"Sutherland's grip" allows one to assess movement of several cranial bones simultaneously.

raniosacral therapy offers an extremely gentle yet effective means to address tensions and restrictions in the body … especially but not only in the skull … that are often beneath conscious notice and beyond the reach of other techniques. Such restrictions can accompany or cause physical and emotional unease, and freeing them can contribute markedly to health and well-being.

Without movement, there is no life. Our lungs move air, blood courses through our arteries and veins, and our stomachs and intestines move the food we eat, each with their own rhythm. Restrictions in any of these rhythms and flows will show up as low vitality, discomfort or illness.

There are other, more subtle rhythmic movements in the body and here too restrictions can accompany unpleasant physical and emotional states, either as a cause or effect. In my practice, I work with the cranial rhythms (there are at least three, each of which can be felt throughout the body), the gentle pulse of the lymph, as well as native motions and extraneous restrictions of the internal organs.

In each case, I combine the detailed Western anatomical understanding of leading osteopaths with an openness and attentiveness to subtleties that is more typically Eastern. You will relax fully clothed during the session as I work with a slow and usually very light pressure applied anywhere from the head to the feet.

The most common, but by no means universal, benefit of this work is a deeper sense of well-being, as though relaxing from within. This work can also be of great benefit for more specific complaints such as headaches, stiff necks, TMJ problems, etc. resulting from trauma or the accumulated stresses of daily life.

I would be happy to discuss your situation and needs so that you can make an informed decision about whether craniosacral therapy might be for you.