Holding space for healing

Sometimes we simply need to be heard, and in the process of speaking, the inner workings of an experience, pattern or injury can unravel.

In talking therapies, we can do this through words, but what happens if the pattern or issue is held on a physical level within the body? It could be held within the tissue as a result of shock from an accident, a difficult life experience, or originate from a non-verbal experience.

The approach of Craniosacral Therapy and its light contact enables the body to rest and take its own space. It gives a supported listening space, for the subtler dynamics and tension patterns of the body to be heard.

Unlike any other types of deep rest, the physical skills of a practitioner help you go deeper in settling and releasing, whilst following the body’s inherent wisdom in healing to emerge.

How we develop neck pain

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It’s that moment, totally engrossed in a project at work, that without you really noticing it a gradual tightness creeps into your neck.

Focused on getting the project out, you override the short-term ache, but are left at the end of the day with stiffness in your neck and irritability. A few projects later, and from nowhere you develop a cracking headache.  What to do, other than take a paracetamol and keep on going?

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Why I love Craniosacral

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“Craniosacral what?”

I came across Craniosacral Therapy 9 years ago now. Working as a physical therapist in Oxford, I would cross over with clients leaving their sessions in a deep state of relaxation which you could tangibly feel in the air. Out of all the complementary therapies, this seemed to be the one with a disproportionate impact. How could such a light touch approach bring such successful results?

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