Craniosacral Therapy Sheffield| Biodynamic Cranioscaral Therapy

Craniosacral Therapy

Craniosacral therapy is a subtle and profound healing form developed from the work of osteopath William Garner Sutherland in the early 1900s. His discovery was that there exists another fundamental physiological rhythm in the body besides the breath and the heartbeat and that this has an important function in the regulation and maintenance of the body.  This rhythm carries the “Breath of Life” within the cranial fluid from the central nervous system throughout the body, energizing the fluids, bones, membranes and all the other tissues of the body.

By enhancing the underlying natural healing system of the body and dissolving the restrictions that compromise the free flow of the cranio-sacral motion, a more healthy and balanced state can be achieved on all levels-physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.

My approach is a biodynamic one, drawing on the later work of osteopaths Rollin Becker and James Jealous and their discovery of a variety of patterns inherent within the cranial system, which can be felt and tracked by the skilled hands of a therapist. Injury and stresses during life can create compensations, restrictions  and conditioned responses within the body which we retain despite having outgrown the original reasons for their existence, compromising our full vitality and health. Biodynamic Craniosacral therapy provides a way of engaging with the whole bodymind in a way that facilitates self-healing, as compromised patterns are recognized and dissolved, not through “fixes” but by guiding the body’s own intelligence towards a fuller and more stable health by recognition of its inherent needs.

Many conditions can be helped with Craniosacral therapy as it works with the bony structures of the body, nervous system, internal organs and indeed all the connective tissues. Because the touch is very gentle and deeply relaxing, it can be used where other more direct interventions and manipulations would be too invasive, e.g with the elderly, young children and babies or people who feel more comfortable with lighter and softer touch. I work through clothing and combine a Craniosacral understanding together with skills gained through my other Body Energy trainings in Polarity and Shiatsu therapies.