 Craniosacral Therapy is all about feeling the subtle rhythms and messages that your body is sharing. To sense those subtleties, I need to focus in a different way. It's important that I shut down that analytical Massage Therapist mind that wants to track and follow what makes sense to my soft tissue knowledge of the body. That is not what I want to bring to your Craniosacral Therapy session.
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 Providing Craniosacral Therapy clients with homework after their session is really common in my practice. Spending time in a forward flexion posture such as fetal curling or child’s pose is the assignment given most often. Taking time at home to be in this posture enhances and furthers the flexion posture techniques of your Craniosacral Therapy session. It is so good for easing muscular and fascial tension along the spine and dural tube. Your nervous system loves it whether you’re newborn or 99 years old!
The human body is a constant source of amazement in how connected everything is within it.  Addressing the Sphenoid Bone through Craniosacral Therapy Often when my hands are working with the Sphenoid Bone a client will mention that they are feeling sensation further down in their body, around their hips, legs, lower abdomen, lower spine... “That’s weird!” has been the most common comment. But actually, it really isn’t.
 I completed Reiki Level One 34 years ago my life changed. It was during this class that my Reiki Master encouraged us to take time every day to self-treat. It was really wise advice that I share with students who take my classes. The most important person to share Reiki with is yourself. That is why so much time is spent with this in the first part of Reiki Level 1 classes. Just as a Reiki session brings unconditional love and healing to those you share it with, self treatment with Reiki brings that to you. A space of peace and energy balance within, ease of pain and anxiety, increased self love and release of negativity…what incredible gifts.
Peace and calm may help to regulate one person’s nervous system but may cause another extreme stress, at first. When I google search “How to make the Nervous System feel safe?” the answers are similar. Breathe deeply and be calm.  For some that is not possible, at first. At least that has been my experience with sharing Craniosacral Therapy.
Some clients are able to slide into deep relaxation and find their peaceful centre quickly, while others just don’t. For some their relaxation or grounding point is more found in chaos and excitement. Trying to bring them into Stillpoint likely won’t happen, at first. I realize that their Nervous System is not in a place where it is feeling safe, yet. And this is the important step in meeting a person where they are. The past 2 weeks have seen a number of inquiries from clients about Lymphatic Massage and I realized I’ve rarely talked about this and how beneficial it is, outside of those clients who I specifically recommend it for.
 Intraoral Craniosacral Therapy involves gentle, specialized techniques applied inside the mouth to assist with easing tension in the jaw, the palate, the floor of the mouth, sinus cavities, articulations between facial and cranial bones, and other structures in and around the mouth, face and throat.
Through easing fascial and muscular tensions it can be an effective way to address pain in the TMJ, injuries to the mouth, headaches and stress. External Craniosacral Therapy to the Facial Bones and Cranium may be enough to ease these areas but at times additional assistance is needed.
New Years resolutions seem to be a thing of the past, or are they? I don't tend to call them that, but as each year draws to a close I find myself reflecting on what has passed in the year before, and what my intentions are moving forward.
As I complete level 3 of advanced Craniosacral Training I was really impressed with how much time was spent in discussion around awareness to being really sensitive when working in a client’s mouth. Discussion was focused on awareness right down to how you put your glove on and it made so much sense.
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Teresa Graham,
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