The Living Body

The Living Body

# The Living Body

Swedish Fascia Convention June 14-15

Program

Day 1

2025-06-14

Day 2

2025-06-15

Day 1

2025-06-14

08:00 \- 09:00

Registration

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09:00 \- 09:30

An Introduction to The Living Body

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09:30 \- 10:10

NEIL THEISE: How to Understand Complexity in a Simple Way

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With his latest book Notes on Complexity (2023) and his contribution to the 2024 study Towards a Comprehensive Definition of the Human Fascial System, which maps fascia as a system composed of four organs, Professor Neil Theise has a unique ability to make highly complex topics understandable and accessible.

Audiences often describe his lectures as inspiring and eye-opening — and you usually leave with at least one life-changing insight.

10:20 \- 11:00

JEAN-CLAUDE GUIMBERTEAU: How Realizing That the Body Is Actually Alive Changes Everything

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There’s a reason why Jean-Claude Guimberteau’s presentations at fascia conferences over the years are often seen as highlights. A plastic and hand surgeon, he has spent four decades studying the workings of the human body. He is known for his pioneering work on the fascial system and for using intratissular endoscopy to reveal the architecture and spatial organization of living tissue.

Through his videos and imagery, he shows the living body in a way that transforms the viewer’s perspective — and something fundamental shifts in the way we see ourselves.

11:00 \- 11:15

Break

__

An opportunity to experience fascia treatment

11:20 \- 12:00

SUE ADSTRUM: How to Solve Miscommunication

__

Fascia represents an entirely new way of seeing and understanding the human body — and it’s not easy to explain in a way that people truly grasp. Sue Adstrum, PhD, has made this her hallmark. In her book The Living Wetsuit, she explains complex anatomy and physiology in a clear and accessible way that anyone can understand.

12:00 \- 12:30

PER JOHANSSON: How Our Inherited Ideas Affect What We Can Imagine

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Imagine walking into a library filled with the works of history’s most influential philosophers and thinkers — and being able to ask them exactly what they meant, and how it all relates to you and your life.

Per Johansson, a scholar in human ecology and the history of ideas, is well placed to guide such reflections. He has spent most of his life exploring what we think, how we think, and how our thoughts shape the world around us.

In this session, he’ll take you on a thought-provoking journey into how inherited ideas influence what we’re even capable of imagining about the future.

12:30 \- 14:00

Lunch

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14:00 \- 14:50

GERALD POLLACK: How Understanding Water Is Key to Understanding Life

__

What if water isn’t just the backdrop for life — but the key to understanding it? Biochemist and professor Gerald Pollack has spent decades studying water in living systems, leading to the discovery of a fourth phase: structured, negatively charged, and essential to how the body works.

At the convention, he’ll explore how this “EZ water” may hold answers to everything from energy flow to cellular communication — and why rethinking water might change how we understand life itself.

14:50 \- 15:30

THOMAS LEVY: How New Perspectives Help Us Understand Diseases

__

What if all chronic illness could be traced back to one core process in the body — the loss of electrons? According to cardiologist and researcher Dr. Thomas Levy, all disease is a result of oxidative stress — and the key to reversing it lies in restoring the body’s natural electron flow.

In this session, he explains why vitamin C is the body’s most essential molecule for healing, how stress disrupts cellular function, and what it means to reactivate the body’s ability to produce its own vitamin C. Expect a powerful new perspective on energy, inflammation, and long-term health.

15:30 \- 16:00

Break

__

An opportunity to experience fascia treatment

16:00 \- 17:30

The Fascia Guide – Why This Matters

__

After a day filled with groundbreaking research and new perspectives, we take a collective breath.

In this closing session, the founders of Fasciaguiden – Axel, Hans and Ivar – reflect on what we’ve heard, what it means, and where we go from here.

It’s about more than fascia. It’s about belief in change, in healing, in the body’s intelligence.

It’s about why we do this.

With honesty, heart and hope, we connect the dots and ground the experience in something deeper:

Love. Possibility. Action. And the courage to keep going.

18:00 \- 23:00

VIP NETWORKING

__

Day 2

2025-06-15

08:00 \- 09:00

Registration

__

09:00 \- 09:30

Opening

__

09:30 \- 11:00

When Science Is Silenced – A Debate on Politics, Power and New Research

__

Why is groundbreaking research being ignored? This debate dives into the political and systemic forces that resist change – and what it means for health, science, and society.

11:00 \- 11:30

Break

__

An opportunity to experience fascia treatment

11:30 \- 12:30

Innovation Beyond Limits – What Happens When We Actually Listen to Research?

__

Too often, groundbreaking research is ignored in favor of outdated systems. This conversation explores what becomes possible when we stop resisting innovation – and start acting on what science already knows.

12:30 \- 14:00

Lunch

__

14:00 \- 15:30

The Doers – Stories of Action, Change, and Real Impact

__

Filippa Odevall

Jenny Koos

**Leena Källquist

**

Sven Román

Ia Bergsten

Fabian Bolin

Mareike Claussen

While systems stall and science is silenced, some people just get to work.

This segment brings together pioneers and practitioners who have dared to challenge the status quo – and helped thousands in the process.

From doctors questioning outdated paradigms to coaches, breathworkers, and movement specialists who empower healing through practice, these are the voices of real change.

Each speaker shares their personal journey and invites the audience into a deeper reflection: What becomes possible when we stop waiting – and start doing?

15:30 \- 16:00

Break

__

An opportunity to experience fascia treatment

16:00 \- 17:00

What Happens Next – From Moment to Movement

__

This is not the end. It’s the beginning.

As the final session of the conference, this conversation looks forward:

– How do we take what happened here and turn it into lasting impact?

– How do we stay connected, deepen the collaborations, and keep the fire burning?

– How do we grow a living network that continues to shake systems, spread knowledge, and empower healing across borders?

We’ll explore tangible next steps – from community building to research initiatives, from storytelling to shared strategy. This is the start of a new era in health, and you are part of it.

08:00 \- 09:00

Registration

__

09:00 \- 09:30

An Introduction to The Living Body

__

09:30 \- 10:10

NEIL THEISE: How to Understand Complexity in a Simple Way

__

With his latest book Notes on Complexity (2023) and his contribution to the 2024 study Towards a Comprehensive Definition of the Human Fascial System, which maps fascia as a system composed of four organs, Professor Neil Theise has a unique ability to make highly complex topics understandable and accessible.

Audiences often describe his lectures as inspiring and eye-opening — and you usually leave with at least one life-changing insight.

10:20 \- 11:00

JEAN-CLAUDE GUIMBERTEAU: How Realizing That the Body Is Actually Alive Changes Everything

__

There’s a reason why Jean-Claude Guimberteau’s presentations at fascia conferences over the years are often seen as highlights. A plastic and hand surgeon, he has spent four decades studying the workings of the human body. He is known for his pioneering work on the fascial system and for using intratissular endoscopy to reveal the architecture and spatial organization of living tissue.

Through his videos and imagery, he shows the living body in a way that transforms the viewer’s perspective — and something fundamental shifts in the way we see ourselves.

11:00 \- 11:15

Break

__

An opportunity to experience fascia treatment

11:20 \- 12:00

SUE ADSTRUM: How to Solve Miscommunication

__

Fascia represents an entirely new way of seeing and understanding the human body — and it’s not easy to explain in a way that people truly grasp. Sue Adstrum, PhD, has made this her hallmark. In her book The Living Wetsuit, she explains complex anatomy and physiology in a clear and accessible way that anyone can understand.

12:00 \- 12:30

PER JOHANSSON: How Our Inherited Ideas Affect What We Can Imagine

__

Imagine walking into a library filled with the works of history’s most influential philosophers and thinkers — and being able to ask them exactly what they meant, and how it all relates to you and your life.

Per Johansson, a scholar in human ecology and the history of ideas, is well placed to guide such reflections. He has spent most of his life exploring what we think, how we think, and how our thoughts shape the world around us.

In this session, he’ll take you on a thought-provoking journey into how inherited ideas influence what we’re even capable of imagining about the future.

12:30 \- 14:00

Lunch

__

14:00 \- 14:50

GERALD POLLACK: How Understanding Water Is Key to Understanding Life

__

What if water isn’t just the backdrop for life — but the key to understanding it? Biochemist and professor Gerald Pollack has spent decades studying water in living systems, leading to the discovery of a fourth phase: structured, negatively charged, and essential to how the body works.

At the convention, he’ll explore how this “EZ water” may hold answers to everything from energy flow to cellular communication — and why rethinking water might change how we understand life itself.

14:50 \- 15:30

THOMAS LEVY: How New Perspectives Help Us Understand Diseases

__

What if all chronic illness could be traced back to one core process in the body — the loss of electrons? According to cardiologist and researcher Dr. Thomas Levy, all disease is a result of oxidative stress — and the key to reversing it lies in restoring the body’s natural electron flow.

In this session, he explains why vitamin C is the body’s most essential molecule for healing, how stress disrupts cellular function, and what it means to reactivate the body’s ability to produce its own vitamin C. Expect a powerful new perspective on energy, inflammation, and long-term health.

15:30 \- 16:00

Break

__

An opportunity to experience fascia treatment

16:00 \- 17:30

The Fascia Guide – Why This Matters

__

After a day filled with groundbreaking research and new perspectives, we take a collective breath.

In this closing session, the founders of Fasciaguiden – Axel, Hans and Ivar – reflect on what we’ve heard, what it means, and where we go from here.

It’s about more than fascia. It’s about belief in change, in healing, in the body’s intelligence.

It’s about why we do this.

With honesty, heart and hope, we connect the dots and ground the experience in something deeper:

Love. Possibility. Action. And the courage to keep going.

18:00 \- 23:00

VIP NETWORKING

__

08:00 \- 09:00

Registration

__

09:00 \- 09:30

Opening

__

09:30 \- 11:00

When Science Is Silenced – A Debate on Politics, Power and New Research

__

Why is groundbreaking research being ignored? This debate dives into the political and systemic forces that resist change – and what it means for health, science, and society.

11:00 \- 11:30

Break

__

An opportunity to experience fascia treatment

11:30 \- 12:30

Innovation Beyond Limits – What Happens When We Actually Listen to Research?

__

Too often, groundbreaking research is ignored in favor of outdated systems. This conversation explores what becomes possible when we stop resisting innovation – and start acting on what science already knows.

12:30 \- 14:00

Lunch

__

14:00 \- 15:30

The Doers – Stories of Action, Change, and Real Impact

__

Filippa Odevall

Jenny Koos

**Leena Källquist

**

Sven Román

Ia Bergsten

Fabian Bolin

Mareike Claussen

While systems stall and science is silenced, some people just get to work.

This segment brings together pioneers and practitioners who have dared to challenge the status quo – and helped thousands in the process.

From doctors questioning outdated paradigms to coaches, breathworkers, and movement specialists who empower healing through practice, these are the voices of real change.

Each speaker shares their personal journey and invites the audience into a deeper reflection: What becomes possible when we stop waiting – and start doing?

15:30 \- 16:00

Break

__

An opportunity to experience fascia treatment

16:00 \- 17:00

What Happens Next – From Moment to Movement

__

This is not the end. It’s the beginning.

As the final session of the conference, this conversation looks forward:

– How do we take what happened here and turn it into lasting impact?

– How do we stay connected, deepen the collaborations, and keep the fire burning?

– How do we grow a living network that continues to shake systems, spread knowledge, and empower healing across borders?

We’ll explore tangible next steps – from community building to research initiatives, from storytelling to shared strategy. This is the start of a new era in health, and you are part of it.

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Please note that the program is subject to change.

On stage

[Neil Theise, Professor of PathologyNeil Theise is a diagnostic liver pathologist and a pioneer of adult stem cell plasticity and the anatomy of the human interstitium. ](https://fasciaconvention.com/speaker-item/neil-theise/)

[Thomas Levy, MDThomas Levy graduated from Tulane Medical School in 1976 and received his postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and then Cardiology at Tulane as well. ](https://fasciaconvention.com/speaker-item/thomas-levy/)

[Gerald Pollack, Professor of BioengineeringGerald Pollack is recognized as an international leader in science and engineering. His research focuses on the properties of water and their role in biological systems. ](https://fasciaconvention.com/speaker-item/gerald-pollack/)

[Jean-Claude Guimberteau, MDFor over 30 years Guimberteau has been in the forefront of challenging our understanding of the living body. ](https://fasciaconvention.com/speaker-item/jean-claude-guimberteau/)

[Sue Adstrum, PhDSue Adstrum is an integrative anatomist based in New Zealand, renowned for her innovative, big-picture approach to anatomy. ](https://fasciaconvention.com/speaker-item/sue-adstrum/)

[Filippa Odevall, MoonRise HealthFilippa Odevall is an educator, author, and co-founder of the Swedish Hypopressive Institute and MoonRise Health – a platform for pelvic floor healing without surgery. After personally experiencing conditions such as pelvic organ prolapse, she healed through hypopressive training, fascia work, and nervous system support. She has helped thousands of women around the world reconnect … ](https://fasciaconvention.com/speaker-item/filippa-odevall/)

[Sven Román, Consultant in Child and Adolescent PsychiatrySven Román is a specialist in child and adolescent psychiatry with extensive experience in both inpatient and outpatient care in Sweden and Norway. Among other things, he has conducted medical assessments in approximately 800 neuropsychiatric investigations. He is an active voice in public debate on healthcare in general, and psychiatry in particular. He has given … ](https://fasciaconvention.com/speaker-item/sven-roman/)

[Jenny Koos, VulverineTeacher, speaker and philosopher in the fertility awareness field, Jenny Koos – aka Vulverine – has spent over 15 years educating the public on menstrual cycle health, fertility enhancement and natural contraception, while helping thousands of women reach goals their doctors claimed were impossible without medical or surgical aid. A faculty member at Justisse College … ](https://fasciaconvention.com/speaker-item/jenny-koos/)

[Fabian Bolin, SeolFabian Bolin is a serial entrepreneur with a focus on leadership and personal development, currently serving as the Co-founder and CEO of Seol, offering leadership programs for men. His own path into the realms of self-exploration, reinvention, and rediscovery began with a blood cancer diagnosis and 900 days of chemotherapy. ](https://fasciaconvention.com/speaker-item/fabian-bolin/)

[Leena Källqvist, Psychotherapist & trauma specialistRegistered nurse and psychotherapist specialized in crisis and trauma. Leena integrates medical, psychological and relational perspectives in her work. Her personal healing journey shapes the way she meets others – with presence, curiosity, and deep respect for the body’s innate capacity to recover. ](https://fasciaconvention.com/speaker-item/leena-kallqvist/)

[Ia Bergsten, Personal and Relational SustainabilityIa facilitates transformative spaces for individuals, couples, and groups. With a focus on the body’s innate intelligence, she supports people in navigating life with clarity, resilience, and a deeper sense of inner harmony and presence. Having lived with and recovered from multiple chronic conditions and a birth experience marked by serious complications, Ia found her … ](https://fasciaconvention.com/speaker-item/ia-bergsten-personal-and-relational-sustainability/)

[Mareike Claussen, MD PhD master biologiMedical doctor with international training from Tübingen, Oxford, and the U.S., and co-founder of Vitaminkliniken Sverige. She combines orthomolecular medicine with fascia therapy and has several years of clinical experience with high-dose intravenous vitamin C. ](https://fasciaconvention.com/speaker-item/mareike-claussen/)

[Per Johansson, Doctor of Human EcologyPer Johansson is a doctor of human ecology and historian of science and ideas. He is perhaps most known for his podcast series explaining advanced subjects including philosophy, biology, physics and the history of science and ideas in a simple way. ](https://fasciaconvention.com/speaker-item/per-johansson/)

[Hans Bohlin, Innovator & Fascia-expertHans Bohlin is a Swedish innovator, entrepreneur, teacher and therapist who has been a fascia pioneer since 2010. ](https://fasciaconvention.com/speaker-item/hans-bohlin/)

[Axel Bohlin, Founder & Editor, The Fascia GuideAxel Bohlin has been writing and talking about fascia for over 10 years. He has set up one of the worlds largest Fascia Research Databases and developed the curriculum for professional education programs and more. ](https://fasciaconvention.com/speaker-item/axel-bohlin/)

[Ivar Bohlin, Founder Fascia ClinicsFounder of Fasciaklinikerna. He has educated over 300 fascia specialists and spent more than a decade developing innovative treatment methods that support pain relief, recovery, and long-term well-being. His vision is to make Fasciaklinikerna the natural choice for anyone who wants to feel better. ](https://fasciaconvention.com/speaker-item/ivar-bohlin/)