Many times, when I said that I'm a Biodyanamic Craniosacral Therapist to average Malaysians, I got a blank stare. "What the heck is that?" they thought.
Then, I remembered that most of them know about chiropractors and their work, and since both chiropractors and craniosacral therapists placed importance in alignment of the spine and bones, I came out with a short description about what Biodyanamic Craniosacral Therapy is all about: "A BSCT session acts like a chiropractic session minus the twists and the click-cluck". (Of course both therapies are different but this shortens the otherwise long description of BCST and we are all running out of time here.)
Now, when I said that, light bulbs seemed to light up in their heads. Then they asked, "But how do you do that without all those twisting and turning?"
Aha..me, the craniosacral therapist, am able to do this by utilizing and facilitating the formative forces found naturally in the body. And it is this formative forces within the body that does all the work of aligning the spine and joints, of freeing up the cerebrospinal fluids, and normalize the functions of the central nervous system.
Therefore there is no need for twisting and turning, and that dreadful click-cluck sound.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Testimonials
"My back pain was bad and I could not get up from my bed in the morning. It was an 8-9 on a scale from 1-10. I have been to 6 different doctors to ask for opinions and solutions for my back problems. I was adviced by orthopedic doctors that I have to swim minimum 3 times a week and a minimum of physiotherapy twice a week. For over 20 sessions with physio treatments, my back pain has very little relief. Within 4 healing sessions with Khema-Yen, my back pain was much relieved. Now I am combining my swimming and Craniosacral Therapy with Khema-Yen and my back maintain on a 1-3 scale, believe it or not! Therefore, I will recommend this to my friends, as I believe everyone should take care of himself or herself more!!"
- Miss Lian, 20+
"I feel safe and comfortable during all Craniosacral sessions with Khema-Yen. I enjoyed all sessions as I felt sensations in different parts of my body - warm waves of energy, tingling in my fingers and toes. Before starting Craniosacral Therapy, I had morning pain and stiffness in my fingers and these symptoms subside gradually. Now my fingers are free from the morning stiffness and pain."
- Cats, Cake Decorater, 35 years old.
"After every facilitated craniosacral session, I always experience a sense of well being and connectedness. I am also more aware of what is happening in my body and more recently, trusting the information I am receiving from my body. It helps me listen better - internally. Craniosacral, to me, is very gentle, healing and restful to my entire being."
- Leila, manager, 40 years old.
"Khema-Yen has been working on a few problems that I was experiencing, some of which since teenage years like my mensrual pain/cramp, knee cap "cracking" sound by using Craniosacral Therapy. Cranio practitioners are trained to understand the human body. Khema-Yen is a very dedicated healer/practitioner as she is sensitive to my body's response, and during the process, she was gentle and I felt guided by her assistance to know/listen to my body. As a result, I felt closer and more connected to my body. During the process I felt safe. I saw improvement in my menstrual experience. I am very grateful and thankful to Khema-Yen's assistance. I highly recommend anyone to experience her sessions."
- Miss Lai, Financial Planner, mid-40s.
"Thank you for giving me the 8 cranio treatments. It's amazing how the results are coming out positive. When I started to hear my knees making "noise" when I climb the stairs a few years back, I had no choice but to visit an orthopaedic doctor when the pain came and did not go away. The X-ray showed a wear off joint and the doctor declared that I have to take glucosamine for my whole life. I did not wish to as eating a supplement may mean developing stones in my kidney and may be overworking my liver. So, I continue to be stubborn and ran on the treadmill with the pain.
When you did the 8 sessions, the knee cracking sound was reduced to such a volume that I had to really listen to it quietly. The pain was gone and I can walk up Bukit Kiara which has a 30 degrees slope. It's amazing!
More than just this improvement. Back 4 months ago, I was travelling heavily, eating outside food filled with MSG and fats. Loosing 20-25 strands of hair during a hair wash. After the 6th craniosacral therapy session, I am happ that it's only about 10 strands lost during a hair wash. Thanks to you working on the head sessions.
I told my friends that this therapy is not hocus pocus because in every session, I learn where is my diaphragm is connected to other key organs and also the potion on my brain that controls my mood swings. It's a clinical course - full of advance medical biology, diagrams, etc. I would highly recommend anyone who wants to learn bodywork to take this course. Whoever invented this therapy -CONGRATULATIONS and THANK YOU!!!"
- Cassie, Technologist, 43 years old.
- Miss Lian, 20+
"I feel safe and comfortable during all Craniosacral sessions with Khema-Yen. I enjoyed all sessions as I felt sensations in different parts of my body - warm waves of energy, tingling in my fingers and toes. Before starting Craniosacral Therapy, I had morning pain and stiffness in my fingers and these symptoms subside gradually. Now my fingers are free from the morning stiffness and pain."
- Cats, Cake Decorater, 35 years old.
"After every facilitated craniosacral session, I always experience a sense of well being and connectedness. I am also more aware of what is happening in my body and more recently, trusting the information I am receiving from my body. It helps me listen better - internally. Craniosacral, to me, is very gentle, healing and restful to my entire being."
- Leila, manager, 40 years old.
"Khema-Yen has been working on a few problems that I was experiencing, some of which since teenage years like my mensrual pain/cramp, knee cap "cracking" sound by using Craniosacral Therapy. Cranio practitioners are trained to understand the human body. Khema-Yen is a very dedicated healer/practitioner as she is sensitive to my body's response, and during the process, she was gentle and I felt guided by her assistance to know/listen to my body. As a result, I felt closer and more connected to my body. During the process I felt safe. I saw improvement in my menstrual experience. I am very grateful and thankful to Khema-Yen's assistance. I highly recommend anyone to experience her sessions."
- Miss Lai, Financial Planner, mid-40s.
"Thank you for giving me the 8 cranio treatments. It's amazing how the results are coming out positive. When I started to hear my knees making "noise" when I climb the stairs a few years back, I had no choice but to visit an orthopaedic doctor when the pain came and did not go away. The X-ray showed a wear off joint and the doctor declared that I have to take glucosamine for my whole life. I did not wish to as eating a supplement may mean developing stones in my kidney and may be overworking my liver. So, I continue to be stubborn and ran on the treadmill with the pain.
When you did the 8 sessions, the knee cracking sound was reduced to such a volume that I had to really listen to it quietly. The pain was gone and I can walk up Bukit Kiara which has a 30 degrees slope. It's amazing!
More than just this improvement. Back 4 months ago, I was travelling heavily, eating outside food filled with MSG and fats. Loosing 20-25 strands of hair during a hair wash. After the 6th craniosacral therapy session, I am happ that it's only about 10 strands lost during a hair wash. Thanks to you working on the head sessions.
I told my friends that this therapy is not hocus pocus because in every session, I learn where is my diaphragm is connected to other key organs and also the potion on my brain that controls my mood swings. It's a clinical course - full of advance medical biology, diagrams, etc. I would highly recommend anyone who wants to learn bodywork to take this course. Whoever invented this therapy -CONGRATULATIONS and THANK YOU!!!"
- Cassie, Technologist, 43 years old.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Craniosacral Therapy
(The article below is extracted from: National Institutes of Health, Alternative Medicine: Expanding Medical Horizons. A Report to the National Institutes of Health on Alternative Medical Systems and Practices in the United States, NIH Publication No 94-066, 148-149. I find it very helpful in explaining craniosacral therapy to those not familiar with the work.)
Craniosacral therapy is a gentle, hands-on treatment method that focuses on alleviating restrictions to physiological motion of all the bones of the skull, including the face and mouth, as well as the vertebral column, sacrum, coccyx and pelvis. Concurrently, the craniosacral therapist focuses as well on normalizing abnormal tensions and stresses in the meningeal membrane, with special attention to the outermost membrane, the dura mater, and its facial connections. Attention is also paid to alleviating any obstacles to free movement by the cerebrospinal fluid within its membrane compartment and to normalizing and balancing perceived related energy fields. This approach is derived from experiments of John Upledger, an osteopathic physician and researcher (actually to be more accurate, the origins of craniosacral therapy is from the work of an osteopath called Dr. William Sutherland who named his work cranio osteopathy. It is John Upledger who transformed the work into the craniosacral therapy we have today. Other osteopaths like Dr. Franklyn Sills and Dr. Rollin Becker also revolutionize the work into the biodynamic model which I am currently learning - comments mine).
The most powerful effects of craniosacral therapy are considered to be on the function of the central nervous system, the immune system, the endocrine system and the visceral organs via the autonomic nervous system. This therapy has been used with reported success in many cases of brain and spinal cord dysfunction. Although these successes have not been documented in formal studies, they have been observed subjectively or anecdotally by both patients and therapists. Most prominent among these success reports are cases of brain injury resulting in symptoms of spastic paralysis and seizure. Other ares of claimed success include cerebral palsy, learining disabilities, seizure disorders, depressive reactions, menstrual dysfunction, motor dysfunction, strabismus (a vision disorder), temporomandibular joint problems, various headaches, chronic pain problems and chronic fatigue syndrome.
Craniosacral therapy is a gentle, hands-on treatment method that focuses on alleviating restrictions to physiological motion of all the bones of the skull, including the face and mouth, as well as the vertebral column, sacrum, coccyx and pelvis. Concurrently, the craniosacral therapist focuses as well on normalizing abnormal tensions and stresses in the meningeal membrane, with special attention to the outermost membrane, the dura mater, and its facial connections. Attention is also paid to alleviating any obstacles to free movement by the cerebrospinal fluid within its membrane compartment and to normalizing and balancing perceived related energy fields. This approach is derived from experiments of John Upledger, an osteopathic physician and researcher (actually to be more accurate, the origins of craniosacral therapy is from the work of an osteopath called Dr. William Sutherland who named his work cranio osteopathy. It is John Upledger who transformed the work into the craniosacral therapy we have today. Other osteopaths like Dr. Franklyn Sills and Dr. Rollin Becker also revolutionize the work into the biodynamic model which I am currently learning - comments mine).
The most powerful effects of craniosacral therapy are considered to be on the function of the central nervous system, the immune system, the endocrine system and the visceral organs via the autonomic nervous system. This therapy has been used with reported success in many cases of brain and spinal cord dysfunction. Although these successes have not been documented in formal studies, they have been observed subjectively or anecdotally by both patients and therapists. Most prominent among these success reports are cases of brain injury resulting in symptoms of spastic paralysis and seizure. Other ares of claimed success include cerebral palsy, learining disabilities, seizure disorders, depressive reactions, menstrual dysfunction, motor dysfunction, strabismus (a vision disorder), temporomandibular joint problems, various headaches, chronic pain problems and chronic fatigue syndrome.
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