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The
Body Tells Its Story
Craniosacral work in action
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In Issue #3:
by Aureal
Williams, BSN, RN, LMT
The
Body Tells Its Story, Craniosacral work in action
By Aureal Williams, BSN, RN, LMT
June of this year took me to the shores of Lake
Superior, in Duluth, Minnesota, for part two of a Pediatric Craniosacral
training program. Lake Superior is a magical place, almost like
an ocean. It is the largest fresh water lake in the world, and it
is mighty body of water. Even though it was almost July, no one
swam in the Lake because it was too cold. There is a walking beach
and it, too, was extraordinary because of an inordinate amount of
heart-shaped rocks on the beach. I picked up a rock, heart-shaped,
red stone, with a green-colored stone in the top bend of the heart,
the crux of the heart, and this stone feels made to order for my
personal healing journey now. I love it and carry it with me. I
picked up a stone for a friend, also heart-shaped, that is a white
stone and the waves of the water have colored this stone with a
pink border that looks like it was painted! The heart-shaped stones
and the presence of the Lake, itself, enhanced the learning experience
of this class I took.
One of the techniques I learned in the class is what I wish to share
with you in this issue of the Craniosacral newsletter. While the
class was for pediatric craniosacral work, adults and older children
can be apply this technique as a thought-process, or self-healing
technique, that does not require a hands-on approach.
Here it is when you have an ache or a pain in your body, for instance
back discomfort, or upset stomach, or headache, whatever it is,
take a narrow focus and pinpoint the discomfort, find its exact
location. Then, extend your awareness out to the periphery of the
discomfort, wide out from the discomfort and all around it. Go out
to the areas that do not hurt. From this broader perspective, allow
the tissue that surrounds the place that hurts to wash through the
area that is distressed or uncomfortable. Stay out there for a while,
until that surrounding area eases the discomfort. Continue letting
the surrounding area wash through the aching area until the discomfort
dissolves. Of course, if you have an acute pain or serious hurt,
go to the doctor. This technique is for experiences of everyday
aches and pains. In cases of headache, when the discomfort is at
the top of your head, you can extend your awareness to the field
beyond your head, perhaps to elbow length above your head, to see
if that helps ease the pressure.
If you try this technique for yourself, I would love to hear about
your experience. Let me know, through phone, 513.706.7332, or email,
how it works for you.
News From the Field
Craniosacral work is a modality of particular value
in cases of everyday and extraordinary stress because it helps us
relax naturally and calm the autonomic nervous system from its stress
responses of fight, flight or freeze. The article I share with you
this month includes information about the health effects of stress.
It can be found at the Science Daily website. If you have questions
about how craniosacral work might help your experiences of stress,
call me at 513.706.7332 or email me to learn more.
Announcements
To schedule
a craniosacral session for an infant, child or adult, email
Aureal or call 513.706.7332
The first in
a series of three articles I have written on Pediatric Craniosacral
Work is appearing in the September, 2007 issue of Hyde Park Living.
If you would like a copy of this article and do not have access
to that publication, let me know and I will email you the article,
once it has been published.
September 15, 2007, from 12 Noon to 3 PM, I present the Calm
Parent/Calm Child workshop at Angelic Whispers, the new holistic
health center in Tri-County. Each participant has the opportunity
to have his or her primary parenting challenge addressed as we learn
craniosacral techniques to calm parents and children in relationship
to a variety of parenting challenges. If you have questions about
the workshop content, call me at 513.706.7332 or email me, and to
register for the workshop, contact Angelic Whispers, directly. The
fee is $45.00 and their phone number is 513-782-0101. Their address
is 11465 Springfield Pike, Cincinnati, Ohio 45246. Hope to see you
there!
Feel free to forward this newsletter, in its entirety, to family,
friends and colleagues who might be interested. Your comments are
welcome.
All the best,
Aureal
© Aureal Williams,
2007
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