Craniosacral & Trauma Therapist

November 11, 2013April 7, 2019

Craniosacral Therapy and Recovery from Anaesthetic

Please note that the updated and full version of this blog post is available on my new website https://www.learninginthebody.com/blog/cst-post-surgery-anaesthetic As a Craniosacral Therapist, I regularly meet clients preparing and recovering from surgery in my private practice and in a hospital in Brighton where I work alongside medically trained colleagues specialising in respite and medical convalescence. I find that the effects …

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September 11, 2013September 28, 2015

Movement Multivitamin

Much of my clinical work as a Craniosacral Therapist involves supporting clients to develop their skill in feeling safe, centred and grounded in their body. When this felt-sense of the body really starts lighting up, clients often find that their physical movement in day-to-day life improves and they have more energy and motivation to get …

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July 12, 2013July 14, 2013

Personality of an Optimist

Dr Michael Mosley's list of excellent BBC Horizon documentaries, including 'The Truth about Food' and 'The Truth about Exercise', now includes 'The Truth about Personality' another really accessible programme. Filled with great information and insight, the content is understandable for non-scientists. Dr Mosley integrates different scientific perspectives from a range of international experts while relating the …

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May 1, 2012November 11, 2013

Juggling with Rhythm and Motion

Michael Moschen's TED.com video (at end of this post) on juggling with 'Rhythm and Motion' is just AMAZING! Rhythm and Motion are core themes in Craniosacral Therapy. Having just returned from assisting on a CST practitioner training, I really appreciated his comments about learning a new skill and seeing how gentle he was with himself when …

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January 14, 2012December 6, 2014

The Social Nervous System

Feeling more connected in the body is at the core of Craniosacral Therapy. When we feel safe with the connections in our body, we feel safer with other people and can have more choice in our relationships. Prof Stephen Porges has described how the human nervous system has evolved to respond to stress with his 'Polyvagal …

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September 28, 2011July 8, 2013

Increasing capacity for aliveness

I've just come back from a fascinating, challenging and inspiring workshop with Dr Larry Heller about "Healing Early and Complex Trauma". In this context 'early' trauma is concerned with how relationships in the first months and years of life affect our strategies and capacity for coping with stress and forming relationships later in life. The …

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