Biodynamic Craniosacral
“Feel it in your body and get it out of your brain and frontal lobe. ”
Craniosacral is a gentle yet profound hands-on healing treatment for the entire body, mind, and energy system.
It is an invitation into profound connection to our body. It is direct contact with the magnificent and intelligent nature of our humanly form. An opportunity to drop into embodied stillness.
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Biodynamic Craniosacral takes a holistic approach to healing, working to reconnect the mind, body, energy system, and spirit. With a focus on fostering coherence and addressing the underlying forces that contribute to disease, dysfunction, and fragmentation, we listen to the body’s subtle rhythms, cues, and patterns through the hands. By honing subtle palpation skills and cultivating deep presence, we can hear the body’s story, identify areas where issues are held, and follow the natural healing priorities set by your own physiology.
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Guided by the cranium-spine-sacrum axis and the heart, specific contacts are made at various points along the length of the body, allowing the nervous system to slow down and inviting us to sink fully into relaxation, into a non-doing state. As contacts along the body are held, the three diaphragms - cranial (in the skull), thoracic (in the chest cavity) and pelvic (in the pelvic bowl)- begin to sync up, settle, and unwind, and we begin to breathe from a deeper place. As this happens, the flow of fluids is stimulated, decompression of the vertebrae occurs, and physical alignment happens naturally. As physical alignment ripples out, greater emotional, mental, and spiritual states of alignment and groundedness unfold as well - the issues in the tissue are able to let go, and space is made for our awareness to move and access different directions and dimensions than were previously available.
Dropping into a state of stillness, the body’s innate healing capacities and intelligence are able to come forth. Your physiology contains the knowledge and blueprint needed to restore health, wholeness, and vitality.
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Sometimes people are seeking for relief of a physical symptom and an emotional memory from childhood that has been stifling them is revealed. Sometimes unresolved or unprocessed material or memories arise to be known, felt, or integrated. Sometimes simply slowing down and receiving allows the body or mind to complete a process or pattern, resulting in more clarity and peace in the day-to-day. Sometimes people are seeking rest and while on the table, a decision they have been grappling with clarifies. Some people come in to deepen awakening and or to support embodiment practices they are working with. Some people come to clear energy, some to move it, and others to rediscover it.
Every session supports whatever is showing up in the moment. We leave it to the body to inform us, and it is never wrong.
“Rebecca is a skilled and safe hands-on healer. Being on her table is a powerful and yet supremely gentle experience. She works directly with the subtlest of energies to support the body's natural balancing and wellbeing. It is a journey to be on the table during a session in the best way. It is as gentle as it is catalytic and in my experience, the energy continues to move and the process continues to unfold long after you're off the table.” - Samara, Spiritual Guide & Healing Practitioner
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Craniosacral can support:
Being a Sensitive Human
Clearing & Settling The Mind
Restoring & Integrating A Deep(er) Connection To Your Body
Ear Pressure, Ringing, & Tinnitus
Stress + General Overwhelm
Emotional Difficulties
Mood Irregularities
Grief
Birth Trauma + Incomplete Memories Related to Birth
Womb Clearing & Communication
Pain Patterns + Chronic Fatigue
Shock, PTSD, Trauma Responses
Nervous System Dysregulation
Sleep Issues + Insomnia
Post-Whiplash Recovery
Traumatic Brain Injury
TMJ, Migraine + Tension Headaches,
Vertigo
Sinus Conditions + Histamine Flares
Digestive Issues + Organ Adhesion
Immune System Boosting
Lung Oxygenation & Motility
Pre-Natal & Post-Partum Support
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Sessions are held on a massage table fully clothed, with pillows, a table warmer, and blankets available to you to ensure your body feels completely supported.
We will begin with a Stillness mediation before hands on work begins.
Sounds, sighs, and questions are welcomed throughout the sessions, though minimal back and forth dialogue is encouraged to support cognition in slowing down.
If appropriate and in alignment with your process, I may ask simple, open-ended questions to support a dialogue between you and your body, an ancestor, younger self, or Spirit. This is mostly to create more realized connection and to support your unique sensory awareness as you are receiving and feeling, and less about cognitive processing.
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Please refrain from wearing jeans, corduroy, or canvas pants during the session. If you need to change before and after your session, there will be time and a space to do so.
If possible, please arrive 5-10 minutes before your session start time to allow yourself a moment to take a breath, use the restroom, etc.
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Some people find completion in just one session, others find they come every month for a period of time before feeling complete. Some simply enjoy the receiving and book whenever they feel called. It is totally up to you.
Typically, I recommend a series of 3 sessions, as layers of our healing reveal themselves over time and deeper integration is offered the more we engage with our experience.
For folks experiencing chronic symptoms or recovering from recent surgery, you may benefit from weekly or biweekly sessions for 1-2 months.
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NYC
70 minutes - $155 / 90 minutes - $185
Package of 3 (70 min) - $425 (save $40)
House Calls - Rates start at $275 and depend on location and duration. Congestion may play a role in final price as well. Please get in touch if you are interested!
CT
70 minutes - $135 / 90 minutes - $165
Package of 3 (70 min) - $370 (save $35)
All appointments will receive a refund (sans card fee of $4.15) if cancelled 48 hours before scheduled. If cancellation is made less than 48 hours in advance, the total fee is expected.
If on the day of appointment there is a dire emergency or you become ill, please notify me ASAP.
“Know your anatomy and physiology, but when you get your hands on someone’s body, never forget that a living soul dwells within.” - A. T Still