🌿 Emotional Release Through the Body — How Fascia Stores and Frees Our Feelings

Mitsu Emig
Jun 27
2 min read

🧠 What is fascia?Fascia is a thin, white, connective tissue that wraps around muscles, organs, bones, and more — forming a vast 3D network throughout the body. Rich in nerve endings, fascia is deeply connected to physical sensation, emotion, and stress.

💥 How do emotions get stored in the body?Unprocessed emotions, stress, and trauma often accumulate in specific parts of the body. For example:

Emotion	Common Storage Area	Notes
Anger, Fear	Hips, Pelvis	Linked to survival and security
Sadness	Chest, around lungs	Explains the phrase “heartache”
Anxiety, Tension	Shoulders, Neck, Back	Especially common in modern lifestyles

To release these emotions, movement alone isn’t enough — we must feel them to free them.

✅ 1. Western Anatomy & Fascia ScienceFascia connects every structure in the body — muscles, bones, organs, nerves — into one unified whole. In Anatomy Trains, Thomas Myers describes fascia as a “tensegrity structure” — a balanced tension system that affects posture, pain, movement, and internal pressure regulation.

Because fascia is packed with nerve endings and highly sensitive to internal and external stimuli, it’s often the first place emotional tension shows up in the body.

💡 What is tensegrity?Tensegrity (tension + integrity) is an architectural concept in which no single point bears all the force — pressure is distributed throughout the entire structure. It’s used in buildings, robotics, and — yes — the human body.

🧍‍♀️ Biotensegrity in the Human BodyOur body is made up of compression structures (bones) and tension elements (fascia, tendons, muscles).When tension builds up in one area (e.g. tight hips), it can show up elsewhere (e.g. neck pain or fatigue) because fascia links everything.

✅ 2. Eastern Medicine & Energy FlowTraditional Chinese Medicine views the body as a system of meridians — energy pathways — much like the fascia network.Unresolved emotions and trauma can become “stuck” or “frozen” in areas like the chest or pelvis, similar to how fascia can tighten or adhere under stress.

Ayurveda and other Eastern systems share this belief: the body remembers.

✅ 3. Psychosomatic Theory (Mind-Body Connection)Somatic psychology sees the body as a mirror of the mind.Emotional experiences — grief, fear, anger — can settle in the fascia and manifest as chronic tension, pain, or fatigue. In this view, fascia acts like a memory bank for our emotions.

In summary:The connection between fascia and emotion is supported not only by modern neuroscience and anatomy, but also by ancient energy systems and psychosomatic approaches. It’s an integrative understanding of how the body holds — and can release — emotional energy.

✨ In the next post, I’ll show you how to gently release emotional tension through the fascia and reclaim a lighter, more grounded presence in your daily life.

With care,

🧠 Mitsu EMIG

Certified Hypnotherapist & Coach (NYC-based)

MSW, University of Michigan

Management Certificate, Harvard University (Radcliffe College)

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