08/11/2025
Negative emotions like stress, fear, and anxiety activate the body’s fight-or-flight response, causing muscles to contract, breath to shorten, and circulation to decrease this protective reaction sends tension into the fascia, making it stiff, tight, and dehydrated.
Positive emotions also influence fascia, but their impact is slower and gentler because the body prioritizes survival over relaxation. Over time, unresolved emotional stress can show up physically as tight in our body.
Myofascial Release helps reverse this pattern by signaling safety to the nervous system; through gentle sustained pressure and conscious breathing, fascia can soften, rehydrate, and release stored emotional tension, helping the body return to balance. Save this to try a few minutes of ball therapy or mindful pressure your fascia responds more to safety than force.
