This video clip from Gil Hedley helps us be more motivated to stretch every day to soften and break up the fascia throughout the body.
Here is more discussion of how the body tightens and shrinks into a frozen position.
Here’s what Sam Dworkis says about the fascia
The very same mechanism that protects you when you are injured is the very same mechanism that causes you to re-experience your old injuries as you age. Notwithstanding actual injury or illness, about every ten years after the age of 28-32, your fascia contracts even more. Additionally, emotional stress also contributes to fascia’s contraction.
Read the entire article for more insight about ages and stages of yoga from Sam Dworkis. Its great.