Craniosacral Therapy
&
Somato Emotional Release
“Craniosacral Therapy is increasingly used as a preventive health measure for its ability to bolster resistance to disease, and it's effective for a wide range of medical problems associated with pain and dysfunction.”
What is Craniosacral?
Craniosacral Therapy is a gentle, hands-on approach that focuses on evaluating and enhancing the function of the craniosacral system — the membranes and fluid that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord. Using a soft touch, practitioners assess the natural rhythm of the cerebrospinal fluid and apply subtle techniques to release restrictions and support the body’s ability to self-correct.
CST encourages the body to relax, realign, and rebalance. It is a non-invasive therapy that can benefit individuals of all ages — from newborns to seniors — and is known to help with a wide range of physical and emotional conditions.
Benefits may include relief from:
Migraines and headaches
Chronic neck and back pain
TMJ syndrome and jaw tension
Vertigo, dizziness, and brain fog
Stress and tension-related disorders
Chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia
Autism spectrum and motor coordination challenges
Scoliosis
Post-concussion symptoms and neurological impairments
Recovery support after stroke or brain/spinal cord injuries
Lingering symptoms post COVID-19
Infant and childhood developmental concerns (Click here for more information regarding pediatric craniosacral)
Please note that Becky is currently screening new adult patients. She is accepting pediatric appointments, booking within a week to two weeks. Please call the clinic for availability.
Sessions with Kirsten are available for ONE WEEK per month as she travels down from Bragg Creek. If you are interested in seeing Kirsten, give the clinic a call to find out when she is down next!
Please note that for Kirsten M, we do not offer direct billing and Alberta Blue Cross and Canada Life do not accept Kirsten for insurance billing.
“Somato Emotional Release is a therapeutic process designed to rid your mind and body of the residual effects of past injuries and negative experiences”
What is Somato Emotional Release?
Energy Cyst Formation: The concept expanded that physical forces that were put into a patient’s body at the time of an accident or injury may be dealt with by the patient’s body in one of two ways:
The injured body may immediately begin dissipating these forces and the natural healing process will follow.
The physical forces imposed upon the patient’s body may be retained rather than dissipated.
If these forces are retained, the patient’s body must adapt to this deposit of abnormal physical force. The adaptive response is to isolate or “wall off” the abnormal force so that a sort of “energy cyst” is formed. As a result, the body adapts and requires the body to detour energy and function around the energy cyst. The dysfunctional area does not cooperate with normal and vital tissue and fluid motion and inhibits normal body function. A reasonably healthy body can adapt to and work around these areas, however, as the years pass the adaptive energy required for function is spent, the adaptive pattern of the body begins to lose some of its effectiveness. Symptoms and dysfunction begin to “appear” which become more and more difficult to ignore and suppress.
An example of this would be “I have this pain that just won’t go away; I’ve been to a doctor; they’ve run labs a/o tests and they come back negative”. This is a classic example of when adaptability is no longer effective, and the body is trying to get your attention to “rid itself” of this energy cyst.
These energy cysts can be left by an accident and have an emotional component at the time of injury. The most common that is documented are people who retain the effect of the injury or accidents are those same people who harbor anger, resentment, fear, etc. regarding the incident. Once these negative feelings are discovered and released the bodily dysfunction with its attendant symptoms are free to leave the patient’s body.