Craniosacral therapy

Cranio-sacral therapy is a subtle and profound healing form.
In a typical cranio-sacral session, you will usually lie fully-clothed on a treatment couch. The therapist will make contact by placing their hands usually lightly on your body and tuning in.
The first thing you will probably notice is a sense of deep relaxation, which will generally last throughout the session. This release of tension often extends into everyday life.
Sometimes the benefits are not immediately noticeable but become obvious on returning to a familiar environment. The work is often deeply moving and exhilarating.
Craniosacral therapy developed from the work of an American osteopath, Dr William Sutherland in the early 1900s. He discovered intrinsic movements of the bones in the head and his further research revealed different rhythms in the body. He inferred, from further observation, and later went on to demonstrate to his satisfaction, that these movements are inextricably linked with mental and emotional health and that restriction of these movements corresponds to a reduction of the natural capacity to self-heal.
Craniosacral therapy has developed from clinical experience, which shows that health is something active and not just an absence of disease. Health is the expression of life, responsible for the organisation of the millions of things that are constantly happening in the body.The Cranio-Sacral system is expressed through every cell in the body and there is no part of the body that is not involved in the Cranio-Sacral process. Certain structures however play a particularly significant part in determining the expression of the Cranio-Sacral process and can therefore be described as constituting the principal components of the Cranio-Sacral system.
These structures are:
• the Membranes (or Meninges) which surround the Central Nervous System.
• the Bones of the Cranium and Sacrum which attach to these Membranes.
• the Fascia, which radiates out from the Membranes to all parts of the body.
• the Cerebro-Spinal Fluid, a pure and vital fluid produced within the Central Nervous System and contained primarily within the membranes surrounding and enveloping the brain and spinal cord.
The Cranio-Sacral process works simultaneously on both physical and emotional levels

I use CST (cranio-sacral therapy) by itself or with Nutritional advice and NAET treatments to integrate the entire body mind system at a deeper level. I notice that the body respond much more to the NAET treatments and the person feels more complete and healthier in body and mind, each time by releasing old patterns and old issue stored in the body. CST has been used for babies as soon as they come into life to help the baby system to settle into a normal rhythm and vitality. Very helpful for mothers as well as it help with rebalance the normal rhythmic motions of their system after their labour that is traumatic or not.

Text taken part from www.ccst.co.uk site and part from the cranio sacral association
http://www.craniosacral.co.uk/