Your body is more than just bones, muscles, and organs. It’s an intricate system of energy flow, electrical signaling, and connective tissue networks. The bioelectrical field that surrounds you isn’t just theoretical, it’s measurable, and it plays a crucial role in your physical, emotional, and energetic well being.
But what happens when that energy flow gets disrupted? And what does fascia, our body’s connective tissue matrix, have to do with it?
For those with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS), this connection is even more complex. EDS is associated with an abundance of fascia, which heightens sensory input, making people more attuned to energy, emotions, and environmental shifts. But at the same time, EDS also weakens connective tissues, causing fascia to become dysfunctional, restricted, or overloaded with stored trauma. This means people with EDS may experience both heightened awareness and energetic blockages, sometimes simultaneously.
The key to understanding this paradox is in how fascia acts as a bridge between the physical and energetic body.
Fascia: The Physical-Energetic Bridge Fascia is a conductive tissue that encases everything in your body; muscles, nerves, organs, and even individual cells. It’s more than just structural; it’s also an electrical conductor, transmitting signals throughout your body. When fascia is healthy and open, energy flows freely, allowing you to feel connected, grounded, and highly attuned to your surroundings.
However, when fascia is restricted, damaged, or full of stored trauma, it blocks this energy flow. Your bioelectrical field relies on fascia to transmit and process energetic information both inside your body and from your external environment. When fascia is tight or dysfunctional, it can disrupt this connection, leading to brain fog, emotional dysregulation, chronic pain, and a weakened ability to sense or interpret energetic shifts. This blockage also interferes with plasma energy flow, weakening the body’s ability to regulate autonomic functions, process sensory input, and maintain energetic awareness.
For people with EDS, this creates a push-pull effect:
⚪️More fascia = heightened perception and energetic sensitivity.
⚪️Dysfunctional fascia = energy blockages and disconnection from the bioelectrical field.
This means EDS individuals may have an innate ability to sense more than others, but if their fascia is restricted, inflamed, or dehydrated, they might also feel more “cut off” from their body and surroundings.