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11/07/2025

Support via craniosacral therapy assists in rebalancing the Autonomic nervous system, and releases tension in nervous system structures, much like this experiment demonstrates

Researchers have discovered a specific set of neurons in the amygdala that can trigger anxiety and social deficits when overactive. By restoring the excitability balance in this brain region, they successfully reversed these symptoms in mice. The results point toward targeted neural therapies for em...

11/03/2025

Science always a few steps behind what we already know with our hands and the outcomes we see clinically.

🧠✨ Neural Sensing of Organ Volume

This study from Harvard Medical School explores how the stomach, bladder, and airways sense stretch and communicate with the brain to regulate breathing, digestion, and elimination.

For Manual Therapists and CranioSacral Therapists, it deepens the science behind what we palpate—the body’s subtle, continuous dialogue between the viscera and the nervous system.

📖 Read Full Article → https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30143276/

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10/31/2025

🎃 Even bones have rhythm — but what about the organs within?

This Halloween, discover the deeper motion within the body. Visceral Manipulation reveals how gentle touch can restore balance and communication between organs, fascia, and nervous system.

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10/31/2025

🦴 Even skeletons love to move — because motion is life.

This Halloween, remember that every system of the body has its own rhythm and intelligence. CranioSacral Therapy helps us listen to that subtle movement and restore balance throughout the body.

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10/31/2025

How we create a space to invite and facilitate healing to happen.

The Art of Neutrality in CranioSacral Therapy

In Upledger CranioSacral Therapy, “neutral” is more than a concept—it’s a way of being.

As Tad Wanveer, LMT, CST-D, explains in this article, therapeutic neutrality has three key aspects:
1️⃣ The practitioner’s inner state
2️⃣ The client–practitioner relationship
3️⃣ The therapeutic process

📖 Read more in Tad’s full article here:https://www.iahe.com/storage/docs/articles/Neutrality-in-Upledger-CST.pdf

Take from the source 🌊
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10/30/2025

A Japanese biologist’s Nobel Prize-winning research uncovered a revolutionary process: the human body eats its own damaged cells when it doesn’t receive food. This process, called autophagy, plays a crucial role in maintaining our health by clearing out dysfunctional cells, and it may have far-reaching implications for aging and disease prevention. But what does this discovery reveal about our relationship with nourishment, and the body's intrinsic survival mechanisms?

Autophagy is the body’s way of performing a kind of internal clean-up, eliminating waste and repairing damage. This discovery changes the way we think about fasting and nutrition. For years, we’ve been told that the body’s energy comes only from food, but this breakthrough shows that the body has the ability to sustain itself by recycling its own cells when necessary. It challenges us to rethink our understanding of metabolism and survival.

Beyond its immediate health implications, this discovery opens the door to new possibilities for treating diseases like cancer and neurodegeneration. By understanding how the body scavenges and reuses its cells, scientists could develop therapies that promote the body’s natural repair processes. Could this new understanding of autophagy lead to groundbreaking treatments that slow down the aging process, or even cure diseases that are currently beyond our reach?

The idea that the body can sustain itself through its own resources calls attention to the resilience built into human biology. It shows us that, in times of stress or deprivation, the body is not helpless; rather, it is capable of remarkable feats of self-preservation. This discovery forces us to reconsider what we know about the body’s capacity for healing, and challenges us to look deeper into the science of life itself.

Ultimately, this Nobel-winning research presents an exciting new chapter in our understanding of human health and longevity. It is a testament to the ingenuity of the body and to the scientific exploration that continues to reveal the extraordinary ways in which we are equipped to survive. 🧪🌱

10/29/2025

Scientists from Kyoto University have discovered that human cells can actually respond to sound waves changing gene activity, physical behavior, and even decisions about becoming fat. When researchers played pure tones, like 440 Hz and 14 kHz, directly into cell cultures, the cells reacted within hours. Over 140 genes linked to inflammation, stress, and repair altered their expression, suggesting that sound isn’t just noise it’s a physical force our bodies can feel and interpret.

Even more fascinating, continuous sound exposure reduced the activity of two key fat-forming genes (Cebpa and Pparg) by more than 70%. In other words, the tones stopped stem cells from turning into fat cells. While it’s still early research, this study opens the door to exploring how sound could influence healing, metabolism, or even future acoustic therapies showing that the language of life might also be spoken in vibrations.

Source/Credit: Kyoto University / Biophysical Journal (2024)

10/28/2025

For those with chronic physical challenges who are seeking other modalities and support for deeper continued healing and theiving.

✨ Now Announcing 2026 Group Intensive Therapy Program Dates! ✨

Our staff continues to be guided by Dr. Upledger's philosophy that every person holds the innate ability to influence their own health. When individuals recognize this potential, they can actively take part in their healing journey.

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10/28/2025

🧠✨ The vagus nerves help us rest, digest, and restore — and their optimal function is vital for physical and mental health.

This article from The Conversation explores how we can “reset” the vagus nerves to feel better — and even mentions CranioSacral Therapy for its ability to reduce cortisol and increase parasympathetic activity.

Read more: https://theconversation.com/our-vagus-nerves-help-us-rest-digest-and-restore-can-you-really-reset-them-to-feel-better-210469?

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10/27/2025

In a remarkable breakthrough, scientists Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi have won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering how our immune system maintains balance — knowing when to fight infections and when to stop.

Their work revealed a special group of cells called regulatory T cells (T-regs) — the body’s “peacekeepers.” These cells stop our immune system from mistakenly attacking healthy tissues.

The team also discovered the FOXP3 gene, which controls how these T-regs function. When this gene fails, the immune system turns against the body, causing autoimmune diseases such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and Type 1 diabetes.

This discovery opens the door to new treatments that can train the immune system to calm itself, offering new hope for millions who live with chronic immune disorders.

It’s incredible to realize — the key to healing so many diseases was hidden inside us all along. 💉🌿

10/26/2025

A series of free and informative presentations.
Elevate your self care by learning more about how your body functions.

Just as we can distinguish between the sting of heat and the chill of cold, our immune system is finely tuned to recognize and respond to a wide range of threats, from viruses and bacteria to allergens and injury. This complex sensing relies on communication between diverse cell types, including sen...