The Power of Touch (Part 2)

(Here's Part 2 of The Power of Touch, by Michael Shea series)

Stress

All living organisms experience stress. Science is constantly learning about the impact that elevated stress has on our health, and numerous studies have shown how stress depresses the immune system and causes heart attacks, From a biodynamic perspective, our fluid systems become shaped by our experience in life, and stress interfere with our fluid rhythms. This is especially true early in life when we are more vulnerable and difficulties have a greater potential to become imprinted in the developing brain and body. These patterns change the density and shape of the fluids leading to abnormal physiology.

Helping the Body Heal Itself

Biodynamic craniosacral therapy (BCST) sees health as a state of dynamic balancing among body, mind and spirit. In this balancing process, our bodies utilize tremendous resources to overcome challenges. When we are stressed by the demands of the world around us, our nervous system tries to meet these challenges. "Adrenaline kicks in", our energy gets spent, and our bodies are not fully able to tend to our internal world for repair. In a biodynamic cranial session, practitioners help clients slow down and relax. In resting, our breathing slows, muscles soften, circulation increases, digestion improves and other internal self-care processes become alive. By working with deep internal fluid rhythms, practitioners engage deeper resources to foster healthy and balanced flow throughout the body. In doing so, practitioners help clients feel better, and this increased senses of everyday physical well-being can have wider implications emotionally and spiritually.