Module 9

Weaving Polarity Therapy & Cranial Bones

Reading	Preview: Sills: Foundations of Craniosacral Biodynamics, Vol 2, Chapters 9 & 15 – Pelvic Dynamics & TMJ Preview: Sills: Polarity Process, Chapters 4 & 6 – Earth Element Review: Sills: Foundations of Craniosacral Biodynamics, Vol 2, Chapter 14 – The Hard Palate Review: Sills: Polarity Process, Chapters 4 & 6 – Water & Fire Element
Drawings	- Mandible, including temporo-mandibular joint (TMJ)
Anatomy Study	- Preview anatomy from Module 10: Mandible/TMJ
Practices	- Practice working your Fire & Water triads / Toes / Fingers on yourself – especially in moments of stress – and see what you notice over time
Writings	What is your experience of Fire & Water elements when they are in balance – in your body, mind & emotions? What is your experience when they are out of balance? How has this impacted your life?
Projects	Cranial Nerves #10–12
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.

Ask the client to speak about an intention they have for themselves and what gets in the way.
As they speak, use their body language, gestures, themes of speaking, tone of voice, etc to pick an element that seems to be at play.
Squeeze, stimulate or hold the chakra and finger, or both toes for the element that you identified.

Thighs: Use rajasic and tamasic contacts at the thighs - end with a light touch at the thighs.
Head: Use gentle contact on the head. Could also massage the scalp. End with a light touch.
Solar Plexus: Use rajasic contacts at solar plexus - if it feels good. End with a light touch at the solar plexus, could sandwich front to back, or hold right - left
Connect the Triads:
- Solar Plexus - Thighs
- Solar Plexus - Head
- Head - Thighs
Path of Fire: Squeeze the 2nd joint of the Fire toe to send a signal through the crossing Fire lines of the body.

Listen at the shoulders
Contact the Cranial Base
Contact the Cranial Vault
Make Bi-lateral maxillae contact on the outside of the cheeks
Spheno-Maxillae: Sit at the side and hold the front of the teeth in one hand, and hold the wings of the sphenoid (at the temples) in the other. Listen for spreading, unwinding and lengthening between the two.
Spheno-Maxillae: Sit at the side and put the air and fire fingers on the roof of the mouth, between the teeth on either side of the vomer. Hold the wings of the sphenoid (at the temples) in the other hand. Listen for spreading, unwinding and lengthening between the two.
Vomer: Sit at the side and put your air finger on the roof of the mouth, while holding the sphenoid in the other hand. Listen for any softening, unwinding or lengthening.
Embryological Seams: Gently drape your middle three fingers across the “embryological seams” at the mouth and feel for a remembering of original stillness. Let that stillness deepen and nourish.
Pelvic Contact: Either front-back (sacrum/soft organs) or right-left (both ilia)

Feet: Use rajasic and tamasic contacts as necessary at the feet - end with a light touch at the feet.
Chest: Use rajasic (rock the shoulders at the top, or side to side) and tamasic (deep contact to sore spots on the peck) contacts as necessary at the chest - end with a light touch at the chest (could sandwich, or hold right - left)
Pelvis: Use rajasic (rock side to side) and tamasic (deep contact to the psoas) contacts as necessary at the pelvis - end with a light touch at the pelvis (either right - left at the Ilia, or front back at the soft organs and sacrum).
Connect the Triads (can roll to side-lying if needed to get full reach):
- Pelvis - Feet
- Pelvis - Chest
- Chest - Feet
Hold the Water Toes or connect water finger to water chakra for Integration

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 you feel pulsing/energy flow.
5-Element Toe Balance: match the fingers to their corresponding toes and hold sattvically