The Fascia Guide

This episode is a re-release of The Fascia Guide LIVE – a livestreamed conversation where we open up a free-form format to explore what fascia really is, and why it matters. Originally recorded on November 13, 2024, this conversation sets the tone for our ongoing journey: curious, open-minded, and grounded in both experience and emerging science. We talk about the living body, the principles behind fascia, and how this connective tissue might be the key to understanding not only pain and movement, but also health and life itself. The discussion also touches on how fascia receives and relieves pressure – and how our thoughts and emotions are deeply connected to our physical body. Participants in this episode: Axel Bohlin and Per Johansson.

The episode was first published on The Fascia Guide YouTube channel on February 5, 2025. In this inspiring episode, we meet Deanna Hansen — founder of Block Therapy™ and a pioneer in the field of fascia decompression for physical and emotional transformation. With more than 20 years of hands-on clinical experience, Deanna shares how releasing fascia tension can relieve chronic pain, restore alignment, improve circulation, and even reverse the effects of cellular aging. Together with Axel and Hans, she explores the intimate link between breath, emotion, and tissue — revealing how stored trauma and stagnation in the body can be released through conscious connection and decompression. An episode that bridges science and self-healing — offering a practical pathway toward freedom, flow, and vitality. Participants in this episode: Axel Bohlin, Hans Bohlin, and Deanna Hansen.

The episode was first published on the Swedish podcast Fasciaguiden on June 5, 2025. In this thought-provoking conversation, we meet Dr. Neil Theise — liver pathologist, fascia researcher, and author of Notes on Complexity. This is more than an interview; it’s a journey through science, philosophy, and the very structure of life itself. Together with Axel, Hans, and Per Johansson, Theise explores what fascia really is, how the body can be understood as a self-organizing complex system, and why our views on medicine, science, and consciousness may need to change at the deepest level. We talk about the body’s boundaries, energy flows, electromagnetic fields, quantum physics, relationships, and how consciousness may be much more than just a product of the brain. Theise explains why fascia can be seen as an interface connecting the body’s different levels — and why complementarity, rather than opposition, is the key to understanding both the body and the world. An episode that touches both heart and mind — and perhaps something even greater. Participants in this episode: Axel Bohlin, Hans Bohlin, and Neil Theise.

The episode was first published on the Swedish podcast Fasciaguiden on June 4, 2025. In this unique episode, we meet Professor Gerald Pollack — one of the world’s most influential researchers in water science. Together with Axel and Hans, we dive into the mysteries of structured water, the inner politics of science, and why groundbreaking ideas often meet resistance even when they redefine how we understand life. Pollack shares his journey from studying muscle contraction to discovering exclusion zone water — a fourth phase of water that carries an electrical charge, responds to infrared light, and may be crucial for cell function, health, and even technological innovation. We discuss water’s role in memory, energy, cancer, and why young minds often see what established science overlooks. An episode that challenges, inspires, and may forever change the way you see both the body and the future. Participants in this episode: Axel Bohlin, Hans Bohlin, and Gerald Pollack.

The episode was first published on the Swedish podcast Fasciaguiden on May 27, 2025. What if every chronic disease actually stems from the same root cause — the loss of electrons? In this eye-opening episode, we interview cardiologist and researcher Dr. Thomas Levy, who argues that oxidative stress is the common denominator behind all disease. We talk about: How oxidative stress affects the body’s ability to heal Why vitamin C is the body’s most important molecule for restoring health How to reduce the toxic load that weakens our immune system The possibility of reactivating the body’s own vitamin C production If Dr. Levy’s research is correct, it could change the way we understand health — and point toward a future where more people can heal themselves in entirely new ways. 🎧 Listen and gain a new understanding of energy, inflammation, and long-term health. Participants in this episode: Axel Bohlin, Hans Bohlin, and Thomas Levy.

The episode was first published on the Swedish podcast Fasciaguiden on May 26, 2025. In this episode, we meet the French surgeon Jean-Claude Guimberteau, who has spent more than 30 years filming the living body. What did he discover when he first realized that reality didn’t match what the textbooks described? And why do his discoveries have the potential to revolutionize our entire understanding of the human body? Through Jean-Claude Guimberteau’s personal journey, we are taken into a fascinating world where cells move, threads connect, and colors pulse. It’s like watching a film in which the main character suddenly realizes that everything he’s learned is a simplification of a far more complex and living reality. What does it mean for us when we begin to understand that the body is not static but in constant transformation? The interview gives us a unique perspective on how the living body’s reality differs from traditional anatomical models—and how this new understanding could change the way we think about health, disease, and healing. Is it time to let go of the old models and start seeing the body as it truly is? Participants in this episode are Axel Bohlin, Hans Bohlin, and Jean-Claude Guimberteau.

Fascia research in all its glory, but how do you present it so that ordinary people understand it, gets excited and start realizing the potential benefits of understanding how the body works? Together with Sue Adstrum, PhD-qualified anatomist & author of the Living Wetsuit, we discuss how Fascia as a subject could help us bridge the gap between research, practical application and how it relates to ordinary people and everyday life.

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What happens when you discover that things are not as you thought? Fascia and the living body starts as a fascinating subject, new research, a new organ and new insights. But how does it affect you when you then realize that it goes much deeper, that it is a fundamental change in how you understand wholeness and separation, relations and flow. The realization that we in fact know so very little about the LIVING body is very humbling. At the same time, the fact that it is crucial to understand YOUR own body, and that factors like your own experiences, thoughts and feelings are important, makes it empowering. What would happen if people in general become more humble AND more empowered? The Fascia Guide is a podcast about the living body, about new research and a new perspective on health, pain and what it means to be alive. In this episode you will hear Hans Bohlin, innovator and fascia expert, Per Johansson, doctor of human ecology and historian of science and ideas, and Axel Bohlin, founder & editor of The Fascia Guide.

For many researchers, health professionals and people in general the understanding of what Fascia is and how it works has completely challenged the whole way we understand the body and what it means to be alive. So... where does that put us? How do we start understanding the living body? What does it take in terms of skills, perspective, ways of thinking and doing. What does it even mean that Fascia is a new paradigm, a new perspective? How do we learn anything for that matter?   The Fascia Guide is a podcast about the living body, about new research and a new perspective on health, pain and what it means to be alive. In this episode you will hear Hans Bohlin, innovator and fascia expert, Per Johansson, doctor of human ecology and historian of science and ideas, and Axel Bohlin, founder & editor of The Fascia Guide.

The purpose of The Fascia Guide is to give people knowledge about the body in a simple way. What does that mean exactly? What is knowledge and where is knowledge? How do we understand all the complexity that is the living body in a simple way? What does it even mean to know something? The Fascia Guide is a podcast about the living body, about new research and a new perspective on health, pain and what it means to be alive. In this episode you will hear Hans Bohlin, innovator and fascia expert, Per Johansson, doctor of human ecology and historian of science and ideas, and Axel Bohlin, founder & editor of The Fascia Guide.

Fascia as a flow is a new way of understanding the body and explaining the body’s function. All that lives has a flow. Each living cell or organism has a flow of water, energies, particles, molecules, light, sound, vibrations, etc. Each living cell has a metabolism which requires a flow into the cell, a flow within the cell and a flow out of the cell. This applies to unicellular as well as multicellular organisms, animals, plants, fungi, protists or bacteria. Flow is essential, it is life - and somehow, flow is also something we find terribly hard to understand. The Fascia Guide is a podcast about the living body, about new research and a new perspective on health, pain and what it means to be alive. In this episode you will hear Hans Bohlin, innovator and fascia expert, Per Johansson, doctor of human ecology and historian of science and ideas, and Axel Bohlin, founder & editor of The Fascia Guide.

What happens when you discover something that makes you rethink everything you knew? Fascia research forces as to look at the whole and not just the parts, and in some ways we need to start from scratch. That in itself is challenging, but it is even worse when videos of the living body like "Strolling under the skin" shows how an organized chaos. Is there a place for fascia in a culture obsessed with order and control? The Fascia Guide is a podcast about the living body, about new research and a new perspective on health, pain and what it means to be alive. In this episode you will hear Hans Bohlin, innovator and fascia expert, Per Johansson, doctor of human ecology and historian of science and ideas, and Axel Bohlin, founder & editor of The Fascia Guide.

A living body is not the same thing as a dead body… but we pretend they are when we study anatomy. Our entire understanding of the body is based on studies of dead bodies, dissected bodies, and bodies treated as objects. But is your body really an object? Is the body something you have or is it in fact something you are? Why are we thinking like this - and have we always been thinking like this? The Fascia Guide is a podcast about the living body, about new research and a new perspective on health, pain and what it means to be alive. In this episode you will hear Hans Bohlin, innovator and fascia expert, Per Johansson, doctor of human ecology and historian of science and ideas, and Axel Bohlin, founder & editor of The Fascia Guide.

Fascia research has sparked a wildfire of new insights that are challenging conventional belief about how the living body works. In the last 15-20 years thousands of high quality research articles have been published by renowned researchers, from high ranking institutions. Practical applications of this research indicates promising future solutions to a vast number of common health issues Still, very few people know what fascia is, especially if you compare it with other new research fields like the microbiome, which is much more well known Is it something about the subject itself that is hard for us to understand? Why is Fascia not mainstream? The Fascia Guide is a podcast about the living body, about new research and a new perspective on health, pain and what it means to be alive. In this episode you will hear Hans Bohlin, innovator and fascia expert, Per Johansson, doctor of human ecology and historian of science and ideas, and Axel Bohlin, founder & editor of The Fascia Guide.

Understanding the living body is quite a complex thing - but there is a simple way to understand the function of the body by understanding Fascia. In simple terms, Fascia helps the body to load and unload pressure. How does this happen? What is pressure? ... and how can you use this knowledge to improve your lifestyle, increase your well-being and learn to handle different kinds of pressure like stress or low back pain. The Fascia Guide is a podcast about the living body, about new research and a new perspective on health, pain and what it means to be alive. In this episode you will hear Hans Bohlin, innovator and fascia expert, Per Johansson, doctor of human ecology and historian of science and ideas, and Axel Bohlin, founder & editor of The Fascia Guide.

It might be a simple question, but it literally takes hours to answer it. Fascia is the connective tissue that encapsulates everything in the body, from muscles and skeleton, to organs and cell. It’s also the fluid flow that moves between all the cells and the way our body communicates. It’s also a function that absorbs the pressure we’re exposed to and a way of storing memories, thoughts and feelings. Fascia is the thing that connects our whole body as a whole. It’s also a way for us to question our understanding of what a body is and our whole research paradigm, what we’re studying and why. "What is Fascia?" is a question we have been answering for years. It is also the topic of the second episode of The Fascia Guide.   The Fascia Guide is a podcast about the living body, about new research and a new perspective on health, pain and what it means to be alive. In this episode you will hear Hans Bohlin, innovator and fascia expert, Per Johansson, doctor of human ecology and historian of science and ideas, and Axel Bohlin, founder & editor of The Fascia Guide.

The Fascia Guide is a podcast about the living body, about new research and a new perspective on health, pain and what it means to be alive. There is an ongoing global revolution in the anatomical research field, profoundly changing the way we look at the human body. The reason? Fascia, a network of connective tissue with no beginning and no end, encapsulating everything in the body, from muscles and skeleton, to organs and cells. While until recently considered unimportant, Fascia is since 2017 acknowledged as the biggest organ in the body and Fascia research has sparked a wildfire of new insights that are challenging conventional belief about how the body works.   The purpose of The Fascia Guide is to provide knowledge about the body in a simple way. It's a podcast about science and proven experience, about philosophy and new insights, about the practical application of new research, and about the little things that make difference in terms of lifestyle and well-being In this episode you will hear Hans Bohlin, innovator and fascia expert Per Johansson, doctor of human ecology and historian of science and ideas Axel Bohlin, founder & editor of The Fascia Guide.

The Fascia Guide is a podcast about the living body, about new research and a new perspective on health, pain and what it means to be alive. There is an ongoing global revolution in the anatomical research field, profoundly changing the way we look at the human body. The reason? Fascia, a network of connective tissue with no beginning and no end, encapsulating everything in the body, from muscles and skeleton, to organs and cells. While until recently considered unimportant, Fascia is since 2017 acknowledged as the biggest organ in the body and Fascia research has sparked a wildfire of new insights that are challenging conventional belief about how the body works. The purpose of The Fascia Guide is to provide knowledge about the body in a simple way. It’s a podcast about science and proven experience, about philosophy and new insights, about the practical application of new research, and about the little things that make difference in terms of lifestyle and well-being With and by… Axel Bohlin founder & editor of The Fascia Guide. Hans Bohlin, Innovator & Fascia Expert Per Johansson, Doctor of human ecology and historian of science and ideas