Foundations in Craniosacral Biodynamics, Volume One: The Breath of Life and Fundamental Skills

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Franklyn Sills Cherionna Menzam, Ph.D.

Foundations in Craniosacral Biodynamics, Volume One

The Breath of Life and Fundamental Skills

Franklyn Sills, Cherionna Menzam, Ph.D., Michael Kern

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North Atlantic Books,U.S.
15 July 2011

Medicine; Complementary medicine

This comprehensive textbook will interest teachers, practitioners, and students, especially those in professional certification level training programs of biodynamic craniosacral therapy, an increasingly popular form of holistic somatic therapy.

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST) is commonly seen as the spiritual approach to craniosacral therapy (CST); in fact, BCST as taught by Franklyn Sills, the pioneer in the field, is quite different from conventional CST. Biodynamic work is based on the development of perceptual skills where the practitioner learns to become sensitive to subtle respiratory motions called primary respiration and also to the power of spontaneous healing. Through the Breath of Life, which, Sills asserts, echoes the Holy Spirit in the Judeo-Christian tradition, bodhicitta in Buddhism, and the Tai Chi in Taoism, students of BCST learn to enter a state of presence oriented to the client's inherent ability to heal.

In Foundations in Craniosacral Biodynamics, Sills offers students and practitioners an in-depth, step-by-step guide to the development of perceptual and clinical skills with specific clinical exercises and explorations to help students and practitioners learn the essentials of a biodynamic approach. Individual chapters cover such topics as holism and biodynamics; mid-tide, Long Tide, Dynamic Stillness and stillpoint process; the motility of tissues and the central nervous system; transference and the shadow; shamanistic resonances; and more.

By: Franklyn Sills
Foreword by: Michael Kern
Contributions by: Cherionna Menzam Ph.D.
Imprint: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 251mm, Width: 203mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 862g
ISBN: 9781556439254
ISBN 10: 1556439253
Pages: 424
Publication Date: 15 July 2011
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Franklyn Sills is the co-director of the Karuna Institute, a retreat and teaching center that offers trainings in Craniosacral Therapy as well as a MA in Core Process Psychotherapy, a form of therapy that integrates Western developmental concepts with Buddhist psychology and practice. He teaches on both the Craniosacral and Core Process Psychotherapy programs offered by the Institute. Originally a student of the medical sciences, Franklyn's background includes psychodynamic and humanistic therapies in addition to the bodywork forms he is known for pioneering, Polarity Therapy and Craniosacral Biodynamics. He has been a formative influence in the biodynamic craniosacral therapy field. Franklyn was ordained as a Buddhist monk under the Ven. Taungpulu Kaba Abye Sayadaw of northern Burma and considers Buddhist teachings the foundation of his approach. He lives in Devon, England, with his family. Cherionna Menzam, PhD, contributed two chapters to Foundations in Craniosacral Biodynamics. She is accredited by the biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Association of North America as a teacher and has a PhD in Pre- and Perinatal Psychology. She lives in Santa Monica, California.

Reviews for Foundations in Craniosacral Biodynamics, Volume One: The Breath of Life and Fundamental Skills

Foundations in Craniosacral Biodynamics: The Breath of Life and Fundamental Skills V. One provides a fine somatic approach to well-being and biodynamic craniosacral therapy, known for its gentleness and effectiveness in treating traumas and imbalances. It depends on the practitioner's ability to enter a state of presence oriented to the client's capacity to heal, so training involves learning not just anatomy and physiology, but psychology skills. This comes from a therapist who offers students and practitioners a step-by-step guide to mastering the skills key to a biodynamic approach, and presents further developments in the field since the publication of his first textbook Craniosacral Biodynamics. Any interested in exercises and training in this area will find this a fine, specific guide to its therapeutic process. --Midwest Book Review