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Ideas about trauma have changed significantly in recent years. Trauma is now understood less in terms of difficult memories and more in terms of its ongoing effects on the brain and body; the impacts of trauma are present in a person’s neurological and biological functioning. Unfortunately, many more people suffer from the effects of trauma […]
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The word embodiment has been appearing more frequently in everyday language for the past twenty or thirty years, but a simple online search offers multiple definitions. Embodiment, in its modern setting, seems to mean different things to different people and groups. Is anyone really sure exactly what it means these days? Two of the settings
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A Safe Home After Trauma This article appeared in The Art of Healing, Volume 2 Issue 75 jun/aug 2021. Many years ago, a friend I hadn’t seen in awhile sent me some photos, and, with them, a note. I remember she enquired about where I was living at the time – my home – and
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This article follows my introductory article about the difference between craniosacral therapy and biodynamic craniosacral therapy. Here I provide a more nuanced view of the differences between the two therapies, by discussing them as historical developments in a single field. These developments then became defined as different fields, or as therapies in their own right.
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Have you heard of craniosacral therapy but aren’t sure what the term biodynamic means? Or perhaps someone has recommended cranial work and you’re wondering which type of craniosacral therapy is best for you? These two therapies share a history and are in many ways similar. They are both styles of bodywork that involve gentle touch.
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My book, Taking Heart and Making Sense: a new view of nature, feeling and the body, was published in April, 2022. Conversations with my colleague, biodynamic craniosacral therapist Steve Haines, inspired and supported me during the process of writing. Six months after publication and as his inaugural podcast, Steve interviewed me about my book. The
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This podcast is a recording of my local radio interview with Cate Mercer, Castlemaine local and editor of the Art of Healing magazine. Our half-hour discussion covers trauma and the body, and biodynamic craniosacral therapy as a treatment for trauma. In particular, we talk about the nervous system responses of flight, fright and freeze. Discussion
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