While I was at the Occiput...

My hands were at a client's occiput. Cranial bones shifting and changing in fluid-like motions.

I became aware of her knees; they felt happily relaxed and supple.

I sensed her innominate bones. They too felt good, both sides firmly placed on the therapy bed.

Her clavicles and shoulder joints started to appear. They felt nicely aligned too.

Then the hyoid bone showed itself; shimmering, perfectly suspended by a myriad of muscles. Beautiful.

I became aware of the expansion of the cranial bones along their sutures; spaces within the facial complex; sinuses feeling free to breathe...

The whole dura membranes appeared, first the dura tube, all the way to the straight sinus, leading to the falx cerebri. They appeared in the right amount of tension, expressing motility and motion. Wonderful.

Expressions of Health being unfolded right before my eyes (and hands).

And I only was at the occiput. This, is the beauty of Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy.

A Craniosacral Therapist, At Last!

As I write this, it's already 2 Jan 2010, the second day of the new year.

I remembered clearly, how one fine day in February 2008, I made a decision that changed my life's direction: I made the decision to start my training as a biodynamic craniosacral therapist. At that time, I did not know what I was jumping into; only that Dr. Andrew Weil (he wrote about cranio work in his book, "Spontaneous Healing" and recommended the therapy like anything) couldn't be wrong, plus, a strong gut instinct telling me this was what I want to do all my life.

So, I dived right in, with a mind totally focused on my target: to know, to understand and to be skilled in cranio work. I attended classes, did homework, and invited friends and strangers to come for practice sessions. I also buried myself in books I never thought I would read - anatomy and physiology books! All these started at 2008.

Since craniosacral therapy is totally unheard of in Malaysia and even in Asia, I decided to create this blog, http://biocraniosacral.blogspot.com in 2009 so that friends, strangers and those coming for my sessions would know what the work is all about. I was still a student then, still undergoing the rigorous training required for all craniosacral therapy students.

I remembered telling my teachers that I felt like Alice, of Alice in Wonderland, being drawn towards the rabbit hole, tumbling down, meeting all kinds of weird and strange experiences. Only in my case, it was not a rabbit hole, but a craniosacral hole, where right at the bottom is the essence of the work, pulling me like a magnet, deeper and deeper into its magical mysteries... . And, the rabbit is either one of my teachers, Ged, Steve or Adida, taking turns to entice me further!

Oh, what a wild adventure it has been. I fumbled, I stumbled, I fell, and I stared right into memories buried into my cells, hoping they'll never appear, but they came up all right. Pain and suffering. But with lots of help from family members, classmates, teachers and practice clients, I persevered.

And so, on the last day of the training, I told Steve, I felt like I'm out of the rabbit hole. I came out, a different person, a wiser and stronger person, ready to take on the challenges required of a professional therapist.

In 2010, I emerged, fully equipped, as a full-fledged biodynamic craniosacral therapist.

New Cranio Book Coming Up!

I'm excited. There's not many books on Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy. So, when I received word from Steve about his (and Ged's) book coming out next year, I just got to post the link to their work. Here it is : www.cranialintelligence.com.