This is a repost of a few excerpts from Aileen McKusick’s article on human fascia and mycelium.
“Movement matters because movement changes pressure. Breathing matters because breathing changes pressure. Muscle contraction, stretching, walking and vocalizing all squeeze and release the hydrated matrix. The body is continually irrigating itself through motion.
We often speak about nature as though it is somewhere outside the human body. Nature is the forest, the ocean, the garden, the soil. But we are not visitors to nature. The calcium in our bones came from ancient stone. The iron in our blood was forged in stars and cycled through soil, plants and animals before becoming part of us. The water moving through our tissues has been ocean, cloud, rain, root, river and blood many times before.
And the architecture of the Earth appears within us as well. Our vessels branch like rivers. Our lungs branch like trees. Our neurons branch like roots. Our fascia spreads like mycelium.
I have begun to wonder whether fascia might communicate partly through light. This is not yet established physiology. But it is not an empty idea either.
Living cells emit extremely faint light, sometimes called ultraweak photon emission or biophotons. These emissions are closely associated with cellular metabolism and oxidative activity.”
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