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Everyone
can
benefit from craniosacral therapy, whether they would like to improve
their existing Health or need to create more mobility, less pain or
stress, recover from trauma and balance the system. Craniosacral
therapy is holistic in nature and practice and also has been found to
be effective in many specific circumstances.
In difficult
times craniosacral therapy can foster deep
relaxation and stress resolution,
allowing the healthy as well as compromised system to move toward
better potential and ease.
Young
people often
need support in their rapid growth and changes, physically and
emotionally. Social anxiety and shyness can be eased as the nervous
systems are calmed with cranio work and help with self-regulation.
Because
this work can build health in the brain and the nervous systems, it
can prevent and resolve chronic pain,
including muscle aches, stiffness, neck and shoulder pain, migraine,
fibromyalgia,
inflammation.
PTSD
and
other anxiety and stress related problems respond well to cranial
work, as does Autism,
ADD,
Sensory
Processing Disorders.
Injuries
and recovery from surgeries
can
be addressed, and even those that happened long ago can still have an
impact on us and craniosacral can help.
D r.
Stephen Porges,
with his pioneering Polyvagal theory, impacting the Social Engagement
Nervous system has worked with craniosacral therapist Stanley
Rosenburg and has had success with autistic
children.
His 2011 book, The
Polyvagal Theory
addresses
this work and the concept of Self-Regulation.
Dr.
Diana Hoppe, MD,
has written about craniosacral therapy as a benefit for stress
management.
Dr.
Andrew Weil, MD,
refers also to craniosacral therapy as a viable solution to health
concerns, including stress. The
National
Pain Foundation
refers to craniosacral therapy as a viable complementary modality for
treating Neuropathy.
Many
of us have
current and past
injuries
from sports, falls, strain, auto accidents. These create ongoing
poor mobility, pain
and
anxiety
that
can often be completely improved, as I know firsthand, having
resolved a longtime ago fall resulting in permanent disability that
is no longer evident.
Surgeries and outpatient procedures,
including dental and cosmetic work can create continuing pain and
anesthesia
residue which
may be cleared and balanced.
With mothers and babies,
craniosacral is outstanding in alleviating many conditions related to
pregnancy,
delivery and
postpartum.
All levels of the birth process are eased with craniosacral help and
support.
Resource
building is
key in craniosacral therapy as the system discovers its own blueprint
of health and becomes centered and well, relaxed and empowered.
Self-regulation, energy exercises, breath work and more are offered
with CST.
Actors,
dancers, musicians, singers
benefit from cranio work because that work impacts anxiety,
stagefright and
stress by
keeping the nervous systems balanced – fear
of public speaking and test taking anxiety
is alleviated for the same reason. In more precise ways craniosacral
therapy can help with injuries and strains that often happen onstage
or in concert. The vocal instrument of a singer can be expanded in
projection and resonance, an actor can have far more effective range
in using the body as an expression of character. In many
Creative/Learning
Performance situations,
craniosacral work can be a valuable tool.
NATURAL
FACIAL REJUVENATION
An
exciting new system, that blends craniosacral and acupressure
techniques is Natural
Facial Rejuvenation.
The process softens, balances and releases tension in the face and
Social Engagement Nervous system. It smoothes puffiness, lines, and
shadows, improving the entire appearance of the face. At
www.rejuvenatemyface.com is a video with examples of this work and
small descriptions of practitioners (including my own) when we first
learned and practiced these techniques.
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