Module 8
Weaving Polarity Therapy & Cranial Bones
Module Presentation
HOMEWORK
| Reading |
Sills: Foundations of Craniosacral Biodynamics, Vol 2: Viscerocranium/Facial Dynamics Chapter Review: Sills: Polarity Process, Chapters 4 & 6 Sills: Foundations of Craniosacral Biodynamics, Vol 2: Chapter 18 – Neuroendocrine Relationships & the Stress Response Sills: Foundations of Craniosacral Biodynamics, Vol 1: Chapter 18 – Motility of the CNS Preview: Milne – Maxillae Review/Preview: Sills: Polarity Process, Chapter 4 – 5 Elements |
|---|---|
| Drawings |
- Review anatomy from Module 8: Ethmoid, Frontal, Parietals, Ventricles & Inner Brain Structures - Preview anatomy from Module 9: Maxillae, Vomer, Palatines |
| Practices |
- Practice working your Air triads / Air Toes & Fingers on yourself – especially in moments of anxiety or high speed – and see what you notice - Practice Energy Exercises: Cliffhangers, Scissors Kicks, Ha Breaths, Rowing, Squats, Humming, Wise Man of Old, Sensory Balance |
| Writings |
Write about your experience of your own frontal & ethmoid bones. What do you sense in your own body? Which concepts (anatomical, emotional or esoteric) are really landing in your own experience and feel most relevant for you? What is your experience of Air element when it is in balance – in your body, mind & emotions? What is your experience when it is out of balance? How has this impacted your life? |
| Projects | Cranial Nerves #7–9 |
| TA Check In |
- Write up 4 practice sessions or call and discuss with your homework TA. - Report includes what you noticed initially, what you did in the session, any results or outcomes observed or reported, and questions that arose for you. - Make arrangements to contact your TA twice between now and the next module. - Please don’t wait until the week before the module. |
Sections in Bold Green are required for BCST practitioner certification and to be able to register with BCTA/NA.
CLASS RECORDINGS
PROTOCOLS & HAND POSITIONS
- Listening at the feet, side or shoulders to begin
- Listening at the O/A – giving firm pressure if useful/needed
- Listening at the Sphenoid/SBJ
- Listen at the side – hands on shoulder and hip
- Listen at the Cranial Base
- Hands in the Vault hold – go through the layers in your perception:
- Parietals
- RTM
- Parietal Lobes
- Ventricles
- Mid-Brain Structures: Amygdala, Hippocampus, Hypothalamus, Pituitary, Pineal, etc
- Slip pointer fingers down to touch the Sphenoid from the modified vault hold
- Bi-lateral Frontal Bone Contact – gently let your hands drape the frontal bone with one hand on either side
- Integration: Sacrum / Feet
- Ankles/Calves – use rajasic and tamasic contacts at the ankles and calves; end with a light touch at the ankles
- Shoulders – use rajasic and tamasic contacts at the shoulders; end with a light touch at the shoulders
- Kidneys/Colon – use rajasic and tamasic contacts at the kidneys and colon; end with a light touch at the kidneys or colon
- Connecting the Triad (play with contacts – left/right, front/back – wait for a pulse):
- Connect the kidneys to the ankles/calves
- Connect the kidneys to the shoulders
- Connect the shoulders to ankles/calves
- Connect Air Finger to Air Chakra – one hand holds the air finger, the other hand rests behind the heart/lungs
- Bi-lateral Frontal Bone Contact – gently let your hands drape the frontal bone with one hand on either side
- Orbits – cradle the orbits with your fingers; base of hands on frontal, fingertips on zygomae, palms above eyes
- Zygomae – let pointer, middle and ring fingers gently rest on the zygomae on either side
- Ethmoid Contact – hold the ethmoid with pointer finger and thumb; hold the frontal bone under the other palm
- Occiput–Frontal Hold – right palm across frontal (right to left); left hand cradles occiput (left to right)
- Six Pointed Star – light contact at the ethmoid (left ring finger) and pubic bone (right middle finger)
- Massage / Pull the toes
- Fingers between the toes
- Path of Fire – squeeze the last knuckle of the Air toe on both sides firmly, then soften as pulsing/energy flow emerges
- 5-Element Toe Balance – match fingers to corresponding toes and hold sattvically
- Connect Chakra with Long Lines – hold either the Air Finger or Air Toe and connect to the Air Chakra; explore strongest flow