3rd Coast Craniosacral  

The heart of biodynamic craniosacral work is in slowing the tempo of body rhythms and settling toward stillness, so that you can relax, turn inward and begin to reorganize physically and emotionally, reorienting to your original "blueprint" of health.

Some physical and emotional patterns can interfere with your ability to perceive your wholeness.  Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy can help you uncouple from that, and achieve a sense of well-being.

All are welcome in my space, I work with autists, the LGBTQ community, pregnant people. . . Babies, kids, adults. . .  My clients have ranged in age from 2 days old to 102 years.  

Some Examples of My Experience:

Head Injuries

Concussions

Short-Term Memory Loss

Whiplash

Chronic Neck & Back Pain

Migraines

Trigeminal Neuralgia

Bell's Palsy

Multiple Sclerosis 

Injuries & Accidents

HIV/AIDS

Stress Related Illnesses

Birth Trauma

PTSD

ADD/ADHD

Sensory overwhelm

Brain Fog

Insomnia

Anxiety

Depression

Sinusitis

Asthma

Post-Surgical Reintegration

Terminal Illness / Hospice

Support around dentistry/orthodontia

Post-Modern Angst

General Discombobulation

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy helps reduce the charge of the sympathetic nervous system through containment and transformation rather than cathartic emotional release.  Which is to say, you can make change and move forward without having to stir up the story.

Craniosacral Therapy has its roots in osteopathy, going back to 1898.  It initially focused on restoring balance and function by working with (though not being limited to) the environment of the central nervous system.

Biodynamic practitioners attune to the whole of the client, sometimes via bones, tissues, and fluid rhythms within the body to help them self-correct.  Freeing up tension and holding-patterns will allow the body to function more optimally.  Blood flow, nerve and neurochemical communication, etc... think of unkinking a garden hose.

There are so many different approaches to the work nowadays.  This is only one description.

A typical session with me may look like this:

We'll sit and talk for a few minutes to see how you're feeling physically and emotionally (if appropriate).  You'll lie on the massage table clothed, but shoeless.  I take a moment to settle myself before gently placing my hands.  The contact may not necessarily be at the head.  It may be anywhere: at the feet, side, or sacrum for instance.

Biodynamic practice views the whole person as a fluid continuum, kind of like shaped protoplasm.  I know that sounds goofy, but that's the deal.  I "listen" with my hands, attuning to natural rhythms in your body, then get out of the way of the work that you are doing.  That is an important point to me.  It is a matter of paying careful attention and not directing or manipulating.  It is your body that does the self-correcting.  I do not manipulate bones or tissues.

I slow my own internal tempo, quieting my mind and heart rate.  Interpersonal nervous systems create something like a resonant field between practitioner and client.  Forgive the jargon, but when the body-mind is not rushed, and is deeply listened to, it can rewrite how it holds its story, reorganize its patterns and create change.

You may become aware of subtle (or not so) motions within your body, making adjustments and creating balance. We may or may not talk during a session according to need. You may doze off (the central nervous system does great repair work during sleep).

Allow some free time for yourself afterwards.  You may notice things continuing to unfold as your body/mind reorganizes.

The work has a cumulative effect, each session building on the previous ones, so some issues require a number of sessions to see lasting results.  However, my plan is never to string you along.  If I can't help you, I will always be happy to point toward someone else or something else that may.