Healing From Within

04/18/2026

Sometimes you hear stories that inspire completely. Nothing else to say. This is one of those.

The teller is a student who just completed CST2. At the start I ask for any successes since CST1. She said:

The story I’ll share is about a lovely lady, age 89, who came to see me.

I’d initially helped her son, and he asked if I would look after his mom. She was from South Africa and had been involved in a horrific car crash in the late 1980s. She went headfirst into the windshield back in the days before seatbelts were required.

Ever since then, she had head pains, headaches, and sharp pains behind her eyes. Every night when she went to bed, she got dizzy spells that took up to 10 minutes to settle. This had been going on since the late 80s - a very long time.

When she came to see me, I’d been practicing my CST1 techniques. I wasn't entirely sure what I could do for her, but the sphenoid seemed like an important place to start. I modified my approach to work on her while she was seated, because I didn't want her to lie down in my office and suffer a bout of dizziness; that was very unpleasant for her.

I worked on the frontal bones, the parietals, and the sphenoid, which did some amazingly weird and wonderful things. It was fairly unusual for me to feel the sphenoid moving in so many different ways.

I worked on her for half an hour that day and saw her again two weeks later. Since that first session, she hasn't had a single recurrence of that head pain or the headaches behind her eyes.

She's also able to go to bed and lie down with no dizziness at all!

It's pretty phenomenal.

Since CST2, I understand the mis-alignment patterns better; I was facilitating release just by holding the intention of very gently working with the sphenoid the way it wanted to go.

I've seen her in the clinic again and I continue to work on her seated.

It was a beautiful learning experience showing the power of what we can do for someone with head trauma. 35+ years of issues gone in one session. I know it’s not always like that but it sure is incredible when it happens.

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Thanks to Melinda Warren for this lovely story. I can’t help wishing she’s found CST sooner - but at least she found it!

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Our Next CST1s are 13-16 May nr Launceston and 9-12 June in London in case you’re inspired!

10/18/2025

CCST graduate shares: “A question I get asked a lot, and to be honest words are quite limiting when trying to explain how this beautiful treatment works…. But I am going to try anyway….

I could go in to quantum physics, or anatomy, or how the nervous system functions… But don’t worry I wont 😅 (stay with me here)….

I want to explain craniosacral therapy from my personal perspective, from a heart centered space ❤️…

As a practitioner, as I gently lay my hands on you during your treatment, I am attuning to you….. Like a radio dial tunes in to a certain radio station frequency, my dial is tuning in to your entire being… Every aspect of you that your being is ready to show me, I will pick up on and hold space for…

I may be feeling your physical aches and pains, points of tension in your body, your emotional state, your nervous system, your overall flow of energy, where you may feel blocked, where your energy feels free and expressive….

Your body will be speaking a thousand words, and I will be listening, deeply.

As I am present with and consciously acknowledge what I am feeling in your body and in your being, I notice changes… Ah something just released, something just opened up, oh and something just relaxed, something needs a bit more space and something is drawing me in a bit closer….

As we go deeper in to the session we often go deeper in to your being, we work through more layers and stuff you have been carrying around with you for years may begin to show itself…

And this whole entire time, I am doing very little but holding space for all of this expression of yours, by simply being deeply present with you, without judgement, without an agenda, without trying to change you….

And this is what initiates your healing… This is what allows your body to find its way back to regulation, back to calm, back to feeling grounded, back to a deeper connection with yourself…. Everything feels a bit more open, a bit lighter and you may feel like something big has shifted but you can’t quite articulate it…

& then I thank your being, for allowing me to witness you whilst you heal yourself 🫶🏼”

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03/07/2025

One of my most favorite places to be! So grateful I had the opportunity to get there recently. Finding a place that calms you & fills you with gratitude & joy whether you can be there physically or not has been so healing!

10/22/2024

Fun to read about another OT who has incorporated CST in her work both in the hospital and out!! 👏🏽💕😊

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07/31/2024

I would also add…”I listen to and honor my body’s messages.” Things yo practice 😊❤️.

04/27/2024

CranioSacral Therapy (CST) is often referred to as a simple approach to profound work that will help you to normalize the craniosacral system and allow the body to self-correct to restore function within the body’s systems.

To learn more about CST, visit our website. http://bit.ly/2XDJlc5 or Upledger.com

04/26/2024

I’m doing a little look into the word courage, a world that came up during my CranioSacral session today. It’s interesting all the different definitions and descriptions of this word. I decided to Share one of those definitions here.
I’m also reflecting on how it takes courage to offer to sit with others’ who are looking for support knowing that you don’t have all the answers or tricks to “fix” their problem/s or situation but you have the patience, presence, and skill to literally hold space for the person’s own body/self to show up however it needs and do whatever it needs to bring about their own self-correction. In my work the body/Self has all the information we’re seeking. Often it helps to have some assistance to look inward and sift through all that is there.
My ego wants to fix it and make it all better. But it’s not about my ego or me. It’s being neutral, listening to the tissues with my hands, allowing & supporting whatever arises through my touch or maybe with my questions. Questions intended for self discovery, self connection and self integration. Ways to get to the heart of it all.

The root of the word courage is cor – the Latin word for heart. In one of its earliest forms, the word courage had a very different definition than it does today. Courage originally meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart."

Over time, this definition has changed, and today, courage is more synonymous with being heroic. Heroics is important and we certainly need heroes, but I think we've lost touch with the idea that speaking honestly and openly about who we are, about what we're feeling, and about our experiences (good and bad) is the definition of courage.

Heroics is often about putting our life on the line. Ordinary courage is about putting our vulnerability on the line. In today's world that's pretty extraordinary.

04/25/2024

Let's spread the word about CranioSacral Therapy!!!

This prospective cohort-study examined the use, benefits, and safety of CranioSacral Therapy (CST). Read more: http://ow.ly/7nqI50Hv0ji or Upledger.com Searchable article database.

Conclusions: In primary care, patients and parents of underage children use CST for preventive and therapeutic purposes. Considering the design limitations, CST appears to be overall effective and safe in infants, children, and adults.

04/20/2024

Free access to CranioSacral Therapy Client Education and Resource Videos. Link to resource page here: https://www.upledger.com/about/videos.php or Upledger.com Resource Tab/Videos

01/24/2024

Very excited to announce that I’m now educated & ready to work with babies & children. Children respond quite well to CrainoSacral Therapy “…because a child is still developing physiologically, the central nervous system is especially accepting of this effective therapy.” (Upledger Institute International).

09/19/2023

Just finished listening to this book. I don’t recall who suggested it to me but I’m glad he/she did! I highly recommend this book especially to those who take prescription drugs or prescribe them.

08/31/2023

Interesting….

I would also add niacin, carnitine, and lipoic acid. This is from a study published in Science Direct on Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Migraine