Anatomy Trains in Foster City

What Anatomy Trains is

Anatomy Trains is a map of how fascia connects the body. Not as separate muscles, but as continuous lines of connective tissue that run from foot to fingertip, head to heel, side to side, and in spirals through the trunk.

Tom Myers developed the map over thirty years of dissection, clinical work, and writing. The framework is taught in medical schools, used by physical therapists, and increasingly cited in mainstream anatomy. In May 2026, the New York Times Magazine ran a major feature on the interstitium, the fluid network running through fascia.

Foster City bodies, Foster City patterns

Anatomy Trains reads the body as continuous lines of fascia rather than separate muscles, so where you live and how you move shows up in predictable places. Flat bay-side walking plus desk hours split the load between the back line on foot and the deep core line in the chair.

The short list:

• Bay-side walking and water activities
• Peninsula commute and desk work
• Mixed terrain and flat walking patterns

For most Foster City clients, the lines that ask for the most attention are the Superficial Back Line, Deep Front Line. The 12-session series works through all of them in sequence rather than chasing one sore spot.

What Anatomy Trains Structural Integration (ATSI) is

ATSI is the hands-on practice built on the Anatomy Trains map. A 12-session series that reorganizes the fascial system in a defined sequence:

• Sessions 1 to 4 (Sleeve). Open the superficial layers. Restore the breath. Free the surface lines.
• Sessions 5 to 8 (Core). Work into the deep fascial structures. Address core support, hip mechanics, the deep front line.
• Sessions 9 to 12 (Integration). Bring it together. Refine movement. Lock in the new organization.

Full program detail on the 12-Session Series page.

Getting the work in Foster City

I work from a studio in Santa Cruz, about 68 minutes from Foster City, and travel for mobile sessions across San Mateo County and the wider Bay Area. Clients cover travel time, so most people doing the full 12-series either book mobile blocks or come to the studio. We sort out which at your assessment, no pressure either way.

How this differs from massage, PT, and chiropractic

• Massage releases tension locally.
• PT rehabs a specific injury.
• Chiropractic adjusts joints.
• ATSI reorganizes the fascial system so your body needs the others less often.

It is not better. It is different. Most serious clients use all four.

Who does this work

I do. ATSI-certified, over 750 hours of training, and currently a teacher-in-training under Tom Myers, co-teaching courses with him. There are only a handful of ATSI-certified practitioners in the broader Bay Area. Full background on the Training Lineage page and on the Tom Myers-trained practitioner page.

Book a free 30-minute movement assessment

I will watch you move, ask the questions that matter, and tell you honestly whether the 12-session series makes sense for what you are after. No pitch.

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