This blog is for biodynamic craniosacral practitioners and anyone interested
in the power and poetry of biodynamic practice.
Biodynamics: Birthright or Evolution of Consciousness?
Biodynamic Craniosacral Work introduces us to four qualities of body: Neutral (Tissue), Fluid Tide (Fluid), Long Tide (Potency), and Dynamic Stillness (the non-physical dimension). Do these four universal expressions of…
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The Chief Corner Stone: Not Seeking A Shift
Biodynamics abounds in paradox. Perhaps the most counterintuitive element of our work is that we don’t seek a shift in our clients. At least, we don’t seek a shift in…
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Things We Weren’t Taught About Stillness: The Problem with Empathy
The empath is a channel of non-ordinary perception, in which your own body’s signals reliably reflect what’s happening in your client’s body. I first learned about this channel from Hugh…
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Naming Things in a Biodynamic Session: Does It Matter?
We say we aren’t the ones conducting the treatment. We defer to a therapeutic agency more potent than our own will. Yet our education teaches us to follow the narrative…
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Networked: More Challenging Than You’d Think
Are you convinced that your body is an isolated object, separate from everything else? Do you experience that your isolated brain is carried around passively by the workhorse of your…
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Do We Have an Intention — Or Don’t We?
One of the most confusing elements of biodynamic training is the emphasis on non-doing. Does this mean that our clients visit us in a professional setting, seek good care, pay…
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Beyond Vagueness
“That was so relaxing,” or “That felt good, but I can’t put into words what happened. It was just very quiet.” Are your biodynamic clients prone to vagueness? Awareness of what has…
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On Not Being a Saint
Lucky for us, Biodynamics doesn’t rely on the practitioner having it all together. Instead, the work depends on the quality of our Neutral. Neutral simply means we are receptive to…
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Doubt and Uncertainty, Part 3: The Fertile Territory of Not Making Something Happen
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. (13th century poet and mystic Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, also known as Rumi) I find that when I am trying to solve a problem…
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Doubt and Uncertainty, Part 2: Uncertainty Is A Name For The Neutral
Uncertainty is the very condition to impel us to unfold our powers. (Psychologist Erich Fromm) Our willingness to not-know (whether we are a healer, client, or human being) is what…
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Doubt and Uncertainty, Part 1: The Power of Not Knowing
Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous I don’t know. (Polish poet Wisława Szymborska) The Biodynamic paradigm expresses our essential clinical inability to be certain. The paradox is that…
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How to Talk about What We Do
One of the first questions I hear Biodynamic Craniosacral students ask is: “How in the world do I talk about this with my clients?” Here are a few pointers. 1.…
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Why Don’t I Feel the Tides Anymore?
The crisp biodynamic map devolves into a mishmash. There’s a certain amount of grace to the learning process. But given enough time, every student of Biodynamic Craniosacral Work becomes familiar…
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The Feeling of the Fluids
From crusty bread to a delectable cream-filled donut. Many textbooks describe the Fluid Tide (or Midtide) as a rhythm of two to three cycles per minute, compared to the Cranial…
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