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A few years ago, I injured my back doing something stupid in the yard. The low-back pain that I had gotten rid of with qigong suddenly returned, and with a vengeance!
Of course, I was still practicing my qigong, and it was helping a lot. In fact, I think I would have been in SERIOUS trouble if not for my qigong practice. I suspect that qigong saved me from back surgery.
But no matter what I tried, I couldn’t seem to eliminate the pain 100%. I needed a boost for my qigong practice, and for whatever reason, I wasn’t getting it from my normal acupuncture or chiropractic sessions, which I had done for years.
My intuition told me that the problem was related to my fascia. And so I started googling. Somehow, I ended up on Elisha’s blog, whom many of you know by now. I really liked her approach, so I booked a few private Skype sessions with her.
Through Skype, Elisha helped me to target and release the stuck fascia in my thighs and hip flexors, which in turn helped me to relieve my back pain. On top of that, releasing my fascia also helped me to level up my qigong practice! Suddenly, I was feeling a ton of energy down my leg meridians. Woohoo!

This April, my campervan odyssey took me to Southern California. Meanwhile, Elisha and her partner Stefan had recently moved to Northern California. So I decided to make the trek up to the Bay Area to meet Elisha in the flesh.

Sgt. Pepper and I pointed our campervan north and drove up the Pacific Coast Highway! To be honest, he did very little of the driving. Here’s a picture of him lazing around in the van:
During my visit, Elisha, Stefan, and I had a lot of fun. She did a healing session on me using her Kinetix system. We shared a nice meal. And we also had some awesome conversations about fascia and healing.
Me, Stefan, and Elisha in Northern California

Knowing that people would probably want to watch our conversation, Stefan kindly agreed to film everything. I’ve uploaded 6 short segments from our conversation, which you can watch below:

Segment 1: What is Fascia?

Segment 2: The New Science of Fascia

Segment 3: Cellular Hydration and Fascia

Segment 4: Fascia and Internal Power (Neijin)

Segment 5: Fascia and your Nervous System

Segment 6: The Takeaway

Got a question for me? Go ahead and post it below in the comments section.

From the heart,
Sifu Anthony

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