Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST) is commonly seen as the spiritual approach to craniosacral therapy (CST); in fact, BCST as taught by Franklyn Sills, the pioneer in the field, is quite different from conventional CST. Biodynamic work is based on the development of perceptual skills where the practitioner learns to become sensitive to subtle respiratory motions called primary respiration and also to the power of spontaneous healing. Through the Breath of Life, which, Sills asserts, echoes the Holy Spirit in the Judeo-Christian tradition, bodhicitta in Buddhism, and the Tai Chi in...

In this volume, Sills offers students and practitioners an in-depth, step-by-step guide to the development of perceptual and clinical skills. It provide students with clinical exercises and explorations to help students and practitioners learn the essentials of a biodynamic approach.

An introductory guide to Cherionna Menzam-Sills's unique approach to craniosacral biodynamics therapy, a whole-body healing therapy focused on working with the forces underlying health and healing

Cherionna Menzam-Sills draws on her extensive background in pre- and perinatal psychology, embryology, bodywork, Continuum Movement, and other somatic therapies--as well as years of working with her husband, biodynamics pioneer Franklyn Sills--to present this accessible introduction to the meditative healing practice of craniosacral biodynamic therapy (CSBT). This book offers a personal...