trains teachers in the world. Joanne went on to work closely with John Sharkey, Clinical Anatomist, Director of NTC, Dublin studying the human body directly. Commissioned to write Yoga Fascia Anatomy and Movement, in 2014, the first book is now in its 2nd edition. The invitation to write Myofascial Magic in Action, came from the 5-star reviews of the first book. Myofascial Magic provides an integrated practice for all different schools of movement teachers, making sense fascia-focused integrity in human motion.

Fascinated by 21st Century Anatomy and Fascia, Joanne dedicated herself to learning how it shows up in individuals and how human movement patterns correlate with each person’s unique expressions. From 2002, studying at the CMED Institute, with Caroline Myss, in person, Joanne became a Sacred Contracts practitioner, researching archetypal patterns of the human psyche. Reuniting the “soma and the soul” through movement and inner awareness, became her promise.

Now a Reverend and a Doctor, in Spiritual Science, Joanne is dedicated to empowering others to recognise Myofascial Magic in body and being. Her focus is on revealing the Wisdom Body in each of us and invoking our unique Biomotional Intelligence as an inner wisdom we all have.

Joanne’s expertise in movement and manual therapy is always focussed on empowering the client or practitioner. Whatever they teach – and whomever they train – her focus is on a “person-centric” rather than “posture-centric” approach to movement. Joanne invites teachers to find their own voice – honouring their story as the source of their own genius and confidence – in motion. 

Paul is originally from Manchester, England – where he began studying Karate from the age of 7. At 19, he joined the Royal Airforce, supporting pilots on their flight missions. In places like Saudi Arabia, Paul’s physical strength was challenged to the limit and he learned the hard way how to respond quickly and resiliently, to those challenges. 

In his 30’s, with enormous respect for the human body, Paul changed careers to study the body in even more depth. He became a Neuro-Muscular Therapist to understand manual therapy and trained with STOTT Pilates, eventually becoming a top movement Instructor Trainer in Dubai and then around the world. 

Paul’s studies and dedication to the wholeness of the human body and how the entire fascia matrix works under stress and rest, brought him to studying human dissection, movement and rehab with world renowned specialists. His deep understanding of Myofascia and Fasciategrity is revealed in his unique delivery and practical presentations. 

Paul’s expertise includes Pilates Mat, Reformer, Cadillac, Chair and Barrels and Injuries & Special Populations. He has a triple black belt in Karate and currently advances through Brazilian Jujitsu training, to maintain his own movement integrity. All of this informs his lively and empowering workshops. They are designed around the wisdom of understanding the Neuro-myofascial System and 21st Century Anatomy, in practice. He’s all about being in action – at your own level.

Paul’s genius, as an international teacher, movement coach and mentor, is bringing the ability forward in other instructors. His training works on the common denominators of the fascia matrix, for all shapes, sizes, ages and stages of fitness in people around the world. Focussed on training trainers to become true Movement Educators, his way of working is infectious and inspiring – it leaves people with new assets that they get to take-away and keep!

John Sharkey is an accredited Clinical anatomist and member of the Anatomical Society (AS) and British Association of Clinical Anatomists (BACA) . He is an international educator, author, and authority in the areas of clinical anatomy, fascia science, human movement, and the treatment of myofascial pain. John is a graduate of the University of Dundee, University of Liverpool, and University of Chester. He completed undergraduate and post-graduate studies in the areas of exercise physiology, clinical anatomy and holds a post-graduate certificate in education from Maynooth University. He is the programme leader of the biotensegrity focused cadaver dissection courses that have been held at University of Dundee, King’s College London, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA and Trecchi Human, Italy and internationally.

John has been delivering human anatomy dissection courses teaching the geometry of anatomy and movement from his unique Fasciategrity-Anatomy for the 21st Century perspective. His presentations are respectful, dynamic, entertaining, educational, and insightful. He is recognised as one of the leading authorities on fascia science and living tensegrity. John is Fascia Science and Clinical Applications editor of the editorial board of the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies (JBMT) and International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine.

Dr. Kelsick is the founder and clinical director of the MaxFit Movement Institute an integrative healthcare centre. He has been working as medical staff with the Canadian National and Olympic teams for over 28 years. Also served with the NHL, NBA and attended 10 Olympic Games as medical staff. 

In addition, he has been a sports medicine consultant with Olympic athletes from USA, Africa, Caribbean, and Sweden to name a few. His education and experience position him perfectly for this role. Dr. Kelsick’s network of colleagues and friends, gathered in his more than 38 years as a health practitioner, expands what he can offer. Dr. Kelsick received his B. Sc. in Kinesiology from Simon Fraser University, his Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College. Dr. Kelsick has written and published several articles, is a contributing author for a medical text and also recent contributor to Fascia in sports and Movement (Schleip-Hand spring publishing) and recent publication in Australian Journal of myotherapy therapy. In the past he sat on the editorial board of the Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association (peer review journal). His two specialties are sports medicine and rehabilitative medicine. He is the founder of the “Teach Me to Run Workshops”. Dr Kelsick lectures both locally and internationally as well a regular presenter at numerous conferences.

Dr Karen Kirkness is the author of Spiral Bound: Integrated Anatomy for Yoga and founder of Meadowlark Yoga in Edinburgh, Scotland. She holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Medical Sciences with a focus on anatomy pedagogy and complexity theory in the UK medical curriculum. Karen is a committed movement educator passionate about facilitating healthy outcomes through self-practice by encouraging spiral motion. She has coined her helical approach to human biomechanics as the Five Filaments, a spiral motion rubric making sense of coupled, rotatory joint coordination such as the scapulohumeral rhythm. You can find Karen and work with her online at spiralsyllabus.com, or visit her in Scotland where she lives with her husband and their two kids.

Mark Flannigan is a dynamic presenter and teacher in the fitness and wellness industry with over 30 years of experience and has shared his knowledge and expertise in Australia, US, Japan, Brazil and most of Europe. Mark has been a successful competitor and judge for the Federation of International Gymnastics, has a BSc in Exercise Science and is a Neuromuscular Therapist NMT from the National Training Centre, Dublin, Ireland. Since 2016, Mark has participated in living tensegrity focused dissections with John Sharkey, shifting the paradigm into 21st century anatomy, applying Fasciategrity principles to his work as a Strength and Conditioning trainer, Pilates teacher and Neuro-muscular therapist.

Helen is a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist, HeartMath Practitioner, Yoga teacher (taught in the lineage of Vanda Scaravelli), and Five Filament Specialist (a certified practitioner of Spiral anatomy and biomechanics).

She has spent much of the last decade under the mentorship of Joanne Avison, developing and delivering training and workshops for the movement community.

Helen is deeply curious about the mind-body continuum, and the value of  interoceptive practices for mental health.  She is especially interested in the relationship between psychology and body awareness, and how awareness of our fascia matrix (as both a concept and felt sense) is key to fostering a compassionate relationship to ourselves.

Helen facilitates space for groups and private clients to explore the inter-relationships between movement, attention, and conscious awareness.  Her teaching is informed and inspired by an ongoing inquiry into fascia anatomy, living tensegrity, somatic movement, philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience.

To connect with Helen either privately, online, or at one of her regular day retreats visit: heleneadieyoga.com

Lisa is the owner of Soul Fitness Mind Body Studios, primary teacher of the 200- and 500-hour yoga teacher training programs, certified Human Movement Specialist and international presenter sharing 21st Century Anatomy with movement practitioners across many exercise modalities. 

With over 30 years of experience Lisa brings a unique approach to yoga and exercise, inspiring the unique expression of movement from a living tensegrity perspective through the fabric of the fascial matrix. Creator of Integral Movement Systems, Lisa shares her passion guiding movement professionals and practitioners, elite athletes, and adaptive clients to integrate a whole-body awareness approach creating life changing movement experiences.

Helen is the creator and primary lead trainer of the Nidra Restore method, as well as guest trainer for The Minded Institute, BeYoga and LushTums teacher trainings. She has shared yoga for over fifteen years as a teacher and four as a Yoga Therapist, focusing her work on mental health and trauma. 

She is the creator and lead facilitator of courses combining movement, mindfulness, yoga and mental health including an 8 week trauma informed yoga programme for women funded by the Brighton Yoga Foundation. She facilitates yoga practice twice weekly at Mill View Psychiatric hospital and runs peer support groups for parents and carers of SEN children and new mums.

Helen facilitates moving, breathing, resting and talking spaces with a deep sense of humility, compassion and collaboration to support people to find easier ways to move, breathe, rest and think. She specialises in practices that explore moving into rest through somatic and free movement, Yoga Nidra and restorative yoga and is currently training to be a counsellor. Her truly person centred approach means that her offering is not one size fits all but a personally tailored experience to meet arising need.

Before training in yoga Helen studied for a BA Hons from the University of Sussex and a Foundation in Art from Chelsea School of Art before. Her yoga training is extensive and includes a rigorous Minded Institute Yoga Therapy Diploma 620hrs accredited by the British Council of Yoga Therapists, a 500hr British Wheel of Yoga and a 200hr Sivananda teacher training, pregnancy, post natal, kids and numerous restorative yoga and yoga Nidra trainings. She also has training in Counselling Level 3, currently training in Level 4, Integrative Eye Movement Therapy, Reiki, Hypno-birthing.