Craniosacral Core Series Classes

Core 1: Transverse Structures, Pelvis and Mandible, and Cranial Wave

In this class, you learn to work with the transverse structures of the body, to ease and promote the longitudinal flow of cerebrospinal fluid. You are introduced to techniques for the pelvic ring (including sacrum, sacroiliac joints and pelvic floor), the respiratory diaphragm, thoracic inlet, and the mandible. An initial exploration of stillness, body usage and receptive touch help you develop the ability to be present and skillfully listen with your hands.

Core 2: Synovial Joints, Air Sinuses, Unwinding, and Mid-Tide

In this class, you deepen your understanding and skills with the pelvis, sacrum and skills with joints of the lower body. The techniques you learn for the sinuses provide you with ways of helping clients with acute and chronic conditions. Your abilities as a healer improve through understanding the autonomic nervous system and its role in health. Perceiving and working within the mid-tide, as well as accessing unwinding as an avenue for change, provide you with entirely new ways to address your client’s concerns.

Core 3: Sphenoid, Cranial Vault, Facial Bones, and the Long Tide

Much of this class is dedicated to working with the sphenoid and other bones of the head, increasing your ability to work with complex patterns. Engaging the long tide shifts your understanding of individual problems to the perspective of interconnectedness: appreciating the transcendent/transpersonal as well as resourcing yourself and your client through inherent health.

Core 4: Inherent Treatment Plan, Treatment Strategies, Cranial Sutures and Membranes

In the culminating class of the Core Series, students orient to essential principles of craniosacral therapy by following the inherent treatment plan intrinsic to each person. To do this, students learn how to move beyond protocols, to track changes in the autonomic nervous system and to move gracefully between all three levels of the fluid body. Alongside techniques to address the sutures and membranes, students are introduced to therapeutic concepts that help them in shaping an individual session, a series of sessions as well as suggestions for home care.