What happens when someone gives a name to something that has always existed?

Buckminster Fuller didn't invent tensegrity, but by naming it, he gave the world a new way of seeing. In this episode of the Sacred Geometry series, Joanne explores how Fuller's remarkable work connected architecture, engineering, biology and the living human body through one universal principle…

From geodesic domes and “Spaceship Earth” to carbon molecules, fascia and human movement, this episode reveals why Fuller's ideas continue to reshape our understanding of living architecture today.

You'll discover:

• Why Buckminster Fuller coined the term tensegrity
• How geodesic domes reveal nature's principles of force distribution
• Why the same geometric patterns appear from carbon molecules to the cosmos
• What synergetics and whole-system thinking can teach us about the human body
• How these ideas are transforming our understanding of fascia, movement and anatomy

This episode continues the journey from Leonardo da Vinci and Kenneth Snelson, exploring how a single word - tensegrity - helped reveal one of nature's most profound organising principles. It also lays the foundation for the next episode, where Joanne introduces Tom Flemons and his groundbreaking work applying these ideas directly to the human body.

If this way of understanding the body resonates with you, Joanne Avison and Paul Thornley teach these principles through their online programme, Myofascial Magic in Action. This in-depth course brings together fascia, movement, anatomy, and Sacred Geometry to help practitioners, movers, and curious learners experience the living body in an entirely new way.

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What if the missing piece in understanding the human body was discovered by a sculptor?

In this episode Joanne explores the extraordinary life and work of Kenneth Snelson, the artist whose remarkable discovery of floating compression transformed the way we understand structure, movement, and the living body.

Working from curiosity rather than convention, Snelson built a simple sculpture that revealed a profound truth: living forms are not held together by stacked parts, but by a continuous relationship between tension and compression. His insight became the missing piece that helped shape modern ideas of tensegrity, fascia, and living architecture.

You'll discover:

• Why Kenneth Snelson's X-Piece changed everything
• The difference between floating compression and tensegrity
• How living bodies organise themselves differently from buildings
• Why weaving offers a powerful model for understanding fascia
• How the principles of living architecture appear throughout nature
• What Snelson's work reveals about movement, resilience, and human form
• Why the patterns of physical forces matter more than isolated parts

More than the story of a sculptor, this is an invitation to see yourself differently. Kenneth Snelson's work reminds us that the human body is not a machine assembled from separate pieces, but a living, self-organising architecture whose intelligence has been quietly present all along.

If this way of understanding the body resonates with you, and you'd like to explore it in depth, Joanne Avison and Paul Thornley teach these principles through their online programme, Myofascial Magic in Action (MMIA). This in-depth course brings together fascia, movement, anatomy, and Sacred Geometry to help practitioners, movers, and curious learners experience the living body in an entirely new way.

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What did Leonardo da Vinci see that the rest of the world missed?

In the second episode of this new Sacred Geometry series, Joanne explores the extraordinary quality of attention that allowed Leonardo da Vinci to perceive the human body in a way that science would not begin to explain for another 500 years.

Long before the language of fascia, tensegrity, or living architecture existed, Leonardo was asking different questions. Through meticulous observation, fearless curiosity, and an unwavering commitment to direct experience, he revealed patterns of proportion, movement, and organisation that continue to shape our understanding of the living body today.

You'll discover:

• Why Leonardo began with seeing rather than theory
• The hidden geometric significance of the Vitruvian Man
• How the body expresses multiple centres of organisation
• Why sacred geometry is woven throughout living anatomy
• The relationship between Leonardo's observations and modern fascia research
• How reductionist anatomy lost sight of the body's living architecture
• Why genuine discovery begins with the courage to look differently

More than a historical figure, Leonardo becomes an invitation: to observe with fresh eyes, to question inherited assumptions, and to rediscover the remarkable intelligence already present within the living human body.

This episode continues Joanne's exploration of the remarkable people whose insights have helped illuminate the living fascial matrix, the hidden geometry of nature, and what it truly means to live in a human body.

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What if the geometry of the cosmos is also written within you?

Following the extraordinary response to the first Sacred Geometry series, Joanne Avison returns to go deeper. This time, the journey is about the remarkable people who saw what others missed: the hidden patterns, living intelligence, and sacred architecture of the human body.

From Leonardo da Vinci to Kenneth Snelson, Buckminster Fuller, Donald Ingber, Tom Flemons, and John Sharkey, this series follows the artists, visionaries, scientists, and anatomists whose insights help illuminate the living fascial matrix and the extraordinary geometry we each embody.

You’ll discover:

• Why the body cannot truly be understood as a machine
• How sacred geometry appears throughout living form
• The deeper relationship between fascia, tensegrity, and human movement
• Why Leonardo saw living architecture centuries ahead of his time
• How extraordinary minds revealed patterns that were always there
• Why you are not separate from the code, but a living expression of it
  
  

Series 1 explored the shapes. Series 2 follows the people who learned to see them.

This is the next revolution of the spiral. A journey into the inner constellation, the sacred nature of the living body, and the remarkable architecture of you.

Welcome to Sacred Geometry: The Living Architecture of You.

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What if the work you're doing today actually began long before you knew its name?

In this concluding episode of Thank You For Having Me, Joanne reflects on the hidden threads that shaped her life's work. From a childhood spent surrounded by fabrics and fashion design, to years learning alongside artisan chocolatiers, to a lifetime devoted to fascia and human movement, she explores how seemingly unrelated experiences became part of one continuous education.

At the heart of the episode is a simple realisation: everything was preparing her.

You'll hear:

• What Joanne means by the body as a "liquid crystal matrix"
• How craftsmanship shaped her understanding of fascia long before science gave it language
• The surprising connections between fabric, chocolate, and living tissue
• Why our earliest experiences often become the foundation of our life's work
• How families transmit far more than knowledge
• Why love, service, and attention can become a living inheritance

Part memoir, part reflection, and part exploration of the living body, this episode brings the Thank You For Having Me series to a close by revealing the invisible architecture behind Joanne's work and the extraordinary people who helped shape it.

Next week, we'll begin a brand new Sacred Geometry series. Following the beautiful response to the first series, Joanne will introduce you to the remarkable people whose work has most profoundly shaped her own understanding of fascia, sacred geometry, and the living intelligence of the human body. We hope you'll join us for the journey. 

As always, thank you for having me.

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What does it mean to carry on when life doesn't go to plan?

In this deeply personal episode of Thank You For Having Me, Joanne reflects on a formative period of family life shaped by illness, uncertainty, service, and unwavering love. Through the story of her father's struggles, and her mother's extraordinary determination to keep the family moving forward, Joanne explores the quieter forms of courage that rarely make headlines but shape lives nonetheless.

Along the way, she shares memories of family traditions, the purple rose that stayed with her for decades, and the lessons that emerged from growing up inside a household that refused to be defined by difficulty.

You'll hear about:

• The difference between heroic courage and everyday endurance
• How family values shape who we become
• The role of service, responsibility, and loyalty in difficult times
• Why adversity can become a source of wisdom and compassion
• The connection between lived experience, embodiment, and personal growth
• How the people who raise us continue to influence our lives
• Why what is held in the heart is often reflected in the body

Part memoir, part reflection, and part exploration of human resilience, this episode follows the threads of family, love, service, and healing that ran through Joanne's childhood and helped shape the practitioner, teacher, and human being she would later become.

As always, thank you for having me.

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What if the magic of childhood never really leaves us?

In this deeply personal episode of Thank You For Having Me, Joanne reflects on the childhood experiences, family traditions, and acts of everyday wonder that shaped her life. From rainy day boxes and upside-down days to family rituals, beloved grandparents, and a mother with an extraordinary gift for transforming the ordinary into something magical, this is a story about the environments we grow up inside and how they continue to live within us.

Along the way, Joanne explores a powerful early childhood experience that would later influence her understanding of the body, memory, fascia, and the enduring imprint of our earliest years.

You'll hear:

• How childhood experiences continue to shape us throughout life
• The family traditions that created a sense of belonging and wonder
• Why seemingly small moments can leave lasting impressions
• How early experiences may be carried within the body
• The connection between memory, emotion, and embodied experience
• Why magic is often found in the ordinary
• How love, resilience, and imagination become part of who we are

Blending personal storytelling with reflections on embodiment, family, memory, and human development, this episode explores the weave of experiences that become the architecture of a life.

Part memoir, part reflection, and part exploration of the living body, The Magic We Grow Up Inside is an invitation to reconnect with the child you once were and the stories that continue to shape who you are today.

As always, thank you for having me.

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What does it mean to truly say, “Thank you for having me”?

In this deeply personal opening episode of a new series, Joanne Avison reflects on the final hours recently spent with her mother, Stephani, and the profound sense of gratitude that emerged.

What begins as a story about her passing becomes a tribute to connection, to family, to love and the invisible architecture that shapes a life. Joanne traces the lessons passed down through generations, from an adored grandfather and a thoughtful father to a remarkable mother whose influence will continue in the lives she shaped around her. 

You’ll hear:

• The simple phrase that inspired an entire series
• How family values become part of who we are
• Why gratitude can coexist with the sadness of grief
• The stories, sayings, and lessons that shape a life
• What it means to carry those we love forward in our hearts 
• How we begin to understand the house that made us
• The connection between Joanne’s lifelong work on fascia and the themes explored in this series

Although this series is more personal than Joanne's usual teaching, it remains deeply connected to the themes that have shaped her work for decades. Just as fascia folds, unfolds, adapts, and develops its own unique architecture, so too do the patterns of our lives. This series explores the people, experiences, and relationships that were being written into us long before we knew how to read them…

The first of four short episodes, Thank You For Having Me is Joanne's tribute and exploration of the patterns, relationships, and experiences that shaped her life, and an invitation to reflect on your own.

Thank you for being here. And, as always, thank you for having me. 🙏

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 What if the geometry of wholeness is already expressing itself through you? 

In this final episode of the Sacred Geometry mini-series, Joanne explores the dodecahedron: the geometry of ether, the fifth element, and the archetypal pattern of wholeness that underlies all living form.

Drawing together the themes of the entire series, Joanne reveals how the dodecahedron contains the golden ratio within every face, how it relates to self-organisation, completion, and living presence, and why ancient traditions considered it the geometry of the cosmos itself…

You’ll discover:

• Why the dodecahedron is associated with ether and wholeness
• How the pentagon and pentagram express the golden ratio (phi)
• Why five is the archetypal number of life
• The role of decussation and crossing patterns throughout the body
• What chirality reveals about human form and development
• Why sacred geometry is not abstract theory, but living anatomy in motion

From fascia and physiology to Vedic mathematics, the Flower of Life, and the hidden patterns found throughout nature, this episode brings the journey full circle and lays the foundation for the next stage of exploration.

This is the concluding episode of the first Sacred Geometry series, exploring the five Platonic solids and their relationship to fascia, embodiment, human architecture, and the deeper intelligence of life itself.

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What if the breath itself was a geometric event unfolding through your body?

In this episode of the Sacred Geometry mini-series, Joanne explores the octahedron: the geometry of air, breath, dynamic equilibrium, and the poised relationship between opposing forces.

Beginning with a single conscious breath, this conversation journeys through fascia, tensegrity, Leonardo da Vinci, Vitruvian Man, sacred mathematics, and the hidden geometric principles that shape living form from within.

You’ll discover:

• Why the octahedron represents air and dynamic equilibrium
• How the diaphragm embodies geometric balance in the body
• What the star tetrahedron and Solomon’s Seal reveal about living structures
• How breath connects “earth” and “sky” within the human form
• Why Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man contains hidden sacred geometry
• How tension and compression organise fascia and movement

This episode is part of an ongoing Sacred Geometry series exploring the five platonic solids and their relationship to fascia, movement, awareness, embodiment, and the deeper intelligence of life itself…

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