Gratitude is one of my favorite things. Therefore, I appreciate the American holiday of Thanksgiving, even though as a Canadian I see Thanksgiving belonging in October. Living now in the UK, where Thanksgiving is not a holiday, I continue to appreciate the reminder to give thanks. I understand the essence of this holiday as relating […]
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Trauma of the Ancestors in Our Cells
In a beautiful Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy session recently, the client and I both enjoyed resting in a peaceful state of dynamic stillness. As I held the person’s body, I was aware of an ongoing sense of discharge, as if their cells were discharging some very old trauma. A prickly, slightly cold sensation seemed to exude […]
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Touched by the Breath of Life
William Garner Sutherland, founder of Cranial Osteopathy, spoke of the Breath of Life, a mysterious presence still at the center of Biodynamic Craniosacral therapy today. “The “Breath of Life” is the spark, primarily, and not the breath of air.” Sutherland declared in his book, Contributions of Thought. The Breath of Life as described by Sutherland […]
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I’ve Got the Whole World in my Hands
In my meditation, I hold the sphere of the planet in my hands, hugged close to my heart. Gaia is a mess! I sense fires and storms, inertial fulcrums presenting everywhere- an inertial chaos. I hold her like I hold my clients in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy sessions. Aware of and acknowledging the inertia, I hold […]
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Deepening in Stillness
Life in every moment involves both movement and stillness. In Craniosacral Biodynamics, we perceive an alive and dynamic stillness, a ground of being from which all life and healing intentions emerge. In Continuum, as in many meditation practices, we slow down and listen, until the space between or within the movement becomes more apparent than […]
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