what is Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy?

• hands-on, yet non-manipulative
• gentle, not invasive, yet deeply effective
• holistic and rooted in anatomy/physiology

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy is an extremely gentle yet powerful body-based touch-therapy, which works with the underlying systems that regulate our health. 'Craniosacral' refers to the cranium (skull) and the sacrum (the large, triangular bone at the base of your spine).

Suitable and safe for all from the very young to advanced ages, in fragile, acutely painful and chronic conditions, this gentle touch therapy can contact all of the structures and functions within the body-mind. It is an approach to healing, which assists your body’s own natural capacity and inclination toward a state of balance and well-being.

Throughout our life our life-force is present and available. In our bodies it is expressed in rhythmical motions in our fluids and tissues. Ideally, these motions work in perfect harmony with one another. Physical and emotional experiences such as stress, accidents, illness, trauma and others can however leave traces in our bodies, changing these rhythmical motions. As your body tries to balance out the disturbances, fluid and energy-patterns change, using a lot of your life-force/energy. This can give rise to many symptoms that cannot necessarily be explained and leave you more vulnerable to illnesses.

The craniosacral practitioner is trained in deep palpation and can thus detect minute movements and currents. These are picked up through the hands and reflected back to your system, which can use the practitioner much like a dancer would use a mirror to correct posture and movement.

The practitioner can also palpate and will orient to the intrinsic health in your system, which encourages and supports the healing.

what happens during a session?

• an in-depth case-history is taken at the beginning of the first session
• then you will usually lie (or sometimes sit) fully clothed on a treatment table – children may sit on the their parents’ lap or play
• the practitioner will lightly and spaciously contact your head, lower back or affected body-parts with their hands
• deep relaxation helps to release body memory stored in the tissues and you may experience your body in a totally new way; you may feel tingling, access a deep meditative state or you may just feel very relaxed.

what happens after a session?

You may feel that you need to drink more and that you need more sleep for some days, as your body and nervous system integrate the changes. You may even feel a bit disoriented after a session, while your system readjusts. Or you may feel more grounded, present, fluid or spaceous. You will likely notice some changes taking place, possibly even in your general attitude to life. Energy freed in your body can become available for further improving your condition.

how many sessions?

There isn’t one answer to this question, as everyone reacts quite distinctly, the reasons for having craniosacral therapy sessions vary greatly and one condition isn’t the same in two people. It also depends how long your condition has had time to influence your health. I have seen marked differences within one to four sessions, other times it can take ten sessions or more. Babies and children tend to react faster than adults.