Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy is a gentle touch, non manipulative modality that works with the whole person- acknowledging that emotional, mental, spiritual and physical health are all interconnected. The fundamental belief in this modality is that health is always available because the body holds a natural intelligence and knows how to facilitate self repair.
Biodynamic session experiences vary. Common feedback I have received and witnessed during and after sessions includes: feelings of deep relaxation, total presence, new feelings of embodiment and somatic awareness, dream-like states, revelations through various states of consciousness, somatic shifting, energetic and emotional releases, a deeper understanding of self.
Part of the curriculum in my foundational training is to practice. The sessions I am offering at this time are considered practice and will evolve over time as my training progresses.
Sessions are offered at a sliding scale rate ($35-$80- Pay what you can within this price window. No questions asked.) All BCST payments go toward training tuition and bills to keep my session studio running.
What can I expect in a session?
Biodynamic Craniosacral sessions are not massage. The therapeutic contact made during these sessions is direct yet very gentle, with holds lasting anywhere from 3-30 minutes. The duration of each hold is determined by the system’s motility and patterning. All sessions are performed with the client fully clothed lying face up on a massage table. Blankets, bolsters and pillows are available to help you feel most comfortable during our work together.
While BCST largely focuses on sensing and engaging within the client’s CranioSacral System (the brain, the cerebrospinal fluid, the system of membranes inside the cranium, the 22 cranial bones, the spine and the sacrum), therapist holds are not limited to this system, as the Biodynamic approach is holistic and systemic in its nature. Generally, in each and every session, we will do at least one hold at your cranium and one hold at your sacrum at some point. These landmarks provide vital information in BCST listening and will be tuned into during each session together.
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BCST sessions are spacious and gentle, always supporting a slow and steady rhythm of adjustment, as to not reintroduce overwhelm. BCST is about allowing the innate wisdom of your body make the natural adjustments needed to help shift your system back toward natural alignment. Energetic and emotional sensations/movements are listened for, encouraged and supported in sessions.
As practitioner, I will be anchoring into presence and tuning into your body’s inherent priorities, to invite your system back to natural organization. BCST sessions are rooted in Titration and Resourcing. Titration, in essence, means “slow and steady”, and is the allowance of shifting between discomfort and support/relief as needed to move into a new pattern. Titration is achieved through Resourcing. Resourcing is found in present moment awareness and by identifying and naming supportive tools that can be utilized during and outside of BCST sessions for on going integration.
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“There is no change from darkness to light or from inertia to movement without emotion.”
~ Carl Jung
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In a Biodynamic Craniosacral session I will tune my awareness into you from a wide field of perception, and serve as an anchor and detailed observer, helping you to be able to enter a state of complete presence. (This can happen in silence or can be assisted with dialogue, as needed.) Presence offers an opportunity for embodiment and somatic awareness. Presence can bring previously hidden, missed or repressed information to your awareness, and is an opportunity to shift, re-pattern and/or release these points of stagnancy or inertia within you. With grace and openness, together, you + me + the inherent healing forces within your body, will begin to clear and resolve lodged energy from your system, allowing for circumstances of change.
Based on our intake together, we will decide where we need to start within your system. From there, I will tune into your body’s subtle movements and it’s flow of energy and follow this energetic information for more clarity. I will always communicate to you what I am noticing and where my attention and touch might be going throughout our sessions together.
If you are new to Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, this might sound confusing at first. Feel free to reach out and ask questions! But, usually a first session experience together will help bring clarity to your understanding.
Who is Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy for?
BCST is for everyone. BCST can be a great resource for anyone struggling with acute and/or chronic pain. Anyone experiencing mental, emotional, physical and/or spiritual distress or dilemma.
Examples being:
Pain (in any form, from any context)
Anxiety, Stress, Overwhelm
Depression, PTSD, OCD
Grief, Shock, Trauma
Digestive Issues, Sleep Issues
Acute or Chronic Tension
Headaches, Migraines, Injuries
Sensitivities that interfere with a desired lifestyle and day-to-day activities
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A prerequisite for all clients is curiosity in self-exploration and an openness to possibility. All clients must be aware that this practice provides a container of safety and spaciousness for mental, physical, emotional and spiritual shifting to occur and that change is a common result in this practice.
At this time, most of my clients are by referral through direct or indirect community connection. I am interested in, and open to taking new clients without referral and require a consultation before booking to see if working together is a good fit. ❤
Please email ofearthandetherstudio@gmail.com if you would like to schedule a consultation and book a session.
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