Craniosacral therapy is a subtle and profound healing form which assists the body's natural capacity for self-repair.

In a typical craniosacral session, you will usually lie (or sometimes sit) fully-clothed on a treatment couch. The therapist will make contact by placing their hands lightly on your body and tuning in to what is happening by ‘listening’ with their hands. Contact is made carefully so that you will feel at ease with what is happening.

The first thing you will probably notice is a sense of deep relaxation, which will generally last throughout the session. With subsequent treatments this release of tension often extends into everyday life. The work can address physical aches and pains, acute and chronic disease, emotional or psychological disturbances, or simply help to develop well-being, health and vitality.

Craniosacral therapy is so gentle that it is suitable for babies, children, and the elderly, as well as adults and people in fragile or acutely painful conditions. Treatment can aid almost any condition, raising vitality and improving the body's capacity for self-repair.


What Conditions Can it Help?

Arthritis
Asthma
Autism
Back pain
Birth trauma
Bronchitis
Cerebral Palsy
Colic
Depression
Digestive problems
Drug withdrawal
Dyslexia
Exhaustion
Fall or injury
Frozen shoulder
Hormonal imbalances
Hyperactivity
Immune system disorders
Insomnia
Lethargy
Menstrual pain, PMS
Migraine
Post-operative conditions
Problems during and after pregnancy
Re-integration after accidents
Sciatica
Sinusitis
Spinal curvatures
Sports injuries
Stress related illnesses
Tinnitus and middle ear problems
TMJ (jaw) disorders
Visual disturbances
Whiplash injuries

Sometimes the benefits are not immediately noticeable but become obvious on returning to a familiar environment. The work can involve resolution of past events and is often profoundly relaxing, deeply moving and exhilarating.


What are the benefits of craniosacral therapy?

Craniosacral Therapy has a very high success rate. Most practitioners find that around 85% of clients are happy with the results of the work. Benefits can come in a variety of ways:

• Increased sense of relaxation
• Improvement of the symptoms you came to see the practitioner about. Quite simply, you get better 
• Improvement of other symptoms. For example, someone coming for treatment for a bad back can find that, as well as their back pain easing, the migraines they have had  for years have got better too
• Change in behaviour patterns, leading to an improvement in relationships with friends, family, colleagues, etc
• Greater capacity to manage life in general
• Better management of specific disease symptoms
• Reduced stress 
• Improvement of psychological issues 
• Reduction of effects of past trauma
• Improved sense of well-being

Practitioners