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Update:  Cranial Sacral Therapy

5/29/2013

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I am less than a month away from completing my certificate in Cranial Sacral Therapy at Langara College!
(this is part of the reason my plate has been very full)


I AM SO EXCITED!
It's been amazing learning.  I am in reverent awe of how complex, ingeniously designed and wise our bodies are.  This modality is the best kind of deep listening mixed with gentle Nancy-Drew detective work.  

One of my long standing dreams with my nursing career has been to bridge Western medicine with Eastern medicine.  I was not sure which modality would lead me to this goal so I started to explore by getting on the table and getting treatment from other practitioners:  massage, naturopathy, homeopathy, reiki, shiastu, accupuncture, reflexology and so on.  

By the late fall of 2010 I had a eureka moment and became aware that Cranial Sacral Therapy (CST) would be a brilliant modality for me:  it was a subtle, holistic approach to healing that used human anatomy as a map.  What a great fit for my personality and nursing training!  I also personally had really effective and profound results with CST.  Most importantly, CST met my low tech criteria:  after years of delivering care in tech-heavy, resource-sucking, waste-producing hospitals (hello incinerated waste!) I desired a healing skill that I could perform any time, any where.

There's more to this story, including the very timely and essential sojourn into Quantum Touch training throughout the spring of 2012,  that I will write about at a later time.
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Right now, I want to share a live update!
I am very blessed to be doing my final CST practicum at Tsleil Wau-tuth Nation in North Vancouver.  My Fridays for the past month and a bit have been awesome:  a morning drive to work with my sweetie, a walk in Deep Cove (usually with a dear friend) and a half day of really interesting clinical practice.  I have been warmly received by both staff and community members who seem universally curious and receptive to CST.  I am really enjoying the variety of challenges presented so it's a phenomenal way to finish off my 150 hours of practice time.

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Photo by Zack Embree, September 2012: Paddling with Prayers for the Salish Sea
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Between clients I have been scribbling down ideas and doing progressive scheming for the small and modest beginnings of my cranial sacral private practice, effective this Autumn.  I've decided to name it "Hello Stillpoint!" for two reasons: firstly, because the conversational tone is true to how I work with the cranial bones and secondly, I am simply in love with stillpoint.  A stillpoint is the dynamic silence between two points.  Stillpoint = naturally occuring zero point field of cranial rhythm, spaciously between inhale / exhale.  As a cranial sacral therapist, stillpoint is a profoundly helpful restorative and gentle means to healing.  Stillpoint is my friend :)

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Humor for craniosacral therapists from Wisdom In the Body by Michael Kern
Through the summer months you will probably see a WHOOHOO I'm finished! and a WHOOPAH! Welcome to www.hellostillpoint.com post.  If you want to be the first to hear news about or low-cost treatments and complementary referral sessions please subscribe to my mailing list to stay in the loop.

Yours in keen studently delight,
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POST SCRIPT SHARING

These are my two favorite textbooks specifically about CST for any one who may be interested in learning more!
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missmihaela link
10/20/2013 07:48:22 am

Great blog, I just created an account here too.

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