#craniosacralbiodynamics

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Cherry blossoms. They smell faintly of cherries! Just completed four more days of training in Craniosacral Biodynamics. The focus was on the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). I learned a new way to work with the spine, assisting vertebrae to find better alignment. The real jewel in this training is a technique that Clears Your Head. We practiced on each other, and everyone was so present, bright, alert, and open after! My teacher says everyone needs this kind of session at least once a year, and it’s especially helpful for brain fog, respiratory sinus congestion, long COVID, tinnitus, vascular migraines, clearing anesthesia after surgery, chemo fog, loss of smell. It’s contraindicated after TBIs, brain surgery, stroke. #craniosacralbiodynamics #craniosacraltherapy #craniosacral #cranio #training #BCTA #wellnessinstitute #rogergilchrist #clearyourhead #imeanliterally https://www.instagram.com/p/CqLFpZlO8SM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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My dear friend Sunny posted this on Facebook. I’d gotten some news that was slightly disturbing. Nothing I could do anything about… This got me back into a positive state, along with the mockingbirds singing and woodpecker pecking and other birds chirping right outside my windows. Spring is on its way, here in Austin, TX, and today is being well-lived. Finishing my Trauma-Sensitive HeartMath training, meditating, learning, taking stuff to Goodwill, shopping for sandals…and I get to work with an amazing client later! (They’re all amazing, and I feel so blessed to get to be doing the work that I do.) #happinessdancing #love #lifeisgood #craniosacralbiodynamics #craniosacraltherapy #craniosacral #biodynamics #bcst #meditation #biodynamicmeditation #coherence #HeartMath (at Manchaca, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpNi-EMuvoM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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This is my 100th post on Biodynamic Meditation! Just back from 4 days in Big Bend National Park, with the big sky, desert, mountains, river, hot springs, ravens, Mexican jays, javelinas, and numerous trails. And most of all, quality time spent with my beloved 22-year-old granddaughter, Hannah. And…it’s great to be back home, in my own bed, with comfort, solitude, and time to sit. After over 3 months of daily meditations, when I start sitting, things start happening…perceptions of radiance at my face, the motions of the Tide, the vitality of my life force swirling within. I remember when I started doing yoga (asanas) 40 years ago. At some point after my practice became habit, I realized I didn’t just DO yoga, I WAS (and still AM) yoga. It was in me. Same now. I AM the radiance, the Tide, the swirliness, the health. So…I will continue my practice but won’t be posting so much about it. I will be reviewing my posts (I started on 11/11/22), exploring ways of teaching it, as one-to-one private sessions, for small groups, as a guided meditation/yoga nidra, and whatever else emerges from my exploration. Thank you for checking out my posts on this inquiry. Please stay in touch! Links are in my bio. #biodynamicmeditation #craniosacralbiodynamics #craniosacraltherapy #craniosacral #biodynamiccraniosacraltherapy #bcst #radianceatmyface #tide #swirliness #perception #love #vitality #lifeforce #teaching #practice https://www.instagram.com/p/Co43MwJutr8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Most of my Biodynamic Meditation this morning was sensing big currents of energy moving within and through me. At one point the energy condensed in my heart center and then released and swirled some more. It felt pleasurable, like heart-love feels. I was in high coherence 84 percent of the time. I’ve spent time with HeartMath in the past, then forgotten about it. Now I’m back, using a sensor during my sessions and training in The Resilient Heart to have more skill doing trauma-sensitive work with my clients. I’m a trauma survivor myself. I believe most of us are, to some degree. Maybe all of us. Who has not experienced overwhelm or shock? If you’re fortunate, you have enough resources in yourself and from others to recover. That’s resilience. If the shock is deep enough, or repeated before you can recover, it can leave imprints in your system. Recovering your resilience is possible. Biodynamic Meditation and Craniosacral Biodynamics are so helpful at increasing resilience, releasing trauma imprints, and assisting in trauma recovery. I’ll be camping at Big Bend for the next few days. Will take notes on my meditations and post when I return. #biodynamicmeditation #craniosacralbiodynamics #craniosacraltherapy #craniosacral #bcst #biodynamiccraniosacraltherapy #meditation #swirliness #energy #heartcenter #currents #pleasure #heartlove #coherence #heartmath #theresilientheart #traumaimprints #traumasensitive #resilience (at Manchaca, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CosBAsMucc2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I did something different in my Biodynamic Meditation this morning. I stayed with whole body awareness during my 45-minute session. I didn’t put much effort into labeling what was happening. I just felt my life force moving within my body and field, and it felt great. And wow! So much life force moving within me! I noticed how pleasurable it was to simply be aware of my life force energy for that entire period of time. I clipped my HeartMath sensor to my earlobe and set up the Inner Balance app for a session again. I was in high coherence 88 percent of the time today. I could see on the report that HeartMath displays after completing a session how my coherence fluctuated. It’s never a straight line. It is always changing. I just signed up for a HeartMath training called The Resilient Heart: Trauma-Sensitive HeartMath Certification. I so love learning how we can influence the autonomic nervous system since there’s just so much unhealthy stress in most of our lives. Let’s change that. Change that, change the world. #biodynamicmeditation #craniosacralbiodynamics #craniosacraltherapy #craniosacral #bcst #biodynamiccraniosacraltherapy #wholebodyawareness #lifeforce #heartmath #coherence #heartratevariability (at Manchaca, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/Com3NeGOXXT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I dreamed that I was pregnant, and that I was preparing to go into labor with lots of support, even from people far away whom I didn’t know. My Biodynamic Meditation this morning started with my posture, then breathing physiological sighs (sniff sniff ahhhh) until I yawned. Radiance at my face. Then sensing the Tide ascending and descending my central energy channel. Spacing out (heard the first mockingbird of the year singing outside — joy!). Noticing the Tide had gotten swirly and was investigating various areas: abdomen, sacrum, throat… I decided to pose a question to the healing energy: If you could find the most optimal place for healing in my system today, the place that’s most ready to heal, where would you go? It settled in my spine in the mid-thoracic region and stayed there. It was still there when my timer went off after 45 minutes, but it didn’t feel “done” so I waited 5 more minutes until it felt done. Sometimes “done” is clearly done, and sometimes it’s “done for today”. I will find out which as the day progresses. I have a slight reverse S curve in my spine, and this is a place where the vertebrae shift directions. I’ve been doing PT exercises for months to straighten my spine… Yes, you can communicate with the healing energy. In my experience, it takes time to build energetic rapport with it, to develop trust and familiarity. Even now, when I ask it a question, sometimes it doesn’t answer, and sometimes it consents…by simply doing. It doesn’t speak English, but it understands intent. It’s mysterious! So much more to learn! This communication comes after a lot of listening. It might be Biodynamic Meditation 201 or 301. I’m focusing more on preparing to teach 101 now. #biodynamicmeditation #craniosacralbiodynamics #craniosacraltherapy #craniosacral #biodynamiccraniosacraltherapy #bcst #dream #pregnant #teaching #posture #physiologicalsigh #radianceatmyface #tide #centralenergychannel #swirliness #investigating #healingenergy #selfhealing #communication #intent #rapport #trust #familiarity (at Manchaca, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/Coh0dBHOU-R/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Today almost got away from me! Early phone call, early client, then lunch and shopping with my granddaughter, and heavy traffic on the way home. Some days are like that! I notice that my morning energy is so much stronger than my late afternoon energy. I had a few cranial nods in this session. Tide, radiance, a bit of swirliness. Dancing tonight…gonna take a little nap! Oh! I got my first 1:1 teaching session scheduled!!! More to come. Photo by Linda Hunnicut. I’m liking this lichen! #biodynamicmeditation #craniosacralbiodynamics #BCST #craniosacraltherapy #craniosacral #meditation #energycycles #diurnalrhythms #cranialnod #nap #teaching (at Manchaca, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cof-RRzpIbB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Today is Day 93 of daily Biodynamic Meditations. In addition to posting daily about my experience, I am considering how to teach it. There are so many ways: one-to-one, small groups, in person, online, in written and spoken formats, as a seated meditation, as a form of yoga nidra done in savasana. Each person interested in learning this form of self-healing will come to it with different experiences and beliefs and issues. Learning this includes paradigm shifts. I believe the biggest one in our modern American culture is that healing takes place in a parasympathetic rest-and-digest state of being, NOT in a state of stress and anxiety, when resources are geared toward doing. One big conundrum for healers who understand this is how to work with people who are anxious about their chronic health issues — where the perceived threat is coming from within. Separating the anxiety-producing story from the actual sensations is a big deal. And it can be done! We can change our beliefs and our patterns toward deeper health and vitality. These are just some of my musings that arose after my session this morning, in which the healing focus was swirliness, mostly in my pelvis. I’m grateful to be able to access the energies of earth and heaven, gravity and levity. If you are a teacher and have anything useful to add, please comment, or message me. Thank you. #biodynamicmeditation #craniosacralbiodynamics #craniosacraltherapy #craniosacral #bcst #biodynamiccraniosacraltherapy #meditation #selfhealing #teaching #paradigmshift #conundrum #parasympatheticactivation #stress #anxiety #chronichealthissues #changingpatterns (at Manchaca, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cocen9QOhIL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=