The Body’s Silent Web: Fascia, Memory & the Sound of Release

For more than 25 years, I’ve had chronic neck and back pain.

It’s never fully gone away—just shifted, dulled, flared up.

Over time, I’ve come to see it not just as a physical issue…

but as something my body is holding onto.

And I’ve begun to ask:

What if the pain isn’t just structural?

What if it’s emotional?

What if the trauma lives in the tissues?

It Started During a Difficult Time

I was living in the north of England.My partner was seriously ill.

We’d just moved house.

One afternoon, while I was at work, he tried to burn some rubbish in the garden.

I came home to the back door open, smoke still hanging in the air—and no sign of him.

Not long after, the call came.

He had suffered third-degree burns.

The six months that followed were filled with stress, fear, and emotional shutdown.

And a few months later…

my neck began to hurt.It’s never fully stopped since.

What Is Fascia?

Fascia is the connective tissue web that wraps around everything in your body—muscles, bones, organs, nerves.It’s what holds us together.

But it’s also incredibly sensitive.

Fascia carries vibration. It responds to movement, tension, and trauma.And many now believe it also stores emotional memory.

When we experience something overwhelming or traumatic, our fascia can contract—literally bracing the body for impact.

If that moment isn’t released or processed, the tension can linger for years.

And for me… it did.

Can Trauma Live in the Tissues?

There’s increasing evidence that trauma isn’t just stored in the mind—it’s stored in the body.

And fascia, with its intricate web and sensory awareness, might be one of the places it hides.

I’ve often wondered if my neck pain was more than physical.

If it was my body’s way of remembering that time.

Of holding onto the shock, the fear, the helplessness.

Because no amount of stretching, physio or massage fully cleared it.

But one thing did begin to help—sound.

The Gong That Changed Everything

I’ll never forget the first time I lay in a soundbath and heard the gong.

It wasn’t just sound—it was sensation.

I felt it move through my entire body.

My cells. My bones. My emotions.

I was hooked.

When I started training and bought my first symphonic gong, I couldn’t put it down.I played it constantly.

Practised. Meditated. Listened.

Even now, years on, I still play my gong every single day.

It calms me.

Regulates my nervous system.

And, somehow, it helps ease my neck flare-ups.

I have no medical explanation.

But I trust what I feel.

The physics, the vibration, the deep resonance—it’s done more for my pain than anything else ever has.

Why Sound Works on Fascia

Sound travels through water, and the human body is mostly water.

Fascia, being everywhere and incredibly responsive, carries these sound waves deeply into the body.

When you lie in a soundbath, it’s not just relaxation—it’s release.

Gongs, bowls, overtone singing—they send waves through areas that may not have been touched in years.

They speak to parts of us that don’t have words.

And sometimes, they help loosen what we didn’t even know we were holding.

Let’s Leave You With This

If you’ve carried tension or pain for years…

If no one’s been able to explain it…

If your body still flinches at memories your mind has moved on from—

It might not be “just physical”.

It might be your fascia remembering what you survived.

Let sound speak where words couldn’t.

Let your body resonate.

Let go, not with force—but with frequency.

You are not broken.

You’re a beautifully complex system—finally ready to release what it no longer needs to carry.