Craniosacral Therapy

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST) is a profound, yet subtle and gentle approach which utilises the bodies natural ability to heal itself. It is a gentle hands on therapy,using a non-invasive and negotiated touch. It utilises your body's innate ability to balance, restore and heal itself releasing tensions deep in the body to relieve pain, dysfunction and improve overall health.

Biodynamic Craniosacral Practitioner creates a therapeutic space and gentle touch for the client's system to bring subtle physiological changes. Through light touch, the therapist gives support and encourages the natural, fluid systems to re-establish balance physically, mentally and emotionally.

The biodynamic approach strengthens the whole system, creating a safe environment for the body to gain new perspectives and a healthy resolution of issues. It is an effective form of treatment for a wide range of illnesses helping to create the optimal conditions for health, encouraging vitality and facilitating a sense of well-being. It is suitable for people of all ages including babies, children and the elderly, and can be effective in acute or chronic cases. Therapy helps boost the immune system and is also a preventive treatment. It is also an effective modality for exploring and resolving issues of the past including prenatal and birth trauma. Trauma and daily life stresses can cause imbalances within our Nervous system and our bodies continually run in fight, flight or frozen states. This therapy helps to slow things down, create a deep relaxation, self repair and connection to our body. As this vital system comes back into a homeostatic balance and function better all aspects of life begin to feel more peaceful and at ease.

"To find health should be the object of the physician. Anyone can find disease." - Dr Andrew Taylor Still

BCST helps bring the body into a state of wholeness and integration, resulting in a greatly improved sense of physical and emotional well-being. After moving through a series of treatments, clients report coming into a better relationship with sleep, digestions, pain management, mental clarity, direction, purpose and focus as well as feeling more energized and resilient.

Biodynamic Craniosacral treatment modality can support and address conditions such as:

  • Chronic pain such as migraines, headaches, neck and back pain, and sciatic nerve pain
  • Chronic inflammatory conditions such as auto immune diseases, arthritis, and gout
  • Respiratory challenges such as asthma and bronchitis
  • Spinal conditions such as slip disc, hernia, and spondylitis
  • Chronic stress conditions such as constipation, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), anxiety, depression and insomnia
  • Muscular-skeletal disorders such as scoliosis, knock-knee, bow legs, and issues of the temporomandibular joint
  • Low immunity challenges such as frequent episodes of coughs and colds, sinusitis, and fevers
  • Unexplained issues such as left - right imbalances, burning sensations, feelings of compression or tightness in the body
  • Trauma and injury caused by surgeries and anesthesia, fractures, whiplash, falls, accidental injuries, and emotional trauma
  • Support for terminal illnesses such as cancer and terminal heart diseases, and trauma caused by chemotherapy
  • Women's reproductive health challenges such as irregular periods, hormonal imbalances, PCOD, gynecological conditions, conception, pregnancy and birth related concerns, post-partum depression, and chronic fatigue
  • Infancy & childhood challenges such as plagiocephaly (Flat Head), learning difficulties, hyperactivity and aggression, epilepsy, autism, and cerebral palsy

Meruchikitsa

Meruchikitsa utilizes light and precise touches to specific areas along the spine. These touches assist your body in finding tension patterns within the connective tissues that pulls the spine out of position altering your entire nervous system. The Connective tissue tension patterns can develop from physical, emotional, or mental trauma. The information and experience gets stored within the tissues of the body. This tension puts stress on your nervous system and depletes it of energy and resources. This creates dis-ease in the body.

A key goal of Meruchikitsa is to connect with your body and your own natural healing energy. Through Meruchikitsa, you gain access to a greater connection with your body so it can effectively heal, grow, and adapt to life and its challenges. Results include increased energy, more focused concentration, less anxiety, more ease, less pain, better sleep, more self-empowerment and joy, and quicker recovery and healing!

  • Eliminates stress, Helps with all types of disease conditions including Musculoskeletal, Neurological, Pulmonary, Endocrine, Hereditary and Non-Hereditary disease conditions
  • Releases tensions in Body & Central Nervous System
  • More flexibility in spine and body
  • Uplifts Vitality
  • Boosts Immune system
  • Improves Sleep
  • Brings Emotional balance
  • Health and well-being

The development of a respiratory wave that moves along your spine is one of the primary strategies. Another strategy that will develop will be a deep muscle movement based wave along your spine. This will assist in unwinding tension and allowing the spine to move freely. Through care, most will experience a greater self-awareness and conscious awakening of the relationships between the body, mind, emotions, and expression of the human spirit. This creates an exponentially increased quality of life, allowing you to live up to your fullest potential.