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Deutsch Cranial Fluid Dynamics is a gentle manual form of bodywork with a high potential of effectiveness.
A specific autologous vibration – the craniosacral pulsation – is used to identify blocked areas of the body and to facilitate development. In every tissue (bones, muscles, fascias etc.) we save memory. Mechanical memory (stroke, shock, birth) as well as emotional and psychological memory. I “listen with my hands” until the body’s story is told and it releases its stuck pattern. Therefore classical as well as modern manual techniques are applied.
The osteopath William Sutherland, a student of Dr. Andrew Still, discovered this pulsation in the beginning of the 20th century. He discovered that the single cranium bones of a healthy person are not grown together at their contact points—the cranial sutures—but that they are jointed connections which move to each other. William Sutherland felt a pulsation and realized that the position and freedom of movement of the cranial bones have effects on the functions and structure of the body.
Our whole organism swings in one rhythmic movement, comparable to ebb and flow, in a frequency of 8 to 12 cycles per minute. Most of the explanatory models look for a trigger at the cranium and the central nervous system (CNS). A model which explains the expansion of a wave movement to body regions far from the CNS, is the steering method of the Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure. CSF is a clear fluid that is produced and transported in its own canal system through the CNS. It washes around the brain as well as the spinal cord and is finally admitted to the blood circulation. Many functions are attributed to this brain fluid: it cushions concussions, cleans the brain from metabolic products, brings nutrition to the spinal cord and according to latest scientific findings, it serves as the transport of information which controls vital processes such as appetite, sleep and sexuality.
The English osteopath Solihin Thom considers the brain (and body) fluid as a “mediator” between the internal characteristics of a person and the outward appearance. From this point of view symptoms and discomfort are helpful signals and forces that support humans in developing our own selves and allowing us to live out what we are in the innermost part of ourselves.
This method involves the whole body with a focus on cranium, spine and sacrum. Therefore the term cranio-sacral.
Cranio Fluid Dynamics focuses on central body parts (inter alia at the Cerebrospinal fluid of the central nervous system) and helps these parts of the body to exchange of information, as well as to increase integrity, flexibility and energy. Because of this, this kind of bodywork has a wide range of applications. It is important for regeneration and healthiness and is effective for the prevention of illnesses.
- Listening with the hands -
Through the accompaniment of the body in his natural vibration a room of tranquility is created, in which self-healing and development can occur. Healing happens by itself, it only needs to be activated.
Ontological kinesiology is used as an additional form of communication, to receive specific information about the process in which a person is passing through. The “inner doctor” of the client leads to places of constraint, blockage, congestion etc. by using body signals. A conscious perception of these happenings can lead to change and development. Cranio-sacral bodywork has an effect on many different levels. Emotions, discernments, inner movements or the course of energy in ones own body can clearly be experienced.
