Random thoughts on biodynamic craniosacral therapy and stuff we like
'One of the things that makes people special is we are so social, we are hyper social……social capabilities are a key part of what we think of as our own awareness.' Graziano Currently reading Michael Graziano's book 'Consciou...
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Steve Haines
Above is a great audio clip on how the old parts of the brain can govern behaviour. The clip is from a talk by Dave Asprey. I am never entirely sure about many bio hacking claims, but this is a novel way of explaining the triune b...
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Steve Haines
This is a great story of how extreme the body can be in prioritising threat. Pain has a geography in the body. Suffering is a bigger category and existential? This is tricky territory, hence the question mark.1 My view is that in pai...
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Steve Haines
I've Seen A Lot Dance Moves, But Nothing Like This. I Can't Stop Watching This! Dancers always inspire around how I can move my body. Graded Exposure Helps Pain 'If you perform some movement without pain that normally hurts, your ...
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Steve Haines
Research into the fabulous vagus nerve is a gift that keeps on giving. Activating the vagus supports people to be less depressed, enhances the immune system, including regulation of inflammation, and reduces pain. The first section...
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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
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
See also http://cranialintelligence.com/2012/03/21/great-pain-video-understanding-pain-in-less-than-5-minutes/ I have just discovered the site http://saveyourself.ca It looks like it has loads of good stuff on and is the source ...
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Ged Sumner
Illustration depicting the predominant veins and sinuses involved in the craniocervical venous outflow. Venous narrowing is depicted at locations of interest in chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency. Lazzaro M.A. et al (2011) 'Recent report...
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Ged Sumner