Speakers and Topics

Topic: Welcoming and Opening address

Introductory talk: Dancing with the Tides

In this opening presentation, participants will be skillfully guided through an enriching embodiment process offering time and space to arrive, settle and deepen into the rich felt sense of craniosacral therapy.

Through this mindfully paced meditation, as our brain waves slow from Delta to Theta, individuals will gain access to wider perceptions of the holding field our conference participants share.

There will be an opportunity for people to discuss their insights with a partner privately, followed by the option to share those experiences with the whole group.

The Tide: Health Is Polyrhythmic

The Tide is a central aspect in the practice of Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy since it is through a direct, perceptual engagement with the Tide by a practitioner that the healing process can unfold within a client. In this presentation, Scott will explore the history of this term while linking it to the Breath of Life, and Primary Respiration. He will talk about perception in relationship to the Tide, including his own experience of cultivating his perceptual skills over his 30 years of practice. Once the nature of the Tide is established he will ensure the participants understand the specific Tides and rhythms. He will clarify in turn, about how healing occurs in the context of each tidal rhythm. He will share how in his experience, a clear understanding of the Tide allows us as practitioners to relax into the experience of a session, to “navigate” the unfolding healing process, and to best support our clients in their journey to a greater expression of health.

Abhinaya: A movement and a rest

The title of this session comes from quote from the Gospel According to Thomas. It is an answer to a question which possibly enquires about our source and divinity. The rather surprising answer raises questions about how present we are in our daily activities. When greeting someone, what are we greeting? How do we meet ourselves every day? How conscious are we in each moment of the day, in each movement? This session explores rest within movement, or perhaps, movement within rest…

Assessment of baby’s wellbeing through the fascial system and the importance of the reflex system in organising the baby’s brain and development.

In this talk Amy and Anja will discuss the beauty of the fascial system and how it impacts a baby’s birth. The participants will be shown how to recognise babies with tight fascial systems and how to do fascial stretches to release and bring ease. 

This presentation will also address the baby’s reflex system and why it is important for baby’s brain development. A practical guide will be given on how to recognise and assess key reflexes and how to assist in reflex integration.

The Therapist in difficult and challenging times

It could be said that: ‘Health is our greatest wealth’ ,

For all of us, the concept of ‘maintaining health’ has been challenged by Covid conditions, giving rise to  the questions of  how we keep ourselves well. 

The Craniosacral world began 100yrs ago in a pandemic. Andrew Stills improved immune systems with gentle holding and touch. 

We as Craniosacral therapists are in an ideal position to assist ourselves and our population.

 2022 has been a year of reset and re-organisation. The health industry has taken a turn. Integrated healthcare is growing. 

Join Kitya to learn ways you can resource yourself in these dynamic times.

Craniosacral therapy, dentistry, and trauma resolution

At the intersect of Dentistry and Craniosacral Therapy; this talk is presented from a broader perspective of the application of treating dental patients with Craniosacral Therapy. Success in the combination and adaption of the treatments comes from an intuitive sense of when and here to bring these disciplines together.

Several interesting cases will be reviewed to highlight the role and importance of Craniosacral Therapy in the field of dentistry and trauma resolution. We will also have the opportunity for some experiential exercises to demonstrate the  effectiveness of treatment.

Craniosacral therapy in Dentistry- An orthodontic Perspective

In this presentation, with the background knowledge of the Craniosacral system and its influence on the body, the diagnosis and treatment of Orthodontic patients will be explored from birth to adulthood. Using clinical examples we will inquire into how the various dysfunctional patterns may be identified clinically, relate to the radiographic findings, treatment plan the corresponding corrections and evaluate the outcome thereof. Furthermore, we will explore the influence of our ever-changing daily lifestyle patterns on our teeth and suggest possible strategies that we may adopt to keep them in check.

Nervous System Dynamics: How the body remembers 

This Lecture will explore the nature of trauma and the role of the autonomic nervous system in both remembering and resolving difficult experience. participants will be introduced to simple and powerful skills with which to support themselves and their clients. This lecture will explore how the nervous system works and support participants to gain a deeper understanding of their own nervous system through felt sense explorations.
The nervous system is a skilled keeper of time and story. One of its many strengths is the ability to live and remember more than one memory at the same time. One way to describe what someone experiences when triggered is this collision.
As Craniosacral Therapists we know that these memories can be stored in different anatomical layers and that unresolved experience isolates over time. When we as practitioners can recognize and genuinely appreciate the story a person’s nervous system is telling, connection and healing can unfold across multiple layers of time.

Healing Trauma in Babies: Prevention and Treatment

Baby bodywork is needed as a modality today, with the rise birth trauma, and maternal and infant morbidity. Working with babies is a “whole family approach.” If there has been birth trauma, we want to take the time to listen to the parents, and help them heal from birth trauma, as well the baby. This presentation will include the whole family approach, and more specifically address working with babies as a bodyworker, particularly a craniosacral therapist. It will ask and answer the question: How DO we work with babies? There will be one case study for illustrative purposes of the answer, and three take-aways:

• Best approaches combine skills on a continuum from subtle to spacious to specific and firm.
• Support for the parent-baby dyad relationship in different ways is important.
• Skills of recognition start with a special welcome and grow into assessment of tissue states, autonomic nervous system states and early experiences. Additional stories will be told as time allows.

The role of Fascia in Uncontrolled Cell Growth and Tumour environment

This talk is presented by a self-described “Fascia Fanatic”, with insights and points of interest from extensive experience in the field. Together with, ‘in-practice’ knowledge gained from working and teaching in both an Osteopathic and Biodynamic Way, across a range of conditions and various age groups. A deeper explanation into the role of Fascia Cells in tumour progress, from a scientific basis, is presented here from a neutral point of view of the topic. Together with interesting information and anecdotes from ongoing research with practical application into Craniosacral Practice

The talk will include a guided meditation and a brief tutorial as part of the learning experience.

Biodynamics of Blood and the Heart

Blood is said by some embryologists to be the first organ formed in the embryo. It is a fundamental transport medium and communication network in the body, a field of mobile potency. Blood is utilized by the nervous, endocrine, immune, and other systems to continuously serve the quest for equilibrium in the body. It is the focal hub for much of the activity of life. Blood is incredibly dynamic, and yet maintains a field of deep biological neutrality that stabilizes the entire organism. The heart and blood, when perceived through the lens of the slower movements of Primary Respiration, demonstrate different qualities than those attributed to them by modern models of physiology. We find that the heart actually acts in the service of the blood, regulating the inherent motion and potency found in the blood field itself. For the conference Ryan will give an informal talk on these topics and share insights gleaned from over two decades of clinical experience.

Distant Healing and Closure

Distant Healing utilises the presence and observation of the Practitioner with the natural capacity, within all of us, to connect at a distance. Over the past few years there has been a necessity to offer therapy and treatments over one or other technology platform – Zoom or WhatsApp. This adaption is readily applied to Cranio Sacral Therapy and has proven itself as effective as, and often more convenient than, an ‘In Person’ treatment. It serves as a ‘Home Visit’ – if the patient is unable to get to the Practice or the Practitioner unable to get to the Patient.

The treatment protocol is the same or similar: applying the basic tenets of Cranio Sacral Therapy, engaging with the Patient in bringing to awareness the body’s inherent ability to heal, to restore, to balance and revitalise – with the healing being equally effective over any distance.

Distance Healing draws on principles and concepts from the Living Matrix, Quantum Physics and Imagination.