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 "Biodynamic
Craniosacral
Therapy is a gentle-touch-health care method based on
the discovery 100 years ago, of a previously undetected,
subtle,
cyclic micromovement in the body. Decades of research by
osteopathic
physicians have demonstrated that when this movement is
fully
expressed in its natural state, many conditions tend to
improve on
their own, from the inside out. BCST seeks to optimize
this movement
via light touch and other supportive strategies."
energyschool.com
It
is my belief that motion is health, stasis results in
disease...in
Craniosacral therapy, the practitioner continually
evaluates the
craniosacral systems and all body fascias, searching for
areas of
compromised mobility...it involves a whole-body
evaluation of energy
patterns and cysts. Once such abnormal patterns are
located, the
therapist may eclectically employ any and all techniques
that may be
useful in re-establishing optimal freedom of motion to
any restricted
areas that are found...such motion can range from the
movement of
interstitial fluids and transmembrane ionic and
molecular transport,
to gross joint motion and even energy flow...Dr.
John Upledger
Life
expresses itself as motion. At a deep level of our
physiological
patterns and functioning, all healthy living tissues
"breathe"
with the motion of life. This is a phenomenon called primary
respiration that produces rhythmic flexion and extension, or
inhalation and exhalation which can be palpated by trained,
listening
hands. Some patterns from life experience can become
distressful,
restrictive or even painful in the body - but these may be
unlocked
and resolved with help that includes building a framework of
health
with craniosacral therapy. The two primary schools of
thought in the
field of craniosacral therapy are Biodynamic Craniosacral
therapy and
the Upledger approach to craniosacral therapy.
Biodynamic
Craniosacral
therapy means listening to the organizing forces that
integrate cellular and tissue function from the moment of
conception.
Listening to the tides, primary respiration, the nervous
systems and
much more, this therapy originates from the Osteopathic
principle and
the extensive research of doctors Still and Sutherland that,
given
the right conditions, the body can promote health and
relieve injury,
trauma, stress, and pain. Modern established teachers in the
field of
Biodynamic Craniosacral include: Franklin Sills, John
Chitty, Roger
Gilchrist, Mary Louise Muller, Christopher Muller, Michael
Shea and
many others.
Dr.
John Upledger developed CST as an evolution from osteopathic
medicine
with a musculoskeletal emphasis. After intensively studying
the work
of Dr. William Sutherland, another pioneer in Cranial
Osteopathy,
Upledger developed his own approach to craniosacral therapy.
As a
research scientist in Biomechanics at Minnesota State
University, he
applied the techniques to an enormous variety of medical
conditions,
including Autism and ADD/ADHD with considerable success.
With
research and application of Sutherland's and his own
findings, Dr.
Upledger established the Upledger Institute in 1985, and
continues to
train people from wide backgrounds in CST techniques.
 In
Craniosacral Therapy, we create a safe environment for the
client,
intended to support, calm the system, and release
restrictions. We
listen deeply to the fluctuations of the cerebral spinal
fluid, we
hear the patterns in the body with its innate intelligence
and desire
to resolve stresses, illness or trauma. Craniosacral therapy
combines
gentle touch and awareness to encourage regulation of the
nervous
systems, release of old patterns and restrictions held in
the
connective tissues and fascia, allowing the body to return
to its
natural state of balance. We may have our hands on the head,
sacrum,
feet of the fully clothed client with a light listening
touch and
neutral perception. As therapists, we hold space for the
body, with a
light touch---from a place of our own grounded stillness and
skill.
The
supported system accesses its own inner resources, balance
and
stillness, remembering its own inherent health.
The
beauty of craniosacral therapy is that the body can show
its
patterns, its restrictions and work in partnership with
the therapist
to reorganize the system. The body-mind reconnects with
its own
healing resources. It has the inner intelligence and
innate
sensitivity that is capable, when skillfully supported, of
presenting
itself in a natural priority to be resolved. As a result,
this
therapy does not overwhelm the system, but makes it
increasingly
stronger, layer by layer, allowing it to resolve difficult
patterns
and return to a balanced state of Health.
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