Random thoughts on biodynamic craniosacral therapy and stuff we like
Real skulls are so fascinating. I took these pictures of a newly acquired skull at the Da Sein Institut recently. There is a torsion across the occiput, notice the uneven shape of the foramen magnum. You can easily make out the borders o...
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Steve Haines
I recently came across Jerry Hesch writing on alignment and treatment of the sacrum. He makes a convincing case for the most common sacral misalignments being torsion on one of the two oblique axis as shown below. The graphic is mine (I found his ...
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Steve Haines
Chronic pain is nearly always a habit in the nervous system. Acute pain is an interpretation of nociceptive signals indicating tissue damage and inflammation. The tissues optimise the local repairs after a few months, so if the experience of pain ...
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Steve Haines
The video below is another wonderful development of how pain works. There is a revolution in how researchers are framing pain over the last few years. As teachers in the cranial community we are trying hard to catch up. We have changed our es...
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Steve Haines
Wonderful article on mini brains in the New Zealand Herald - contributed by Angela Wheeler A miniaturised "brain-in-a-bottle" has been grown by stem cell scientists who hope it will lead to new treatments for neurological and mental disease...
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Ged Sumner
Abstract: 'The traditional model of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) hydrodynamics is being increasingly challenged in view of recent scientific evidences. The established model presumes that CSF is primarily produced in the choroid plexuses (CP), then ...
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Steve Haines
Wavy millipede legs I was on holiday in Sicily recently, lazing in the sun, and caught myself watching a millipede. I was fascinated by the waves of activity in the legs as it moved. It struck me a moving millipede is a really good example of rh...
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Steve Haines
Great article on the Brain that includes a history of the Brain and all the latest insights into its functionality. http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-body/mind-brain/#page=1
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Ged Sumner
Fabulous video of the Gut Lining emphasising that our GI tract is home to the biggest collective of immune cells in our body. Meaning digestive issues = immune deficiency. Health of our Gut is absolutely critical.
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Ged Sumner
First 6 minutes and then to 16 minutes of this video are wonderful - the transcription is good if you only have time to scan. http://www.edge.org/conversation/the-normal-well-tempered-mind Click this link for the video and transcription Some quo...
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Ged Sumner