If this is your first visit …
March 19, 2008
… then welcome to my blog. I’m a CranioSacral therapist. Wooo! How much does that mean to you? Cranio refers to the cranium or head, and Sacral refers to the sacrum or lower back area.
I adore this therapy and I’m passionate about spreading the word, hence this blog. I’d love to answer any question you have and to hear your story.
In other blogs I’ll answer all the questions my clients ask me.
Till then, I wish you Well.
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March 20, 2008 at 3:24 am
Hi Maggie
Thank you for the explanation of CranioSacral Therapy. I was very impressed with what you did for my friend when she had a headache at a local workshop. Within 10 minutes she was headache free, even a painkiller takes around 20 minutes and you didn’t use anything toxic. Wow.
Are there any simple ways that you can explain to me to do that for myself at home. It would be great to learn that sort of stuff.
Thanks again for a great blog, I have bookmarked it and will check back often.
Much love and respect
Barb
March 21, 2008 at 3:49 am
Hi Barb,
It’s great to hear from you, glad your friend go relief from her headache. This is one of the wonderful things about CST, I get so much pleasure from helping ease someone’s pain.
Mmmmmm some simple ways of easing pain?
Here’s a technique I offer my clients. It works every time. I love it because it’s easy, very time efficient -it takes 2 minutes and you can blend it into daily life.
Here it is:
All you do is breathe out longer than you breathe in. It goes like this…
Count how long it takes to breathe in, for example … 1 and 2 and 3 and when you breathe out add 1 or 2 to the count … 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 … The breath should be a full one, without struggle or effort. If you have respiratory problems like asthma, you may find your count is in 1 and out 2. That’s fine, do whatever feels right for you.
I’ve had clients whose pain was 11/10 who were able to get their pain down to 6/10 in just 2 minutes of using this breathing technique. When they kept going, their pain level dropped further.
All you need to do is about 12 rounds, which is about 2 minutes. If you do this on a regular basis, you’ll help keep your pH more stable. Adjust the count to suit you, so that it’s a good full breath at a steady pace, without stress or strain. If your pain is in the chest or upper back area, just breathe as well as you can without stirring things up.
What you’re doing is reducing the acidity of your blood. The counting also gives you something other than your pain to think about. An added bonus is that you’re also improving the oxygen saturation of your blood, reducing carbon dioxide and as you get a better exchange of gases in your lungs.
Amazing what a couple of minutes of breathing can do, eh? Go on, give it a try right now.
I’d love to hear how you get on with this. Till then
I wish you Well.