The science of the gentle touch

Gentle touch and deep listening are at the heart of Craniosacral Therapy.

Why is it so effective to letting go your pain, depression, anxiety and deep rooted emotions?

1. "Touch simulates mechanoreceptors, initiating a cascade of physiological responses that promote healing" Dr Peter Levine

2. Craniosacral Therapy simulates the parasympathetic nervous system. Vagus nerv simulation lowers the heart rate and blood pressure. Oxytocin also released and cortisol reduced, fostering feeling safe and lowering stress levels. 

3. The fascia connects everything in the body and responses to the slightest pressure. Through gentle touch, restrictions on the fascia can be reduced enhancing mobility. 

4. In this deeply relaxed state, the subtle energies and movements of the body are balanced and harmonised enabling release of strongly held tensions. 

5. The compassionate therapeutic space enables the surfacing of unhelpful patterns and traumas (pains, thoughts, emotions) poisoning the body. This is essential to ultimately let these go paving the path for healing at the deepest levels and for a healthy and happy life.