Body in Harmony Training

10/02/2026

If you don’t know about The Fascia Hub, we’d like to take a moment to share a bit more about it.

Body in Harmony Training Principal, Jan Trewartha, is also the Founder and Director of The Fascia Hub, an ​​educational forum created with the aim of bringing together the global fascia community - one that is open to all.

The Fascia Hub is packed full of articles from experts in their field in the world of fascia, including Jan herself. For those of you who have a passion for helping clients with scars, we urge you to explore the articles at the bottom of our Home Page; those such as, ‘Working with Caesarean Scars’, written by Jan from her point of view as a Sharon Wheeler’s ScarWork teacher, are available to everyone to read. Read about the complex, sensitive work it takes to unravel the numb or the hypersensitive, the stuck and the non-resilient tissues, bit by bit.

https://thefasciahub.com/blog/working-with-caesarean-scars

05/02/2026

We love this testimonial from a recent ScarWork course! We're very pleased that the scar model received so much from the students’ work.

We only have a couple of places left on April 17th - 20th at the next Sharon Wheeler's ScarWork course. Scars can and often do have a knock-on effect as the fascial restrictions they create, with the resultant tension and torsion, cascade throughout the fascial matrix, creating neural, muscular, skeletal and visceral issues, affecting functionality and range of movement as well as, inevitably, numerous other problems down to cellular level. This work helps to reverse that with the lightest of touch and focused awareness; it will change how you view the body and transform your clinical practice.

For more information or to book your place on the course, please click the ScarWork course link in our bio.

05/02/2026

We love this testimonial from a recent ScarWork course! We're very pleased that the scar model received so much from the students’ work.

We only have a couple of places left on April 17th - 20th at the next Sharon Wheeler's ScarWork course. Scars can and often do have a knock-on effect as the fascial restrictions they create, with the resultant tension and torsion, cascade throughout the fascial matrix, creating neural, muscular, skeletal and visceral issues, affecting functionality and range of movement as well as, inevitably, numerous other problems down to cellular level. This work helps to reverse that with the lightest of touch and focused awareness; it will change how you view the body and transform your clinical practice.

For more information or to book your place on the course, please visit - https://www.bodyinharmony.org.uk/fascia-training-courses/sharon-wheelers-scarwork-course.

03/02/2026

Join me on this one-off, half day course in London!

If you would like to get an introduction to fascia and scarring why not join me for the following as there are just a few places left on this training offered via the Association of Biodynamic Massage Therapists.

Title: Fascia, biotensegrity and scarring
Date: Saturday 28 February 2026, 13.00 – 17.00
Location: Ealing Quaker Meeting House
17 Woodville Road Ealing, London W5 2SE

This workshop will give an overall understanding of the fascia and its biotensegral nature, and focus particularly on the effects of scars on the body and how we can work with them.

• Understand more about the fascial network and its importance when working with clients.

• Be introduced to biotensegrity and why it is important when assessing the potential effect of scars on the body.

• Learn two light touch techniques that will help with many scars and give you an introduction to Sharon Wheeler’s ScarWork.

ABMT members can attend for just £20. Standard cost £45. To book your place please email Membership Secretary Yvonne @ abmt.membership@gmail.com

The Association of Biodynamic Massage Therapists is a verifying organisation for registration with the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC). Individuals can become a member and register as a qualified biodynamic massage practitioner.

02/02/2026

Fascia is a form of connective tissue that covers all the body’s structures down to cellular level. It is fully continuous (there are no ‘layers’ in the body), which means that what happens to fascia in one part of the body cannot but affect the fascia, and the structures it is covering, in other parts of the body. In our fascia-focused trainings we help the body to realign and rebalance.

Fascia is so much more than a covering and protection of the body’s internal structures. It is a three-dimensional web or matrix that connects every part of the body. When it is damaged it may create, for example, a ‘straitjacketed’ feeling of internal tension, restricted breathing, mobility and pain, not necessarily just where the injury is but somewhere that may appear totally unrelated.

Fascia, it is often cited, has a tensile strength of up to 2,000 lbs per square inch (~900 Kg) (Katake, 1961). Therefore, when it becomes damaged and restricted, a strong fascial pull may be created in the body – strong enough to pull joints, vertebrae and other structures out of balance.

Research is ongoing into further aspects of this fascinating tissue, such as its ability to communicate within the body and to respond to trauma. As time goes on we learn more and more about something which used to be disregarded and thought of as mere body ‘packaging’.

29/01/2026

Any scar may look fine on top; it’s what’s happening underneath that matters.

Adhesions may form and pull joints and bones out of position. If you had an infection on the left side of the scar, this could contribute to a restriction in the left hip. If you carried your baby on the left hip, the fascia will probably have densified; that restriction can feed into the scar under the skin and cause more problems.

With Sharon Wheeler’s ScarWork, we work on the scar, but then it is ideal if the therapist is able to follow up with fascia work to clear the patterning. Once this is done, because the fascia connects every structure inside you, the internal balance of the whole body, not just local to the scar, starts to be restored, improving mobility and functionality.

A scar is rarely just a scar!

27/01/2026

If you answered yes to any of the above, or work in any other hands-on therapy, then our Fascial Unwinding and Energy Awareness course may be the one you didn’t know you needed to join!

On our four-day immersive course you’ll explore:

- The fascial system as a communication and regulatory network
- How to sense, follow and support Fascial Unwinding in the body
- Trauma-informed listening: how to work safely with emotional content
- How to use stillness, breath and presence to support deep release
- Subtle energy field perception
- Boundaries, ethics and practitioner self-care
- How to access your own physical and emotional blocks and work with them.

There are only a few places left on this course which is taught by Jan Trewartha, Principal of Body In Harmony Training and Director of The Fascia Hub. Jan’s decades of experience in working with the body’s innate intelligence will guide you during these four days of developing your light touch skills and awareness.

Find out more here - https://www.bodyinharmony.org.uk/fascia-training-courses/fascial-unwinding-energy-awareness

23/01/2026

A New Year seems the perfect time to reintroduce ourselves - to tell you more about Body In Harmony Training and the people behind it.

Our story starts back in 1988 when founder and Principal of Body in Harmony Training, Jan Trewartha, took time out to go travelling for three years, where her life was to dramatically change direction. Being trained by a blind massage therapist to really 'feel' the body led to a lifetime passion for body work. Jan was a massage volunteer at the Auckland Commonwealth Games where she learned from professionals from all modalities. Her work now is the culmination of many years of training and experience in different disciplines. She was in clinical practice for over 30 years, and now focuses on teaching, writing, speaking to online and in-person audiences, and running The Fascia Hub, a community education platform focused on fascia and related topics.

Alongside Jan is Carole Caplin. Carole has worked in the health, wellbeing and rehabilitation industry for over 35 years. Over the years her work has focused on corrective exercise and manual therapy with a particular emphasis on pain and injury. Carole trained with Jan to become a Sharon Wheeler’s ScarWork practitioner and now works with her as an Assistant Teacher.

Completing the Body In Harmony Training team is Julie Ingram, who has worked as a PA for over 40 years, starting her career at the BBC as a Junior Secretary and then a variety of PA roles at corporate board level, culminating in a secondment to The Royal Household.

For any questions, just email Julie on admin@bodyinharmony.org.uk - we’re happy to help.

19/01/2026

Is your self-care really getting to the heart of the matter?

We often think of self-care as a walk, a yoga class, or a quiet moment to ourselves - all valuable in their own way. But what if true self-care goes deeper than what we do… and into how we listen to the body?

This blog hasn’t aged, so read as Jan, Body In Harmony Training Principal, explores Body (and Fascial) Unwinding - a gentle, powerful way of allowing the body to release long-held tension, patterns, and even emotions, without forcing or controlling movement. When given space and attention, the body has an extraordinary ability to self-heal.

If you’re feeling overwhelmed, tense, or disconnected, this may offer a very different way to unwind, reconnect, and start your day with ease.

Read the full blog and explore a simple unwinding practice - https://www.bodyinharmony.org.uk/blog/allowing-the-body-to-unwind-and-let-go.

15/01/2026

Have you always had an interest in working with scars and adhesions, but never taken the leap to up your knowledge to the next level? Did you know that working with your clients’ scars is vital to have a hope of restoring them to normal internal balance? Are the fascia therapies you currently practice specific enough to deal with the ramifications of scarring?

There are just a handful of places left on our next ScarWork course taking place in London from the 17th - 20th April, with Body in Harmony Director, Jan Trewartha.

This in-person course will teach you how to work gently and effectively with scar tissue using Sharon Wheeler’s internationally recognised techniques. This training blends clinical skill with a trauma-aware approach to help clients reintegrate after surgery, injury, or trauma. Rather than ‘fixing’ scars, ScarWork invites the body to reconnect with its own innate ability to self heal.

After that, due to Jan's other commitments, there will only be one more course with her this year - from 6th - 9th September - booking will open in March. Watch this space or get on our mailing list for the monthly blog and courses update.

Book your space on April’s course here - https://www.bodyinharmony.org.uk/fascia-training-courses/sharon-wheelers-scarwork-course

13/01/2026

Did you know that we offer 1:1 or 1:2 training in Fascial Unwinding? This modality provides a sensitive, responsive approach to working with the body, allowing it to release tension and restore flow in a deeply relaxed state and supported by the aware therapist.

This training increases your ability to tune in to your client, perceive areas of restriction, elicit the causes through assessment of the client’s daily habits, and respond to the deeper subtleties of a client’s emotional and physical state using Fascial Unwinding as an effective tool. The primary aim is to develop your understanding of the fascia and the ability to feel and release fascial restriction. We will also teach you to follow the tissue as it replays its traumatic patterning; a skill that will help to inform your work whatever your modality.

If you would like to find out more about this closely supervised training with our Principal, Jan, please drop us a message via the Message button at the top of our profile page. We can share more in-depth details of what we offer. Alternatively, visit https://www.bodyinharmony.org.uk/what-we-teach/fascial-unwinding-energy-awareness to read more about Fascial Unwinding and our standard classes.

09/01/2026

Adhesions may develop from a scar. In fact, they often do. Not all of them will have this straitjacketing, strangling effect on internal structures such as organs, blood or lymph vessels, or nerves, but some do.

So if you are wondering why, since the surgery, you have discomfort or pain, or you cannot move as well, or your breathing or bladder function, for example, don’t seem to be as good as they used to be, don’t just write it off as inevitable. It’s what is happening underneath a scar that needs to be considered, not how good it looks on top.

Take a look at this blog written by our Principal, Jan Trewartha, on the risks of abdominal scarring and learn more about adhesions. https://www.bodyinharmony.org.uk/blog/what-are-the-risks-of-abdominal-surgery