Craniosacral Therapy

Craniosacral Therapy (CST) is a gentle hands on approach that assists in the easing of tension in the body. The CST practitioner’s hands assess the body’s Craniosacral rhythm. This rhythm is typically explained as the pattern of flow of the cerebrospinal fluid.  My interpretation of the rhythm is describing it more of an energy pulse that runs between the cranium and the pelvis.  This energy pulse is also transmitted through the fascia of the body.  This extensive network of fascia gives the practitioner a lot of information.  Through understanding of the tensegrity model (links), this is how I use CST (and PT) to make positive changes that influence my client’s entire body. 

Another way to understand how Craniosacral therapy works is to imagine the sensitive hands of the trained trained practitioner as a little spotlight, highlighting an area of the body that is restricted or not moving in its normal rhythm.  Through this example, CST allows me to give your body the information, provide support and guidance it needs to shift, unwind, release and return to its normal rhythm, thus promote healing. Our body is an amazing vessel and has the ability to respond to information and restore itself to a more steady state. CST is a safe and effective alternative for clients who are more sensitive to touch and do not respond well to manual therapy, massage, or manipulation.  Other populations that respond well with CST are infants, children and those who are dealing with challenges of being neurodivergent.

My years of being a manual therapist was the perfect precursor for using my hands as an assessment tool, and CST taught my hands to be even lighter, more intuitive and sensitive to receive information from the client’s body.  Due to the inspiring practitioners who were an integral part of my Craniosacral journey, I have found a genuine interest in supporting families with infants and babies with feeding difficulties, birth tensions and trauma, and children dealing with sensory integrating difficulties. I am overjoyed to be holding babies again and supporting them using CST, as they figure out how to navigate their new world.