Heart of Stillness Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy

01/08/2026

If you’re interested in * deep, somatic healing * that works with early imprints still shaping adult life, I want to share an offering you may not yet know about.

I host small, 4-day retreats with just 4–5 participants focused on early developmental and womb-related trauma. This work is based on the approach developed by Dr. Ray Castellino, which I’ve studied and practiced since 2002.

Coming up March 5-8 Sarah Theismann and I are co-leading this retreat in the carousel below at my home in Cotati.
Details: https://heartofstillness.com/events/march-5-8-2026-in-person-womb-surround-retreat

These retreats offer time away to be held in a carefully attuned group field, supporting healing that reaches the nervous system, body, heart, and soul. Participants often stay nearby in local Airbnbs.

If you’re curious, you’ll find a fuller explanation of the work on my website https://heartofstillness.com

There are also two short videos of Ray Castellino interviews in my email archive: https://us11.campaign-archive.com?id=46e8b19e9c&u=d9472b97924686be699d3a14

I am scheduling additional retreats later in the year, and getting on my mailing list is the best way to hear when dates are confirmed.
https://heartofstillness.com/contact

Free 20min consults if you think this might be a fit for you at this time: https://heartofstillnesscraniosacraltherapy.as.me/meetScottonline

Big Blessings from my heart to yours as we all step forward into 2026 🌿

01/08/2026

If you’re interested in * deep, somatic healing * that works with early imprints still shaping adult life, I want to share an offering you may not yet know about.

I host small, 4-day retreats with just 4–5 participants focused on early developmental and womb-related trauma. This work is based on the approach developed by Dr. Ray Castellino, which I’ve studied and practiced since 2002.

Coming up March 5-8 Sarah Theismann and I are co-leading this retreat in the carousel below at my home in Cotati.
Details: https://heartofstillness.com/events/march-5-8-2026-in-person-womb-surround-retreat

These retreats offer time away to be held in a carefully attuned group field, supporting healing that reaches the nervous system, body, heart, and soul. Participants often stay nearby in local Airbnbs.

If you’re curious, you’ll find a fuller explanation of the work on my website https://heartofstillness.com

There are also two short videos of Ray Castellino interviews in my email archive: https://us11.campaign-archive.com?id=46e8b19e9c&u=d9472b97924686be699d3a14

I am scheduling additional retreats later in the year, and getting on my mailing list is the best way to hear when dates are confirmed.
https://heartofstillness.com/contact

Free 20min consults if you think this might be a fit for you at this time: https://heartofstillnesscraniosacraltherapy.as.me/meetScottonline

Big Blessings from my heart to yours as we all step forward into 2026 🌿

11/27/2025

The Impulse to Thrive

Have you seen a sprouting seed? Have you seen how it amazingly reaches out its first root downward followed by its first leafing upward? Note its movements, how strong its impulse to thrive is. How about a baby chick hatching out of an egg, have you seen that on a video somewhere? There’s amazin

11/26/2025

https://heartofstillness.com/blog/two-options-in-your-womb-surround-session

As a participant in a womb surround retreat you'll be asked about your intention for your turn. "What would you like to walk away with?" I'll ask. "And how will having this change your life going forward?" In other words, as you live into your future as the adult you are now, wh

11/12/2025

December 11-14 this year, in just a month, there are spaces open in this womb surround retreat I'm hosting at my home in Cotati, CA.

Co-facilitated with Kirstin Soares, this is another opportunity to step down from the day to day routine to turn toward and attend to whatever challenge has needed your attention. We work with the principles developed by Ray Castellino and these events qualify for application to the Castellino Foundation Training in Prenatal and Birth Trauma Therapy.

https://heartofstillness.com/events/dec2025-womb-surround-retreat-cotati

10/30/2025

December 11 – 14, 2025 In-person Womb Surround Retreat in Cotati, CA,

Gentle somatic prenatal and birth trauma resolution and a sense of wholeness so that you can move forward in your life! View event →

10/30/2025

March 5 - 8, 2026 In-person Womb Surround Retreat in Cotati, CA,

Womb Surround Retreat March 5-8, 2026 in Cotati, CA

07/25/2025

I Want to Write About Awakening

The kind that brings new awareness, new actions.

Have you ever had this experience? You may have and didn't even notice. It can be subtle.

Something appears within, a new direction, an impulse, often a thought. It's motivating enough that we do something totally new, so a new action arises from this awakened impulse.

I've noticed how this awakening can be embodied. It shows up first as a subtle sensation in one of the major energy centers - head, heart or hara (belly).

It's most common in the head, leading to excited thoughts. It can feel like some kind of flash, the "lightbulb" that switches on. This often leads to speedy action. We may not even notice.

What about when it happens in the heart? This happened to me recently. A moment of opening and softening right under my sternum that felt very fresh, bringing tears to my eyes.

I realized how rarely I give attention to my heart. And how deep this attention can go, bringing me to a sense of awe at whatever I'm present with. This is real life around me, not just a mental movie!

It was memorable enough that I know it has led me to a new action of giving attention here.

Then there's the belly. What's belly awareness like for you?

It may be uncomfortable at first, coming from such a deep, mysterious and visceral part of ourselves.

But there's a kind of knowing in our bellies that can inform where neither head nor heart are concerned - grounded and realistic knowing.

Those gurgles and sensations can be messages that deserve attention. This is how I may know a major purchase isn't right, or feel truly safe with people around me.

The point is to listen from the inside out, to listen to the whole of ourselves. As we heal we open to our fully embodied experience bit by bit, spiraling ever deeper while expanding outward.

A blessing on your spiraling-in-expanding-out journey ~

heartofstillness.com

07/17/2025

Sharing some feedback from one of my recent clients 🙏

To learn if Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy can you help you in your healing journey, visit: https://heartofstillness.com/who-can-benefit