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Craniosacral Therapy
What is Craniosacral Therapy?
There’s a rhythm in the body that’s a little slower
than your rate of breath and that’s the Craniosacral rhythm.
It’s actually the production and reabsorption of cerebrospinal
fluid that produces that rhythm. Like an ocean wave that widens
and narrows or fills and empties in the body. And even though
it’s only taking place within the space of the brain and
spinal cord, it can be felt throughout the body by way of the
connective tissue (fascia) which is continuous throughout the
body.
Craniosacral Therapy is a series of hands on techniques of evaluating
and helping the client/patient’s body make corrections and
move toward balance in the nervous system, but really throughout
the whole body which will also have direct or indirect impact
on that system.
So when I want to evaluate the Craniosacral rhythm the first
place I go is the feet. Let’s say when I’m feeling
for the rhythm at the feet that the left side barely moves, but
on the right side I can feel that the rhythm is fairly normal.
So then when I go to the thighs to listen with my hands once again
for the rhythm and this time both sides seem to be moving just
fine then it would be safe to assume that somewhere between the
thigh and the foot on this person’s left side there is some
sort of restriction preventing the rhythm from being conducted
down the left leg. That’s only one of the evaluation tools
of Craniosacral Therapy with which you can check the entire body
all the way up.
Then there’s checking the fascia (connective tissue) in
one or many of those restricted areas and checking the dural tube
(which is the outermost membrane that surrounds the spinal cord.)
There is also Arcing which is checking for any areas of disorganized
energy or energy cysts.
Craniosacral Therapy can get as specific as your body wants to
get. I feel most of my education has come from every person who
has walked through my door.
My practice consists of anyone from newborns to elderly, from
cerebral palsy to accident trauma, from emotional traumas to general
balancing.
Kundalini Yoga
Kundalini yoga is a physical and meditative discipline, comprising
a set of simple techniques that uses the mind, senses and body
to create a communication between "mind" and "body". Kundalini
yoga focuses on psycho-spiritual growth and the body's potential
for maturation, giving special consideration to the role of the
spine and the endocrine system in the understanding of yogic awakening
(Sovatsky, 1998).
Kundalini Yoga concentrates on psychic centers or chakras in the
body in order to generate a spiritual power, which is known as
kundalini energy.
Kundalini is the potential form of prana or life force, lying
dormant in our bodies. It is conceptualized as a coiled up serpent
(literally, 'kundalini' in Sanskrit is 'coiled up') lying at the
base of our spine, which can spring awake when activated by spiritual
disciplines.
Reiki
Reiki is an energy healing system which channels universal life
energy into the body by a gentle placing of the hands in specific
positions on the body.
Reiki is a therapy based on Eastern concepts of energy flow and
the seven energy centers in the human body. The purpose of treatment
is to heal emotional, spiritual, and physical, pain through the
transmission of universal life energy, called “ki”
in Japanese. It is believed that “ki” flows throughout
the universe, and that Reiki connects humans in a more direct
way to this universal source. Reiki is used for the healing of
animals as well as people. ...
Reiki is the practice of transmitting healing energy through
the hands, based on simple, ancient healing techniques. Reiki
uses specific hand positions, on or above parts of the body that
correspond to the major organs and energy centers, such as the
heart or adrenal glands. Because the purpose of Reiki is to increase
your own self-healing powers, it is helpful for any sort of ailment
- physical, mental or emotional.
Labor Assistants/Birth Doulas provide continuous,
uninterrupted care for the laboring woman and her partner, and
help them participate fully in their experience by offering physical
and emotional support and information about the birth process,
available technology and alternatives. A Labor Assistant/Birth
Doula in private practice typically meets with the woman or couple
prenatally, goes to their home in early labor, and accompanies
them throughout labor and birth in the setting of their choice.
Many Labor Assistants/Birth Doulas also do follow-up visits during
the important early postpartum period, when most families are
left alone.
I came to Labor Assisting through being a Massage Therapist and
being asked for bodywork support as well as emotional support
during child birth. I have taken preliminary training to be a
certified Labor Assistant.
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