Biodynamic Cranio

11/16/2018

Has been wonderful being witness to the deepening of process and integration for those of you who have taken part in the "preparation for winter" promotional offer to date! ☃️ Still 2 WEEKS LEFT to gift yourself (or someone you know) the time to tap into inherent health and resources with the pre-purchase of this 6 session package... savings of over $200!💖

10/01/2018

Life is transitions, and so we cue from nature what the fast approaching season of stillness (winter) will require of us. Will you be ready to go to your depths in rest, periods of solitude and reflection this Dec./Jan.? Nurture yourself this fall, by making the space and time in your schedule to delve deeper into embodiment thru digesting and letting go of held experiences. Feel the effects of fully integrating your process and being capable of replenishing this winter, thereby creating the reserves needed to burst forth into spring....:)

03/31/2018

Was fortunate to attend an amazing post-graduate BCST training on "Trauma, Emotions, Pain and the Vagus Nerve" with Steve Haines this month. Steve is a highly sought international Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy teacher, chiropractor and body worker based out of London and Geneva. http://www.stevehaines.net/

Recently found this interview where Steve touches on several highlights of the workshop I attended - the value of BCST to gently and safely enhance embodiment thereby alleviating trauma and pain, as well as the vital importance of healthy vagus nerve activity! (The Vagus connects the brain to the gut (intestines and stomach), heart, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, kidney, ureter, spleen, lungs, s*x organs (in females), neck (pharynx, larynx and esophagus), ears and the tongue. No other nerve in the body has such a broad and far reaching effect as the Vagus Nerve, and for this reason it's often called an "alternate spinal cord for the organs".

Please listen to get a bit of more in-depth perspective on the approach of BCST for trauma and pain!
https://www.liberatedbody.com/podcast/steve-haines-lbp-015/

Steve-Haines Steve Haines talks about Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, body maps and how they become strange or distorted, interoception and why there is more pain in areas that we have less interoception about- or are more poorly m

03/04/2018

03/04/2018

Came across this video recently and was interested as during my training and in my practice this last year have certainly seen plenty of adults with histories of multiple concussions (up to 5 or more), some from seizures/accidents but mostly due to sports, 25-35 year age group with multiple snow boarding or biking falls. Often a few bangs on the head are dismissed as adults, we power through and do the things we love and want to keep doing. What is often underestimated is the layering up on past childhood impacts to the head that have left physical and sometimes mental/emotional coping patterns. Essentially, where the force entered the system and got stuck, other aspects of the system were forced to reorganize around that for immediate acute care, but then how well can your system now deal with new forces entering with each additional blow to the head as the years go on? What I’ve seen is that seemingly minor blows anywhere to the head can be deeply unsettling to client’s systems when there is already a concussion/trauma history.

This past year more school age kids under 15 have been showing up on the table and we can already see at a much earlier age the link between play/sports concussions of current activities and other residual traumas showing up in the head beneath the immediate event that brought them to the clinic. Sometimes the residue is from previous falls, car accidents or even from the birth process/extraction and related trauma still being held.

When I think of how many bangs to the head some of us took as kids! Hockey, football, horseback riding, biking, skiing (these were the days before helmets!), not to mention non sport related falls/accidents... I recall as a former figure skater, if you could still move and stand shortly afterward, no one thought anything more about it, get back on the ice after a quick sit on the side lines was thought good enough care! Often people don’t think about blows the forehead and facial complex as having lasting effects, and once the visible bruises or broken noses have healed we assume all internal is good enough too!
If you or someone you know has a history of head trauma, BCST can definitely be worth checking out Take a peek at the video, and if short on time just skip to 10 minutes along into it and you’ll get the player’s outcomes and views on the work. 

https://www.lumennatura.com/2016/01/27/craniosacral-therapy-and-concussions/

It is really remarkable how much craniosacral therapy helps people with concussions and so lovely to see the transformation in people who have suffered from concussions for so many years.

02/25/2018

To all those who suffer from migraines - great detailed article by a Melbourne therapist on the benefits of a BCST approach.

Understanding migraines and how they can be treated with biodynamic craniosacral therapy. Providing relief from severe headaches and symptoms

02/20/2018

Fantastic interview with one of my teachers on the benefits and principles of BCST. Enjoy and please pass along to those you think may benefit from this work!!

Ged Sumner speaks about what craniosacral therapy is, what health conditions it helps and what a session is like.