[Microblog] The Tissues Of Our Body Are Not Separate
We have probably all learned that *tendons attach muscles to bones*. The idea is that you have these 3 separate tissues: a muscle, a tendon, and a bone, and they are attached to each other via the anatomical equivalent of a muscle being glued/taped to a tendon and that tendon being glued/taped to a bone.
This type of image can be helpful for learning about some of the structures of our musculoskeletal system, but it's not actually an accurate image! In reality, these 3 tissues are not separate - they are *continuous*. Rather than "attaching" to each other, they actually *become* each other. Crazy, right?
The multiple layers of connective tissue that make up a muscle literally continue beyond the "end" of the muscle to *become* the tendon, and the tendon continues beyond its "end" to become the outer layer of the bone (the periosteum). The muscle, tendon, and bone are therefore not separate - they are continuous!
The same actually goes for the other structures of our joints like ligaments, joint capsules, articular cartilage, etc. Even though we think of these as separate tissues that are independent of each other, they are actually continuous and *become* each other.
The next time that you're on your mat, try practicing yoga with a felt sense of the wholeness/continuity of your body's inner architecture and see if anything shifts for you!