Cranio Sacral Therapy

BIODYNAMIC CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY (BCST)

Your Questions & Our Answers

HI, HAVE I EVER HEARD ABOUT BCST?

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy is a non-invasive, holistic, gentle and hands-on therapy that aims to enhance the body's own healing capabilities to release compression in those areas which assists to alleviate stress and pain. Through this, it increases physical vitality, well-being and relaxation by interconnectedness of mind, body, and soul. It involves the healing process available in a person's own body and the biodynamic approach to health. We use receptive touch to encourage the mind and body to restore the harmony, balance and vitality naturally. It is an adjunct therapy to any other method of treatments which you follow.

WHAT WILL YOU DO DURING THE SESSION?

The session will be usually conducted on the table. You will be lying on the table fully clothed and comfortable. Establishing the comfort is an important first step, so I may interact with you for few minutes to get your comfort just right, so that you can relax and will guide you through the process. A soft touch with my hands is generally light and still, and doesn't involve any manipulation of the tissues and bones. I may begin at your feet, at your head, on your sacrum or the tailbone area (the end of the spine). Depending on your areas of concern, I may go to any area of the body that needs to be worked with, using the contact that feels best for you.

HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE AND HOW OFTEN SHOULD I TAKE THIS?

The session can last anywhere from 20-45 minutes depending upon you and your needs. This therapy will automatically keep working in your body till the next session as a daily routine. 1 to 3 sessions may give you noticeable effects. It is advisable to take a session per week for achieving the results you seek. Once you start to get your desired results, the frequency of sessions may reduce to once in a week or two. Also, it may be based on your need.

HOW WILL I FEEL DURING THE SESSION?

• Relax so deeply that you may fall asleep.
• You may enter into meditation like state.
• Feel as if you are dreaming while awake
• Experience memories or insight while on the table.
• Enjoy a pleasant sense of warmth, softening, widening or floating.
• You may experience a sense of integration in your body, mind, and soul.
• If this occurs, just stay present with your breath and bodily sensations, then allow this energy to discharge.
• At times you may experience some sensations and energy that has been held in the body getting released.
• Once these patterns begin to shift in your body, I may notice changes in your fluids, tissues, bones and potency.
• This session quite often involves a process of letting go of patterns that inhibit your health and vitality.
• Also, at times you may not feel anything.

WHAT I MAY EXPECT AFTER THE SESSION?

• Feel relaxed, but also energized
• Find yourself breathing more fully and deeply
• Feel more comfortable in your body
• You may be surprised to feel a new sense of peace and ease in your everyday life
• Notice an improvement in your sleep patterns.
• No matter what you experience, I will take some time, when you are off the table to check about how you are doing!
• This could be a great opportunity to find words for your experience and reflect on what difference you feel after your session.
• Effects can also be felt after you leave from the session.

WHAT HAPPENS IN MY BODY?

In our body, the craniosacral system consists of the membranes and fluid (Cerebrospinal fluid), which protect the brain, spinal cord, bones of face, skull, and spine till sacrum (tailbone). Balancing the craniosacral rhythm increases the production of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), balances its pressure and flow.

Also, there are two kinds of autonomous nervous system, The sympathetic nervous system; responsible for FIGHT OR FLIGHT (stressed out state) and The parasympathetic nervous system; responsible for REST AND DIGEST (relax, smooth and cool). Our receptive and aware touch activates the parasympathetic nervous system (including the vagus nerve). So we slow down and relax, and during relaxation there is a 20-30% increase in the production of CSF.

As the Cerebrospinal fluid bathes our nervous system, membranes and tissues, so an improvement of CSF enables the adequate nourishment and maintenance of the tissues of the brain and spinal cord.

When this happens, all our membranes, bones, tissues, fascia start relaxing and slowly start reorganizing. Ultimately the whole body mind system balances and reorganises (then health emerges) and restores health.

I AM A NORMAL PERSON, I DON'T HAVE ANY ILLNESS, WILL YOU SUGGEST BCST FOR ME?

Yes, you can. BCST effectively alleviates headaches, backache, pains, scar tissue adhesions, stress and depression and all kinds of problems. Many people find that BCST helps them feel better in a general sense. Patients of mine have reported:

• Increased energy levels
• Improved well being
• Better sleeping pattern
• Improved digestion
• Mental clarity
• People are able to deal with everyday stress more positively
• Improved hormonal balance in Female clients
• Regular treatments may help to prevent more serious conditions from developing in the future
• You may feel an extremely beneficial release of overall body tension.
• It also helps to increase physical vitality and well-being, not only effecting structural change, but also having much wider implications emotionally and spiritually

HOW MANY SESSIONS WILL I NEED?

The number of sessions required depends entirely on the condition being treated. Acute injury and disease cases can benefit enormously from 3 – 10 sessions; with chronic debilitating disease or severe injuries, it is usually necessary to work for longer. For a normal individual, it depends on their own requirement.

WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDED INTERVAL BETWEEN THE SESSIONS?

Generally we suggest you to decide according to your body’s need. We may suggest you to take initial sessions on daily basis, then alternative days and later on once in a week, then fortnight. Term maintenance treatments may be required for longstanding problems or the management of a particular condition – although it is difficult to generalise and each individual situation needs to be assessed based on its own merit.

I AM A PREGNANT WOMAN, CAN I TAKE BCST? WHAT WOULD BE THE BENEFITS I MAY GET?

Yes, you can. BCST can alleviate many pre- and post-pregnancy discomforts

complaints that happens in the body. It effectively assists to alleviates headache, backache, scar tissue adhesions (post-caesarean births), and post natal depression. It is also incredibly effective in preparing the body for a natural birth and positioning of the child to allow a natural vaginal delivery. It eases the physical discomforts of pregnancy. In some cases, it can help stabilise a threatened miscarriage. BCST helps the recovery both physically and emotionally by balancing hormone levels, dealing with areas of scarring, restoring the uterus to its natural position, and reducing the pelvic strain. By doing this, both the mother and the baby will get dual benefit. Once the mother is energized, so will the baby.

CAN MY BABY TAKE BCST?

Yes, your baby can. Most, if not all, babies suffer a strain on their neck, shoulders and spine during birth, even in natural vaginal birth without intervention, which could lead to compressed cranium (bones in the head). When left untreated this could lead to issues like poor latching, poor feeding, colic, reflux and sleep issues.

Craniosacral Therapy helps babies to release:

• The effects of trauma of the birth process (whether natural vaginal birth or caesarean) on baby's cervical
• Compression and misalignment at the atlanto-occipital junction (the base of the skull)
• The strain on the neck, turning left & right and if there is a preference of one side, up/down
• Cranium bones - whether there is compression, overlapping of sutures, poor Cranial Rhythmic Impulse.
• Suction of baby when breast feeding - low/medium/high
• Position of neck and head during breastfeeding, preference of one breast to another,
• Primitive reflexes
• Number of times of feeding.
• Sleep pattern - self-regulation of the circadian rhythm of baby and mom.

LIST OF SOME CONDITIONS TREATABLE WITH BCST:

• Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder-ADHD
• Allergies
• Anxiety
• Arthritis
• Asthma
• Autism
• All kinds of pain
• Bed Wetting
• Bell's palsy
• Birth trauma
• Bone/joint disorders
• Chest Ailments and Infections
• Cerebral palsy
• Chronic fatigue
• Congenital disorders
• Colic
• Dental Development and Orthodontics
• Depression
• Digestive problems
• Dyslexia
• ENT problems.
• Emotional problems
• Ear and Eye Problems
• Fatigue
• Fears and phobias
• Frozen shoulder
• GIT (gastrointestinal tract) problems.
• Headaches
• High/Low Blood Pressure
• Hormonal imbalances
• Hydrocephalus
• Immune system disorders (incl. Autoimmune)
• Infantile Disorders
• Infertility
• Insomnia
• Maple syrup urine disorder (MSUD)
• Migraine
• Menstrual Disorders
• Nervous System Disorders
• Periods pain
• Personality Disorders
• Polycystic ovaries (PCOD)
• Post-Operative Adhesions
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (P.T.S.D.)
• Problems during and after pregnancy
• Psychological Conditions
• Reintegration after accidents
• Sciatica
• Sinusitis
• Sports injuries
• Teeth, Jaw, tongue mis-alignment.

SO SHOULD I GO FOR IT?

Generally I suggest you to take at least 3 sessions, so that you can feel the betterment much clearer. Take time in the next couple of days to notice how you are in the world. How was your sleep that night? How was your digestion the next day? Did you feel more energetic / relaxed than usual? More rested? By paying attention to the lasting effects of this work, you will be able to assess what it offers you. The session takes place only on appointment basis.

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Cranio Sacral Therapy and Art of Living Centre, Delhi

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