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We start one Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy training each year. Dates and prices.
The training consists of ten modules of five days each, and the modules are about 10 weeks apart. This format is developed and approved by Franklyn Sills, BCST, of the Karuna Institute in Devon, England. Completion of the course leads to the BCST (Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist) designation, under the auspices of the International Affiliation of Biodynamic Trainings and/or RCST®, with the Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Association of North America.
A post-graduate level of recognition was created in 2008, the Advanced Biodynamic Diploma status, acknowledging completion of 300 hours of post-graduate study and meeting other requirements. Graduates attaining this status are indicated in the CSES Directory with ** and Bold type, and appear at the top of the regional group’s names.
Our next group (“Group M”) begins Oct. 20, 2010.
In addition we offer a BCST Introductory Class each August. The next Intro class will be held August 24-28, 2011.
For more detailed info on the course check out CSES’s Biodynamic Craniosacral therapy courses.
About Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy
In the early 1900's, William Garner Sutherland, DO (1873-1954), below right, top image, discovered a previously-unidentified, very subtle movement in the body. This movement was perceived to have a tide-like quality (welling up and receding) that is polyrhythmic (various pacings embedded in one another). It seems to exist in all levels (bones, soft tissue, fluid) of the system. Despite repeated measurement and extensive study, the cause of the movement has not been definitively determined.
Sutherland and his colleagues experimented with palpating and interacting with this movement, and found remarkable benefits for their clients. Subsequent osteopaths particularly Rollin Becker, DO (1918-1994), at right, middle image, expanded the applications, and in the early 1970's John Upledger, DO, introduced the concepts outside the osteopathic world. Today, Craniosacral Therapy has been called the fastest-growing touch therapy modality (Massage Magazine).
“Biodynamic” refers to a branch of craniosacral therapy that is less manipulative than other forms. Instead of trying to figure out the client’s problem and move tissues around, the practitioner’s intention is to create a supportive environment so that the client’s system generates therapeutic change from within, using its own wisdom, known as “the inherent treatment plan.”
A skilled craniosacral practitioner listens to the subtle pulsations of the system as the body tells its story. The body speaks through its rhythms, micro-movements and especially through its experience-managing patterns of physical shaping. With deep listening the practitioner encourages revitalization of the inherent healing potential of the system, and facilitates the release of resistance patterns. This approach emphasizes hearing the health of the system and encouraging its expression.
Craniosacral Therapy involves gentle hands-on work that honors the client's own self-healing process. The intention is not to "fix" problems, but rather to encourage the emergence of new levels of order in mind and body. Practitioners know how to recognize the presence of the Breath of Life in many levels and locations of the body, and use appropriate methods to support and nurture its natural expression.
Our approach derives from Franklyn Sills, RCST, of Karuna Institute in Devon, England. The term "Biodynamic" is not exclusive to Sills' work, but we use it here based on its presence in the title of Sills' book, Craniosacral Biodynamics.
Our training leads to either BCST or RCST® practitioner status, or both. The course can also be taken on a non-certification basis. For further details read certification options.
Read the Biodynamic Craniosacral Overview (11-page article) for a more in-depth description of the theory and applications of Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy.
Click on the highlighted words to see the recommended literature available for Craniosacral or Osteopathy.
Course Content
Module 1:
Overview
Practitioner Skills 1
Module 2:
Inherent Treatment Plan
Practitioner Skills 2
Module 3:
Wholistic Shift
Practitioner Skills 3
Module 4:
Levels of the System
Becker’s 3-Stage Process
Module 5:
Patterns & shapes
Module 6:
Vertebral patterns
Module 7:
Viscerocranium & hard palate
Module 8:
Mandible & TMJ
Module 9:
Birth processes
Working with Babies
Module 10:
Review and Synthesis
Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy
What is BCST?
...in a nutshell
Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy is a gentle-touch health care method based on the discovery, 100 years ago, of a previously undetected, subtle, cyclic micro-movement in the body.
Decades of research by osteopathic physicians have demonstrated that when this movement is fully expressed in its natural state, many conditions tend to improve on their own, from the inside out. Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy seeks to optimize this movement via light touch and other supportive strategies.
Directors: John and Anna Chitty
Email: info at energyschool dot com
Phone: 303-443-9847