Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy is a regenerative practice, grounded in embodied presence and deep listening. This is a gentle and sensitive approach that responds to how your body is in the moment. Sessions give space for the changing landscape of your body to express its story without judgement or agenda, and for your underlying vitality to flow with greater ease.
From our earliest moments of life we are impacted by all our experiences and, sometimes, for a number of reasons our experiences do not get processed and integrated. These unprocessed experiences can become 'stuck' in the body and cause imbalances or blockages on many levels. We can experience this as the build-up of stress and anxiety, the presence of shock and illness or through generally feeling overwhelmed or 'out of kilter'. Through sensitive touch and deep listening to your fully-clothed body, the cranial practitioner attunes to your whole body through the craniosacral system; the bones, energies, membranes and cerebrospinal fluids that envelop the brain and spinal cord (the central nervous system). Craniosacral Therapy can help, settle and rebalance the nervous system, ease tensions and restore vitality as you become nourished by your deep wellspring within.
People come for Craniosacral Therapy for many reasons including; menopause transition, stress, headaches, major or minor illness, weakened immune system, injury, life transitions, exploring their birth processes, and digestive difficulties. Deeper though than trauma, dis-ease and stress, exists a state of stillness, wakefulness and ease - ever present and often concealed. Over a number of sessions people often start to sense this within themselves through their embodied presence.
Your body sets the pace for this healing as we create space for you to experience more of your body's life-force, needs, rhythms and cycles.
I initially encountered Craniosacral Therapy in 2002 through Franklyn Sills whilst training at the Karuna Institute as a Core Process Psychotherapist. During this time I began exploring and healing from my pre and perinatal experiences. I later trained as a Craniosacral Therapist with Resonance Trainings in Stroud, and now assist on their trainings. I have a particular interest in soul-loss and the restoration of this, and the menopause transition as an initiation into elderhood and the wise woman. I have received many hours of cranial as a client to support and restore me through phases of change in my life and recovery from surgery.
🌿 Here is a link to an article written for the Craniosacral Therapy Association - January 2023, exploring water, wild swimming and healing our pre and perinatal experiences.