cranial-sacral therapy
Moving Bones
Saturday Jul 31, 2010 Filed in:
Rolfing
I
recently received a wonderful cranial-sacral treatment from a
friend. She has worked on me before but this time, I felt my bones
moving.
She offered her help when I complained about a sharp headache. Cranial-sacral therapy is known for its subtle ways of shifting things in the body, both on physical and energetic level.
The treatment was about 30 minutes of light pressure on various parts of my scalp, face and jaw. I have heard about how some people can shift things with a very light pressure but with my Rolfing practice, I haven't accessed such subtlety myself.
I feel jazzed to feel that kind of movement. I've learned in my Rolfing education about the sphenoid bone which is a little bone behind the eyes in the shape of a butterfly. It is suspended by ligaments and in its optimal state, it floats with the cranial-sacral pulse of the cerebrospinal fluid.
For the last year, I have been studying my asymmetrical face. I see it especially when I smile or smirk because my left lip is pulled higher than the other side. I am also noticing asymmetry of my cheek bones. It seems, and my friend agreed, that there was some trauma that changed how my face had developed over the years.
I am not too concerned about the asymmetry but I find it fascinating since I have been noticing other people with similar features. I have been exploring the effect of soft tissue work on the mimic muscles and noticed that they are just like any other kind of muscle. They get tight and pull on things.
Since my cranial-sacral discovery about moving bones, I have been working not only with the soft tissue but at the level of the bones as well. I am finding that the bones will shift if encouraged. I am exploring the different levels of pressure that can make a shift.
She offered her help when I complained about a sharp headache. Cranial-sacral therapy is known for its subtle ways of shifting things in the body, both on physical and energetic level.
The treatment was about 30 minutes of light pressure on various parts of my scalp, face and jaw. I have heard about how some people can shift things with a very light pressure but with my Rolfing practice, I haven't accessed such subtlety myself.
I feel jazzed to feel that kind of movement. I've learned in my Rolfing education about the sphenoid bone which is a little bone behind the eyes in the shape of a butterfly. It is suspended by ligaments and in its optimal state, it floats with the cranial-sacral pulse of the cerebrospinal fluid.
For the last year, I have been studying my asymmetrical face. I see it especially when I smile or smirk because my left lip is pulled higher than the other side. I am also noticing asymmetry of my cheek bones. It seems, and my friend agreed, that there was some trauma that changed how my face had developed over the years.
I am not too concerned about the asymmetry but I find it fascinating since I have been noticing other people with similar features. I have been exploring the effect of soft tissue work on the mimic muscles and noticed that they are just like any other kind of muscle. They get tight and pull on things.
Since my cranial-sacral discovery about moving bones, I have been working not only with the soft tissue but at the level of the bones as well. I am finding that the bones will shift if encouraged. I am exploring the different levels of pressure that can make a shift.