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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

President’s Message • As We Grow...

States of Balance in a Biodynamic Approach

From Slavery to Freedom

Spinal Granulations • They Really Exist!

A Journey

CSTA/NA Membership Information

CSTA/NA Board Notes • Election Results, Code of Ethics Update,2003 Conference Announcement & 2000/2001 Financial Review

Your Letters • Website Updates

New • Advertising

Spring / Summer 2002

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On behalf of the Board of Directors of theCSTA/NA I would like to thank the foundingdirectors President, June Crinnion, Treasurer,Jennifer Song, Secretary, ElizabethHammond, Scott Zamurut, Shelli Worral,Michael Shea, and Heather Gordon for thetremendous effort they put forward inbuilding the foundation of this organization.It is from this solid base that we continue togrow. We currently have 197 members,including 107 RCST’s, in the US, Canada,Singapore and the UK.

On June 1, 2002 we welcome 3 new directorsand our first student representative. Joiningthe Board are Johnnie Fernandez, KathyMulica, Mukara Meredith and student, SusanBeale. All new directors are from Coloradoand it is exciting to have such a strong team inplace as we continue with plans for the 2003CSTA/NA conference to be held in Colorado.

With the arrival of the new Board membersmuch of the work handled by the Board ofDirectors will be accomplished by ourcommittees. This will mean greater memberparticipation in the development and growthof the organization.

Be sure to mark your calendars for our 2003conference. The dates are September 19, 20,21, 2002. Franklyn Sills will deliver thekeynote address. Mike Boxhall and MauraSills are also scheduled to give presentations.The remainder of the program will beannounced soon and is sure to be exciting.Please be sure to make every effort to attendthis gathering. More details will be available inthe upcoming editions of the Cranial Wave.

In the last edition of the Cranial Wave Imentioned a proposed continuing educationprogram with regional offerings. In order toget this program running we need your help.As a beginning step we are looking forCSTA/NA members to form regionalchapters. This is a great way to meet andcommunicate with other practitioners, andsupport one another in our practices. Withchapters in place we will assist the regional

groups to attract presenters to further theireducational goals. Please contact theCSTA/NA head office [email protected] assistance in developing this initiative.

The Education Committee has been activedeveloping the supervision program for newgraduates. We are currently receivingapplications for mentors to provide guidanceto new graduates as they begin their practices.This program is mandatory for all thosebeginning trainings after January 1, 2002. Forthose in earlier training’s participation isoptional but recommended. The details willbe available in the Fall/Winter edition of theCranial Wave.

The Teacher Approval Committee( TAC) hasbeen hard at work developing numerousdocuments to support students, training’s,and teachers in training. As well, they havebeen busy working on the development ofcriteria at the request of the Board to providestructure to the teachers and administrators offoundation trainings. The TAC and theCouncil of Teachers have arranged to meet inCalifornia in September to develop andupdate a common curriculum for allfoundation trainings. Meetings will take placein the summer with representatives of theCSTA/UK to discuss curriculum prior to theCalifornia meetings. We thank all thoseplanning to attend for their gift of time andexpertise.

It has been an exciting year for us as newDirectors of the CSTA/NA. It has beenfulfilling and a wonderful learning experiencefor me to have the privilege of serving in thisoffice. I would like to thank my very manycolleagues and Board Directors who haveprovided mentorship and patience as I haveattempted to navigate unknown waters. Yourfriendship and wisdom has been invaluable.

Have a wonderful summer.

Beth Small RCST

CSTA/NA President

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BOARD NOTES

CSTA/NA Board of Directors Election Results

The Board had four elective positions open in 2002. Of the nominations brought forth, four accepted theirnomination. As a result, a physical ballot and vote count was unnecessary, and these nominees are hereby elected byacclamation. A non-voting student representative is a new board position as of 2002.

Kathleen Mulica

Kathleen has been working in the field of energy medicine since 1989, when she began studyingReiki with her first mentor, Elizabeth Tuttle, RPP. She then went on to study Polarity at thePolarity Realization Institute in Massachusetts, and received her RPP in 1998. She completedher Craniosacral study in 2000, is in private practice in Fort Collins, CO, and is a teachingassistant at the Colorado School of Energy Studies.

“I believe the main contribution I can bring to the CSTA/NA Board of Directors is my skill fororganization and my eye for detail. I look forward to helping create a viable, cohesive organizationthat meets the needs of all members and promotes the professionalism of our craft.”

Johnnie Catherine Fernandez

Greetings. My name is Johnnie Catherine Fernandez, RN, BSN. I have practiced Nursing since1965. In the early 1970’s I was introduced to, and influenced by, Dr. Randolph Stone’s work inPolarity therapy and had the good fortune to meet him at the last conference he presented inDavis, California, in 1973. I have completed Polarity Therapy training Levels I and II, andFranklyn Sills Craniosacral training at the Colorado School for Energy Studies with John andAnna Chitty. I currently practice Craniosacral and Polarity Therapy in Denver, Colorado. Mymotive for being a candidate for the CSTA/NA Board of Directors is to be of service inpromoting and supporting this most valuable field of training and health care.

Mukara Meredith, MSW

Mukara has 25 years experience teaching, consulting and working with the Healing Arts. She isa graduate of the Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy class taught by Franklyn Sills. Mukaraintegrates many of the healing principles taught in the Biodynamic model into herunderstanding of ‘groups-as-living-systems’. She has named this approach to group workMATRIXWORKS and teaches this model at Naropa University in the Somatic Psychology andEnvironmental Leadership Departments.. In addition she uses this model in her ConsultingPractice to help teams and organizations to discover their health and “unbroken wholeness”.

Mukara is a certified Hakomi Trainer and has been a practicing Bhuddist for 15 years. She isdevoted to exploring the practical application of world wisdom teachings in everyday life.

Susan Beale, Student Representative

Susan is a second year student in the two year craniosacral program at the Colorado School ofEnergy Studies in Boulder Colorado. Susan comes with prior training in polarity therapy, andcurrently practices polarity and craniosacral for personal interest, not clinically. Susan works asa technical writer, with 7 years’ experience writing for the IT and communications industriesas well as 4 years’ experience in academic and government research in the area of health carepolicy. Susan’s goal is to enhance communication between the board and craniosacral studentsby bringing board news to students, and student concerns and perspectives to the board.

CSTA/NA Welcomes New 2002 Directors

Submitted by Clare Bonser, RCST, Committee Chair

The Ethics Committee is moving forward with the important work offormulating protocol and procedures for use in the event of grievancesfiled against members of CSTA/NA. This work was begun by theFounding Board, under the leadership of Shelli Worrall, who remainsavailable to the current committee on a consulting basis.

Besides Shelli, other volunteers who are giving of their time and talentsto ensure a strong and healthy foundation for this aspect of theorganization are: Patricia Donohue, RCST, of Raleigh, NC, LeeEdwards and Jan Pemberton, RCST, both of Ann Arbor, MI, andBonnie Peterson, of Longmont, CO. Clare Bonser, RCST of Santa FE,NM chairs the committee.

As with all other committees whose members reside throughoutCanada and the US, the bulk of the work is done via email, with anoccasional conference call. If you would like to participate in theimportant work of this committee, please contact Clare [email protected].

A reminder that the Code of Ethics document itself is available on thewebsite under the “about us” button.

Beth Small, RCSTPresident

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Dan BurgessVice-President970-731-4553

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Clare Bonser, RCSTSecretary

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Betty Wood, RCST Treasurer

Membership ChairRCST Chair

905-836-0669 [email protected]

Johnnie Catherine FernandezDirector

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Kathleen Mulica, RPP, RCSTDirector

Tel: 970-377-1540Fax: 970-377-3865

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Mukara Meredith, MSWDirector

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Susan K. BealeStudent Representative

303- 833 [email protected]

Members mark your calendars now!!!

CONFERENCEANNOUNCEMENT

CSTA/NA is proud to announce our 3rdconference to be held in Colorado

SEPTEMBER 19, 20 & 21, 2003

Franklyn Sills will be our keynote speaker and will be presentingalong with Maura Sills and Mike Boxhall.

The Conference Committee is busy securing morepresenters and locating a great venue.

Don't miss this opportunity to deepen your skillsand knowledge of biodynamic craniosacral therapy,

see friends, acquaintances and continue buildingour CSTA/NA community.

We will be contacting members once all details have beenfinalized. Visit our website for future updates

www.craniosacraltherapy.org

BOARD NOTES

CSTA/NA 2002Board of Directors CSTA/NA Code of Ethics Update



BOARD NOTES

REVIEW ENGAGEMENT REPORT

We have reviewed the statement of financial position of the Craniosacral Therapy Association of North America(CSTA/NA) as at May 31, 2001. Our review was made in accordance with Canadian generally accepted standards forreview engagements and accordingly consisted primarily of enquiry, analytical procedures and discussion related toinformation supplied to us by the Association.

A review does not constitute an audit and consequently we do not express an audit opinion on these financialstatements.

CRANIOSCARAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICAStatement of Income and Expenses and Net AssetsFor the years ended May 31, 2001 2000

INCOME

Membership $ 6,916 $ 4,126RCST Certification 3,868 - The Fulcrum 2,379 1,969Interest 156 197Conference - 18,223Donations - 475

_______ _______13,319 24,990_______ _______

EXPENSES

Teachers Approval Committee 13,592 -Board 7,420 2,124Office and General 3,066 1,102Trademark and Website 2,999 2,465The Fulcrum 1,779 1,539Standards of Practice 293 675Foreign Exchange Loss 91 58Conference - 10,113

_______ _______29,240 18,076_______ _______

EXCESS (DEFICIENCY) OF INCOME OVER EXPENSES (15,921) 6,914

NET ASSETS - BEGINNING 19,755 12,841_______ _______

NET ASSETS - ENDING $ 3,834 $ 19,755_______ _______

As Reported By: Norton McMullen & Co. Chartered Accountants

CSTA/NA Financial Review

Membership Categories:

1. Graduate: A graduate member shall have completedthe required training in Biodynamic CraniosacralTherapy, as currently defined by the Board, and shallhave provided proof of graduation to theMembership Chair. A Graduate member shall beentitled to one (1) vote on any election or othermatter requiring a membership vote.

2. Student: A student member shall be enrolled in anapproved training course with an approved teacher,as currently defined by the Board, and shall haveprovided proof of such enrolment to theMembership Chair. A Student member shall beentitled to one (1) vote on any election or othermatter requiring a membership vote.

3. Associate: An associate member shall be any personwith an interest in Biodynamic CraniosacralTherapy, professional or otherwise, a student orgraduate of any form of Cranial Sacral Therapy, or amember of the general public. An Associate membershall not be entitled to a vote.

4. Corporate/Business: A Corporate/Businessmember shall be any company, association orbusiness, duly registered within it's jurisdiction, thatwishes to support the Craniosacral TherapyAssociation of North America. A Corporate/Business member shall not be entitled to a vote.

RCST:

1. The one-time $60.00 RCST fee is IN ADDITION tothe membership fee. In order to receive RCST status,one must be a paid-up member in good standing. Asmembership is renewed in each year, the RCSTmember receives a sticker to affix to their certificateindicating their status for the current yearly period.

2. An application for RCST status MUST beaccompanied by a copy of the graduation certificate,or if one is not available, a signed note from theschool or one of the attending teachers.

3. Only practitioners with RCST status are listed on theweb site.

4. All Teaching Assistants and Teachers in Training arerequired to hold current RCST status.

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There are a few places available forCraniosacral Therapy graduates to attendthe remaining five seminars of thistraining at a 50% reduced rate of $287.50per five day segment. This is a greatopportunity to review, update anddeepen skills in the biodynamic model.


Membership

CSTA/NA Membership

The financial year of CSTA/NA runs from June 1 to May 31 in each year. Each year members receive a membershiprenewal notice. The full fee for the year is payable whenever the member joins. The Board of Directors has decidedthat new members joining after February 1st in each year will pay half the stated dues for that year.

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“So the idea of a neutral then is a point of

suspension where the tissue, the fluid, or the

bioelectric fields, or the potency, whatever one

has to be in relationship with in the moment; it’s

that point of balance where that particular

biological element is free to shift in response to

primary respiration as both a creative and a

therapeutic agency. So neutral is a very very

specific thing, and it is something that we can use

across the board of osteopathy and across the

biological fields that become disproportionate or

imbalanced, the result of which is either disease

or the precursors of disease.”

From James Jealous’ CD- Patient Neutral

In Southern California , a team of us has started a studygroup where we meet once a month and study the CD’sof Dr. James Jealous. We all listen to the same CD andthen come ready for discussion and session work. It isan experience that is deepening our relationship withbiodynamic concepts, challenging the limits of themind and opening doorways to new experiences.

One area that discussion often centers around is theconcepts of stillness, stillpoints, neutral and pauses.There are many of the CD’s that explore these concepts-The Patient Neutral, The Embryonic Mind, States ofBalanced Membranous Tension 1 and 2, States ofBalanced Fluid Tension.

Within the CSTA/NA we have chosen to work with a“biodynamic” approach. This implies a deep alignmentwith inherent organizing and sustaining forces. Dr.James Jealous lets us know that in a biodynamicapproach to states of balance, there is no “edge ofresistance”.

Most of us were originally taught to work with states ofbalance by following in the direction of ease to eitherthe “edge of resistance” or the “edge or boundary” of ashape. In Dr. Jealous’ CD on States of BalancedMembranous Tension, the direction of ease is followedand the ease is increasingly refined until there is a senseof floating, liquid freedom, suspension that spreads tothe horizon.

For me, this conceptual shift has had a profound effect

on my experience as both a practitioner and a client.First of all, it is increasingly easier. Secondly, there is asense of potency breathing that continues as you follow.There is no waiting for the potency to arise.

When we follow in the direction of ease and we reachthe “edge of resistance”, we have actually exaggeratedthe pattern slightly so that we feel the recoil as we passthe boundaries of ease of the impulse. As we pass thatboundary, often we lose the sense of potency orbreathing to some degree. When we stay within thecontext of ease and seek to sense further ease,eventually we reach a place of neutral where there is noimpulse to continue in any direction and the organizingfulcrum is breathing.

This suspended neutral feels quite different from the“edge of resistance”. It is soft and spreading. It offers anendless horizon of possibilities. It is somewhat a puzzleor a mystery. Rather than defining a shape, it opens theshape. The sense of breathing feels sweetly connectedwith the Breath of Life. Dr Jealous also calls this specificneutral or state of balance an automatic shiftingtherapeutic fulcrum.

As I worked with a graduate of one of our trainingprograms with this new concept, she acknowledged herpersonal experience as client was that things becamesoft and curved and flowed into each other. Herexperience with working with the edge of resistancehad been more angular and walled. We all know theState of Balance is a doorway to “Something elsehappens”. I encourage you to seek the possibility ofmore and more ease and sense the openness of this newdoorway. �

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tates of Balancein a Biodynamic Approach By Mary Louise Muller, M.Ed., RCSTS

What is change? How do we achieve this illusiveconcept? How do we master going beyond what wehave been taught to do repeatedly either because we sawit or because it was drilled in to us on pain of whoknows what? The thing I ask most readily when a cliententers my office is “ What is it that you choose to createby doing this work?” The client is usually quick with aresponse.“I want to be happy”. Or “I want to change mylife”. “I want to feel different than I feel now.” I oftenwill attempt to get a clear picture of where specificallymy client chooses to go with their intentions regardingthese changes. But what I always say in order to trulyilluminate where this work (somatic-emotional work)can indeed lead them is:

“Working with the somatic emotional process isnot about changing who you are. It is aboutbecoming more of who you are really. Theauthentic you before you had to put an armouredbarrier for protection. Before you underwent atrauma that shocked you into abandoning yourtrue being. Before you convinced yourself forsome reason or another that who you are really, isnot ok”.

Change requires three main elements: Willingness todo whatever it takes to move into a shift. Awareness tosee with clarity that which is truly going on. AndCourage to face this sometimes immensely challengingprocess toward authenticity.

So often we carry with us heavy baggage from anothertime, yet that baggage is what is often running the show.We have become so very adept at working with thisbaggage that we do not fully realize the cover up that isgoing on. But usually this theatre is the very tool that atone time kept us very safe and today sabotages allinstinct to grow and step into our greatness. When welook at what is really going on with awareness, we seethat the mask has two clear and distinct voices thatseem to take over. One is the voice of the hurt child.The other is that of the critical parent. They both haveseemingly very adult like characterizations. Uponcareful inspection, the two are actually coming from thedesperate voice of the child within. Both voices areacting in reaction to others. Giving up their power.Causing us to make auto pilot choices. The result isliving life by default versus by choice.

Here are some of the traits of the

Hurt Child voice:

• The disease to please so they can be liked.• Withdrawing from others without letting them

know.• Rebelliousness, temper tantrum (actually the

hurt teenager stage).• Feeling the victim: “Why me? Poor me?”• Fear based: panic, no trust or faith in life.• Emotional manipulations based on guilting

others into doing something for them.• Taking people hostage with emotional blackmail.• Falling apart so someone will take care of them.• Self-loathing. Low self-esteem. Has experienced

lots of criticism growing up.• Blaming others. Not taking responsibility for

ones life, one’s own events.• Feelings of “I am not enough. I didn’t get

enough.”• Focuses on the past. Living in regret.• Not able to set clear boundaries. Allowing others

to invade their boundaries.• Feeling “Life is unfair.”

More can be added to the list but I think the picture isfairly clear. When any one of these traits is active or ismotivating one’s response to life, it usually means thatthe hurt child is running the show. And this means thata 4 or 5 year old child is running your life.

The critical parent on the other hand seems verymature, very adult like. But in reality the critical parenthas simply learned to dominate the instincts of feelingpowerlessness. The inferiority complex disguised in asuperiority complex outfit.

Here are some traits to recognize theCritical Parent voice:

• Judgmental.• My way or the highway.• Inflexibility, rigidity.• Focuses on “coulda, woulda, shoulda”.• Ruled by the past but lives in the future. Future

worrying.• Passive aggressive behaviours.• Emotional manipulation through shaming and

blaming others into doing it their way.• Fear-based: panic, no trust or faith.• Perfectionistic.


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• Taking people hostage with emotional blackmail.• Bitter and ungrateful disposition.• Low self-esteem although looks outwardly like

there is a huge ego.• High expectations of others.• No respect for clear boundaries, invading others.• Righteousness.

What is evident about these two voices is that at onetime or another we have all embodied them. What isalso interesting is that when a person takes on the onevoice, they are attracting others into their life that takeon the counterpart voice. So when the hurt child ispresent, this automatically calls out like a beacon to acritical parent to come and respond to the hurt child.And vice versa. I so often hear about the belligerentboss invading the shy and fearful employee. Lookaround, it is everywhere and shows up in variousrelationship dynamics. This is the cycle, the unendingsymbiotic loop. One feeds on the other. They almostseem to attract each other like magnets. Often this is thecase, so they can learn from each other. If awareness ispresent then the loop can be broken and the learningcan occur sooner than later. The shift from blindrepetition to learning the lessons at hand requires thethree elements I mentioned earlier: Awareness pluswillingness, plus courage equals change.

Once the three elements are in place, there is only oneway out of this back and forth trap of these twomutually attracting archetypes. One needs to find a wayto step into one’s hero, one’s true self, one’s trueauthentic being before they got hurt. The innate part ofus that is unaltered if found. That is the Balanced Adultvoice.

Here are some clear traits of theBalanced Adult voice:

• Non judgmental.• Allowing people to be themselves.• Accepting of what is.• Present day focussed.• Trusts in the process of life. Has faith and trust.• Deals with adversity by seeing the larger picture.

Asks: ”What is the lesson for me here?” (I callthis transcendence thinking)

• Takes responsibility for one’s self in all aspects.• Draws clear boundaries and sticks to them.• Does not enable the hurt child nor the critical

parent in others.• Quiets the mind often and listens to one’s own

divine guidance.

• Honours the self. Listens to one’s own needs.• Is authentic.• Has a focused, clear, laser beam intentions in life.• Positive, buoyant attitude.• Action vs. reaction oriented.• Believes that life is supportive.• Grateful.

To step into this empowered adult voice does nothappen over night. It is a process. What is truly neededis for a deep, repetitive practice of calling upon thebalanced adult voice in us to come forward. We need toparent ourselves with the balanced adult voice, intofeeling safe again to be our true authentic self. This isthe only way to neutralize the hurt child/critical parentloop/trap. The child needs to feel a sense of hope again.This is the way for the child to stop wanting to controland to stop wanting to run the show any more. Thechild gets to relax and let the balanced adult manage thestore. The critical parent voice in us, also automaticallytends to retreat once it feels that it is not beingthreatened.

The benefit to mastering this paralyzing loop can giveone the gift of movement from slavery to freedom.Freedom to pursue fearlessly ones hopes and dreamswithout a sense of defeatism. Freedom to be one’sauthentic divine self, without a sense of stuckness. Thisis golden in the process of overcoming trauma, shockand repetition/ compulsion behaviours. This allows usto move beyond the elements that limit our growth andbring us in to healthy interrelationships with otherpeople. To be free is to allow ourselves the opportunityto step into our greatness and into our authentic self.This, I believe, is our job on the planet. �

Victoria Lorient-Faibish (Registered Polarity Practitioner,Reiki Master, New Decision Therapy Practitioner andInstructor) has been a holistic practitioner in downtownToronto for over 12 years. She facilitates somatic-emotionalprocessing through various modalities. To reach her call 416916-6066 or visit www.visualizationworks.com.

From Slavery to Freedom continued...

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North American School of Craniosacral Therapy presents

Organ Dynamics The Thoracic, Abdominal

and Pelvic Cavities

5 Days, April 2nd – 6th, 2003

For more information, please call(413) 586-8105 or write to: North American School of

Craniosacral Therapy92 Main Street, Suite 201

Florence, MA 01062

The tuition for the seminar is $565 if adeposit of $250 is received before Jan.20th, 2003, or $645 if deposit isreceived after this date. The cost ofroom and board is $310. (This is a

residential postgraduate course open to all qualified

craniosacral therapists and cranial osteopaths.)

The course will be taught byMICHAEL KERN, D.O., R.C.S.T., M.I.Cr.A., N.D.

In this course, we will explore the motility andmobility of the body viscera.We will work towardreestablishing the original intention of cells andtissues via an appreciation of the Breath of Life

and its midline dynamics. All practical clinical approaches are derived from a

craniosacral biodynamic approach.

Michael is a craniosacral therapist, osteopathand naturopath. He is co-founder of theCraniosacral Therapy Educational Trust in

England, and a senior tutor for the College ofOsteopaths, the International Cranial Association

and the University of Westminster. He alsoteaches craniosacral therapy courses in the

U.S.A., Switzerland and Italy. He is the author ofthe visionary book ‘Wisdom In The Body – The

Craniosacral Approach To Essential Health.’

Location: Earthdance, a beautiful retreat centerin the Berkshire Hills of western

Massachusetts.

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By Mary Louise Muller, M.Ed., RCST

Within the osteopathic world, Dr. Viola Frymann andthe Osteopathic Center for Children sponsored aresearch conference which took place in San Diego thispast February. People came from all over the world toshare their insights into the cranial system and thepractice of cranial osteopathy. Many of these insightsare helpful to craniosacral practitioners.

New visions from embryologist and anatomist FrankWillard included a picture of a spinal granulation. Dr.Willard shared that within the medical researchcommunity there are often images or new discoveriesfrom research projects that may either take a long timeor never get to the practitioner level. Thanks to Dr.Willard the knowledge of the spinal granulation hasbeen brought to the practicing osteopathiccommunity.

Dr. Willard acknowledged that the classical concept ofresorption of the CSF has defied the laws of physics formany years. For those of us who have wondered howthe CSF all gets back to the head to be resorbedthrough arachnoid granulations, welcome theknowledge that spinal granulations are located nearthe dorsal nerve root ganglion.

spinal granulations arelocated near the dorsalnerve root ganglion

One practical concept that comes with this knowledgeis the possibility of encouraging drainage of CSF bylistening and encouraging space around the dorsalnerve roots. We have probably already done this whenwe traditionally tracked down the dural tube workingwith nervous system facilitation. Place this newinformation in your anatomy data bank so you canhear when issues related to it that need attention. �

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JourneyBy Mike Boxhall, RCST Getting In Touch, 2002A

I want to talk about a journey that many of us will becalled upon to take at some time or other. The journey isto the centre, to the heart of who we really are.

Some of us will have the privilege of making this journeyin joint practice with another.

For most of us, for most of the time, that knowledge isobscured under layers and layers of undigested and dis-empowering, life experience. We have come to believethat we are nothing other than an individual drop of rainthat has fallen randomly to earth.

We have totally lost track, in that individuation, of theocean from which we started, the wind which bore us,the sun which energised us, and the Intelligence whichcaused these events.

We think and in the course of thinking, think ourselvesinto being separate.

We have become an affect.

What should perhaps, be the icing on the cake of humanevolution, the intellect, has come to represent the totalityof being.

I sense that the purpose of all spiritual life, is to recoverthe connection with our roots and to bring thatconnection into the present without denying or losingthe intellect. A win-win situation, not an either-or.

Fundamentally, we are talking about recoveringwholeness. There are a myriad of models for thisjourney. If the journey is to be inclusive of that which isother than the intellect and if its purpose is to come fullyinto the present, then I suggest that the body, which isalways only present and which contains, not only theintellect but everything else, is perhaps, a good place tostart. This is my justification for offering this article to aCraniosacral journal.

Craniosacral Therapy, like any other therapy, can bedone at many levels. There is no suggestion as toqualitative preference for this or that level but I dosuggest that it is important to be clear about the level thatis there.

What I want to discuss here, is a possible route forworking with the Spirit. By Spirit I mean precisely thatwhich underlies. The communality, that which causesand is not separate from its causation. The Breath of Life.

The difficulty is that this discussion comes from

thinking, it is about something, it is not the experienceitself but perhaps we can suggest, from the intellect, apath which may lead to the experience.

In order to work with the spirit in therapeutic practice, Isuggest that we could well rely upon the tide. Rely uponit, not use it as a tool of the intellect, to bear us on thewater that returns us, in the present, to connection withour source. The source that knows who we really are,who we set out to be, and which is the only intelligencewhich holds the whole picture. Not to work with thewhole picture is to chip away at symptoms which willsurely resurrect in other forms, if the ground beneath isnot reached.

If we have forgotten who we really are, then, to work inthis unremembered territory is inevitably insecure. It canbe very wobbly, even fearful, to allow ourselves to be inthe unknown and therefore, feeling unsafe.

In order to live life fully, I must live it on the edge of

insecurity.

That place is dynamic and every minute, or day, that

I spend in that dynamic, expands my awareness.

If I am not expanding my awareness, I am dying.

Blessed are the insecure.

Stage one then, I suggest, is to learn to work with theinsecurities that arise. Not, as is so often the case to try tobury insecurity but to actively relish its appearance as anindicator of movement, as opposed to the stasis ofsecurity.

In the Cartesian, Newtonian world, the world of theintellect, the model is one of knowing and fromknowing, doing. In the world of the Spirit, we might liketo consider that the model is one of not-knowing, ofjoint practice with another/others in the communality ofrevelation -not doing- and dynamic recollection orrebirth.

Stage two. Armed with this insecurity and open, we maydiscover that a tide reveals. An awareness andacknowledgement of something far greater than the

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restricted individual personality may arise. There is aTide.

Stage three could then be to ride on this tide, let us takeit into connection with the tide, the same tide, in thepatient. I say the same tide as , although the perceptionof its volume and tempo may appear different, that senseof difference lies in the individual, comes into awarenessthrough personal perceptors. The difference is relative,we might say. The tide itself, is the Tide. I am in the Tide.

That which is below the one is that which is below theother. We are now truly in joint practice not someonepracticing on another.

Stage four, and most important is when the personality isno longer involved and the Synergy of the joint practicebegins to restore the chaotic to homeostasis. I am theTide.

No beginning,only process.The Spirit reincarnates.Birth and LifeThe meeting of the unfolding and the experience.Layer upon layer of delusion.I have become I and forgotten.Yesterday was and tomorrow will be-or so it seems.No now.

A tide there is,An ocean then.Beneath the waves,There is only still.The Mother.Pure awareness.And I remember who I am.

The Ocean stirs.There is only process.

Stage five, and this is unfortunately often forgotten, is toun-attach from all of this and return to the bliss of beingordinary, leaving the intellect to muse on its differentperspective on both what is satisfactory and what isunsatisfactory. If the various stages are held in the body,there will be change, if the various stages are concepts ofthe mind we may have deepened the rut caused by ourcircular journey round the wheel of cause and effect. Thejourney from knowing to wisdom was never easy, the

prize is great and until we let go the prize we haven't gotit; in the sense that it has not become who we are butsomething we own. Another possession.

I have a metal bowl.It was made by the latest in a lineage of such bowlmakers.It is empty, though the Ocean is in it.If I strike it, it rings and that is useful.I can put flowers in it, that is beautiful and that isuseful but it wont ring.My grand-son could pee in it and probably wouldand that would be useful but it wouldn’t ring.If I approach it from stillness and get into jointpractice with it, it sings beautifullyAnd the sound goes all round the UniverseAnd that is very usefulAnd the bowl is empty.

�I have a mind.It was made in eternity.And if thoughts are in it, that is useful.And if lesions are in it and edges of resistance, thatis useful.And sometimes it is full of roses and sometimes fullof pissand I can work with that and that is useful.But if it is empty and I can approach another in

stillness,There is room for the whole story and sheremembers who she really is and the universe remembers who it is and that is really useful.And the mind is empty.

To be consistent, I believe that this level of work cannotbe taught didactically but that the relationship betweenthe student and the facilitator needs to be the same asthat between the practitioner and the patient. A jointpractice. �

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Please check our website regularly. We are still makingadditions. We are very open to suggestions so if youhave any ideas or feedback feel free to email me [email protected]

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We recently announced that only RCST’s would belisted in the Referral section. As I updated the listingfrom Graduate Members to RCST’s I was saddened tofind that I had to delete half of the members.

I feel very proud to call myself, and to tell prospectiveclients that I am, a “Registered” Craniosacral Therapist.I am finding that having a Registration # printed on myreceipts seems to make a big difference in terms ofclient insurance coverage.

If you are not already, I encourage you to become aRegistered Craniosacral Therapist. It is a one timeapplication process which includes a great certificateand your registration #. You can print out theapplication from our website.

I look forward to our Referral Service growing to bewonderfully ‘potent’!

I hope you all have a wonderful Summer.

Best wishes,

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