Craniosacral Therapy is an evolution out of Cranial Osteopathy, a specialization of the osteopathic profession that was introduced to the West in the 1930s by distinguished american osteopath and visionary William Garner Sutherland. He did not invent it, he came across an ancient way of working with the human head and body.
Until the 1970s the teaching and practice of Cranial Osteopathy was limited to a handful of osteopathic schools and to postgraduate instruction at the Cranial Academy founded by Sutherland. With the blooming of the "Human Potential" movement, many talented osteopaths began to teach Craniosacral work outside the traditional location of osteopathic schools such as John Upledger, DO.
Craniosacral work has traditionally focused on the 22 bones that make up the human head, the 24 vertebrae and sacrum, and also on the brain, the central nervous system, the cerebrospinal fluid and the system of membranes inside the cranium and spinal column. Today, some Craniosacral therapists focus on optimizing the position, fluid movement and energy of these parts of the craniosacral system and bringing it back to balance; others focus on the whole organism and even on the fields surrounding the body. There are slight different approaches to the work, such as the biodynamic, energetic, mechanical and visionary, differing in the protocols and emphasis when working with the sublime mysteries of the craniosacral system and how it could be used to evaluate and treat malfunctions involving the brain and spinal cord, the nervous system, and the whole being.
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