In this episode Haley Winter talks with James Earls about his work with Anatomy Trains, and what brought him to eventually write the book titled “Born to Walk”. James has a fascinating story about how he initially got into bodywork, and the path of finding teachers that helped complete his understanding of how the body works. The emphasis of this conversation is around the intersection of functional movement and bodywork. However, we do dive into a number of sub topics, from the way in which we learn anatomy, to the importance of owning the quality of your sessions.Click here for InterviewExtract from https://www.howsthepressure.com/February 15, 2018 Haley Winter / James Earls

James Earls, author of “Born to Walk”, talks to us about an important part of the movement conversation: fascia and bipedalism. Fascia is the 3-D spider web of fibrous, gluey, and wet proteins that hold our bones all together in their proper placement. Bipedalism, as I’m sure you know, is the act of locomoting upright on two legs. In our conversation, we explore James’ fascinating knowledge on movement efficiency and how we may have evolved through walking.Click here for InterviewEPISODE BREAKDOWN:How James got into this workFascia being ignored for 2,000 yearsWhat is tensegrity?Why do dogs seem to move so easily?BipedalismHow did we evolve through walking?Movement efficiencyGround direction forceFascia is multi-factored and exciting, and so it’s unfortunate that it has been ignored for the past 2,000 years in anatomy.