How to Heal Chronic Health Issues
Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy® is a form of Natural Medicine that works with the whole person, not just the head, sacrum and lower back.
When a BCST therapist places her hands lightly on you, she is using them to listen to you in much the same way a counsellor might listen to your words. Your body responds to this sensitive touch by beginning to listen to itself. A feeling that you have been truly heard is a common experience during and after a session.
Because this treatment is non-invasive and subtle, it is ideal for people going through traumatic illnesses or life experiences. It supports the body to recuperate and build up lost energy. People receiving this treatment report they let go of tension and fear and cope better with the difficulties they face.
A Biodynamic Craniosacral Session
Your practitioner will take a written case history, listening with care to the reasons for your visit. This part of the session is important, both for gathering information and to establish a good understanding with your practitioner.
The session typically lasts an hour, although this can vary. You remain clothed and will usually lie face up or on your side, or you may be seated. The practitioner makes light contact with your head, the base of your spine and other areas of the body, encouraging your body to relax and begin to make the changes it needs.
Because the body functions as a whole, your practitioner may focus on areas other than where your symptoms occur.
After Your Session
After a session, there is occasionally a short period of adjustment, as part of the healing process, where you may become more aware of your symptoms. Sometimes people report relief after only one or two sessions.
For chronic (deeper) (long-standing) health issues, further sessions may be needed. Some people find they benefit from regular treatment over an extended period of time and say that, as well as noticing improvement in their physical and emotional symptoms, they feel they have more awareness of their own needs and strengths, and their quality of life has improved.
Creating the Conditions for Change
For shifts in health to occur, the conditions maintaining the problem have to be ripe for change. Creating ripeness for health is an evolutionary process rather than a specific event.
Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy® treatments can facilitate deep changes in just a few sessions, or may be an on going therapeutic process to achieve and maintain a state of balance.