What is a body, really?

What is a body, really? A body can be dead or alive, and we often picture a dead body when we hear the word body. We see the image of a body with tissues and organs placed in their respective locations. We see lungs, heart, blood vessels, stomach, intestines, liver, kidneys, and more—the body's "different parts". But that's not what a living body looks like! A living body is a single, integrated whole of different cells and the tissue that keeps track of and communicates with all cells, which exists outside and around all cells: the fascial system.

The fact that we usually think of a dead body is because researchers and scientists have explored dead bodies through dissections to learn about human and animal anatomy.

The living body

All life requires water and has a flow. A flow of water, energies, particles, molecules, light, sound, vibrations, and more. Everything that is alive also has a metabolism that requires a flow. The living organism communicates through this flow, within cells and between cells. In a dead body, there is no flow, no movement, no communication.

Multicellular organisms require organization

A single-celled organism has only one cell that handles everything, such as metabolism, flow in and out of the cell, and communication within the cell. It does not require any advanced organization. We also don't usually call a single-celled organism a body.

During evolution, multicellular organisms developed; cells began to organize themselves with different tasks and create a structure. Cells with similar tasks joined together and formed tissues and organs. This requires a substrate, a tissue, that organizes and arranges different cell types, holds them together, creates a structure, and manages communication and interaction between cells. The cells must know what is happening in and with other cells in the organism.

This tissue that keeps track of all the cells in the entire body, that holds together and structures the body, is the fascial system. It is a strong yet mobile and elastic structure of a multidimensional network of fiber proteins and a fluid gel. The gel, which consists of, among other things, water, hyaluronic acid, and other large water-binding molecules, moves, flows, between fiber proteins and cells, throughout the entire living body. All movement that occurs in the body is propagated via the network and the flow to all cells, right down to each cell nucleus, with information about what is happening as long as the body is alive.

As early as 2005, Guimberteau showed in the film "Strolling under the skin" what it looks like inside a living body. It is difficult to imagine that movement with the image of a dead body in one's mind's eye.

How we live directly affects structure and flow

Everything we do and expose ourselves to will affect the fascia's structure and flow; Diet

Sleep

Age

Training

Exercise

Stress

Illness

Pollution

Genes

Medication

We become what we do

How we move and use our body signals to the body what needs to be strengthened or rebuilt to adapt to our recurring movement patterns. You get stronger arms if you do push-ups regularly, and in the same way, your entire posture is affected by sitting still at a desk or in a car for long periods every day.

We become what we eat

Cells are constantly being formed and dying, and their life cycle ranges from days to years, but in about seven years, the entire body has been rebuilt. What you eat are the building blocks that the body is made of; your body thus consists of what you have eaten. The fascia is also affected by what you eat. Both the fiber network's structure and the flow can be positively or negatively affected depending on what is in the food you eat. Lack of nutrition, a lot of sugar, additives, toxins, or other junk will affect and impair the flow and structure.

We become what we think and feel

Thoughts and feelings like worry, harmony, relaxation, and stress trigger different processes in the body that directly affect the body's flow and structure. Stress leads to you tensing up, thereby impairing the flow, and hormones such as cortisol break down fiber proteins and raise blood sugar, which adversely affects structure and flow.

We become the environment we are in

Air quality, atmosphere (vibes), weather, pollution, and physical artificial structures such as cities all have a direct impact on the body's structure and flow. There is a big difference between a noisy big-city environment with exhaust fumes, where unwanted particles can be stored in the fascia, compared to a forest with clean, fresh air that provides peace and harmony.