Nature, daoism and craniosacral therapy

I had a beautiful walk today, around Winchester. This forest walk simply overwhelmed my senses, I felt like a child, joyous, happy with heightened senses. The mild, autumn weather, gentle sunshine, millions and millions of autumn coloured leaves and endless forms of nature.. It was an energetically charged place, encouraging me to turn inwards, feel the tranquil unity of nature and myself. 

This experience reminded me of the Daoist concept of wellbeing that resonates very well with the craniosacral therapy thinking. There are five thieves and five poisons. The five thieves are the senses (seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, feeling). These are essential for life, but also can distort what we are actually experiencing from the world around this. These distortions originating from our family upbringing, societal conditioning, environmental quality and also from our earlier life experiences. 

Through our minds, the five thieves then manifest the five poisons, which are our emotions (anger, joy, worry, grief, fear). These are in turn have direct energetic effects on our bodies. If left these to reach extreme levels, these can turn into physical symptoms. 

In both systems, the (quantum) energies, the Qi provide the link between the physical body and the mind, although the craniosacral system places equal attention to the spirit too. Both systems recognise the change in the body, and aims to maintain (or restore) the balanced vitality of the entire system. 

In a clinical setting, we turn inward to quiet the mind, harmonising the nervous system, acknowledging the present state of the mind-body-spirit system and then enabling this system to do its beautiful healing work through the safe environment and the grounded presence of the therapist. 

In the case of my nature walk today, my senses were overwhealmed, my mind were jumping from joy, but after a while, I realised the importance of 'being fully present'. Under a magnificent giant tree, I dropped the five senses and the mind, turned inward, connected with the tree and suddenly I felt being home. I was one with nature for some minutes. All the thieves and poisons were gone, my spirit elevated. There was nowhere to go, nothing to do, just being there. I felt the healing touch of nature. 

Mindful being and awareness of the mischievous behaviours of the mind are essential for healing and development. As Ram Dass' guru, Maharaj-ji said "Love everybody. Tell the truth". We need to develop compassion towards other humans, nature and equally, to ourselves too. We need to face and befriend our own demons, and stop lying to ourselves, listen to our inner instincts, to the little voice of our hearts. Both nature and cranjosacral biodinamics can support you with this. Step on the path of self- work and transform your experience of life. 

(Image credit: Benjavisa)