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CranioSacral Therapy (CST) is one of the most effective modalities that helps your body heal itself without any negative side-effects. Because it gets your body working to correct itself, and because it is non-invasive, the possibilities for what CST can achieve are vast. Each one of us is born with all the right “machinery” to self-correct and heal on our own. Sometimes, however, through diet, lifestyle, stress and trauma, among other things, our natural defenses break down and this innate ability to self-heal needs a nudge to regain access to its power again.
My programs facilitate this nudge.
With my help, your body will remember how to do what it does best.
What is
The Upledger Institute explains everything:
CranioSacral Therapy is a gentle, hands-on approach that releases tensions deep in the body to relieve pain and dysfunction and improve whole-body health and performance.
It was pioneered and developed by Osteopathic Physician John E. Upledger after years of clinical testing and research at Michigan State University where he served as professor of biomechanics.
Using a soft touch which is generally no greater than 5 grams – about the weight of a nickel – practitioners release restrictions in the soft tissues that surround the central nervous system. CST is increasingly used as a preventive health measure for its ability to bolster resistance to disease, and it’s effective for a wide range of medical problems associated with pain and dysfunction.
How Does
Again, from the Upledger website:
Few structures have as much influence over the body’s ability to function properly as the brain and spinal cord that make up the central nervous system. And, the central nervous system is heavily influenced by the craniosacral system – the membranes and fluid that surround, protect and nourish the brain and spinal cord.
Every day your body endures stresses and strains that it must work to compensate for. Unfortunately, these changes often cause body tissues to tighten and distort the craniosacral system. These distortions can then cause tension to form around the brain and spinal cord, resulting in restrictions. This can create a barrier to the healthy performance of the central nervous system and potentially every other system it interacts with.
Fortunately, such restrictions can be detected and corrected using simple methods of touch. With a light touch, the CST practitioner uses his or her hands to evaluate the craniosacral system by gently feeling various locations of the body to test for the ease of motion and rhythm of the cerebrospinal fluid pulsing around the brain and spinal cord. Soft-touch techniques are then used to release restrictions in any tissues influencing the craniosacral system.
By normalizing the environment around the brain and spinal cord and enhancing the body’s ability to self-correct, CranioSacral Therapy is able to alleviate a wide variety of dysfunctions, from chronic pain and sports injuries to stroke and neurological impairment.
There is an innate ability of the human body to heal itself. When the skin is lacerated, this self-correcting mechanism responds with an elaborate process to close the skin. Immune responses and inflammatory responses are also indicative of the body’s self-healing abilities. CranioSacral Therapy involves facilitating or enhancing the body’s own natural capacity when traumatic or disease processes overwhelm the system.
What Conditions Does
What Does
“I thank you so much for Friday’s session; an amazing, healing, work of art! I experienced such a shift when I was on the table; I am so thankful for all of the things that came up to be cleared and healed. Later on that day, at home, I began to feel very peaceful and was able to rest deeply. The next morning while still in bed, realizing I was going to drive to my son’s house and stay for the weekend, some anxiety was there about that, but I was guided to get up, and as I went about getting packed and ready, I was calm and focused. Driving up there, (driving often a stressor for me), I was mostly calm and in my center! I was able to be present to the family with LOVE and enjoy my time with them, which hasn’t been the case for years now. Also, yesterday, when I went to a grocery store, which is usually quite busy & frenetic, and where I usually feel lousy when I go in there, I was PEACEFUL & in my center! These things show me how different I’m actually feeling. I am remembering the wonderful things that came to my awareness, with your beautiful guidance, in my session, and continue to bring them with me for healing and PEACE. I will be in touch with more feedback; I feel like I could write a book!”
“Ms. Moser has helped drastically improve my performance as an athlete. As a competitive swimming (soon to be competing collegiately), I needed help relieving muscular stress (acquired during training) before big competitions. In addition to relieving muscular stress, Ms. Moser has helped me realize the importance of a healthy mind and how my state of mind can directly affect my performances. Ms Moser has helped me break through to a whole new level of competition and I highly recommend her to any competitive athlete who would like to do the same!”