10/03/2026
Let’s talk about fascial unwinding.
There are a lot of reels out there that come on my feed, whether here or on insta, that are doing some kind of energy work or whatever and the client just starts twitching. Sometimes you think, is that even a real thing? They’ve gotta be coaching them to fake it for content, right? But it’s actually real.
This is one of my long - time clients (he knows I’m posting this video - any other reel or video you have seen from a session on this page has been another LMT on my table. We get used to it from being in classroom settings). He is ONE of the reasons I got in to Ashi in the first place. He knows it. About 75% of the classes I have taken since he became a client have been to try and address this issue. A frustrated “I don’t know what else to do, maybe this will help.” (Ashi was the frustrated “at this point I just want to step on it…”)
This was the first time we did any foot based bodywork (about 14 months ago). I had only done a seated course to be able to get started with it. My technique was not great. And then I hit *that spot.* I held it with the ball of my foot first, but had to switch to my heel for my own stability. You can see why.
The arm twitching that is going on? It’s involuntary. It’s over 20 years of injury patterns and attempted corrections unraveling (we’re talking og injury from over 20 years ago and then 4? Surgeries, failed nerve blocks, etc and that’s just in the almost 6 years he’s been coming to me) He knows to communicate any discomfort so I can adjust. (This video was from the first time it happened, it freaked me out and I kept making sure he wasn’t hurting. His response was “no….it feels GOOD!” And then I started filming cause he wanted to see what was happening) I -STILL- get super stoked when this happens. It takes longer in to the session to get to it. And it’s starting to release in other areas too.
It doesn’t happen on everyone. Every -body- responds differently. There are so many things out in the massage world right now that will get you out of pain “immediately.” I’ve taken some of them. They’re also fantastic. They have their place. But everything else in ours lives is focused on immediacy. We weren’t made for that. Sometimes the body just needs to slow down.
We held just this spot for an hour today and let it do it’s thing. The pattern is changing. It’s not just the one arm anymore. It’s starting to release bilaterally. And down the opposite leg. It’s lasting longer. It’s continuing to change even after a session.
Client for almost 6 years. We’ve made the most progress in the last 14 months. We use the deep pressure for the deep traumas. lol.
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