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Recieved: 2003/01/29 09:45
Subject: [k-list] Cranio Sacral Therapy and K
From: Charles Portugal
On 2003/01/29 09:45, Charles Portugal posted thus to the K-list:
I just completed the Cranio Sacral Therapy I, four day workshop with the Upledger Institute. What an amazing experience. I highly recommend it as something to add to your current practice if you are already doing some form of bodywork. It was an exercise in right brain function and letting go of left brain activity as far as possible. Cranio Sacral Therapy sneaks underneath the body's defensive radar as the practitioner only applies 5gms of pressure (which is perhaps less than the weight of a dime!), and somehow the bodies wisdom recognises this as an opportunity to release long held tension, stress and fasial hypertone. When this happens you can feel the most amazing things happening under your fingers as the body realigns, unwinds and adjusts.
Without going into too much detail, after 4 days of being practiced on by a class of students, I can report that I have never felt so supple, free and clear. I layed on the couch and had my cranial bones gently released so that the dural memrane that surrounds the brain and spinal column has room to breath. (and it does feel like it has its very own breath of life... and they have called it the ranio sacral rhythm), the same process is carried out through all of the bodies major diaghrams and the sacrum.
A number of times people were working on me and I would have these extremely pleasant sensations of energy charging up through my feet, up my legs, along my spine and bursting out through the top of my head. Wave after wave. I was purring like a kitten.
The interesting thing was watching which of the teachers and students were in awe of this phenomena and who were in awe of themselves as if they were the magicians. That demonstrated much of what I discovered through our debate last week on this list.
Mystress wrote:
> Discernment, is knowing what form the love needs to take. Sometimes that means letting
> someone sink or swim on their own. A child who is always carried, never learns to walk. Learning
> to walk means falling down repeatedly till you learn balance. Hard to stand by and watch them topple.
Discernment. Yes, that is a valuable lesson. But I guess it depends who is doing the discerning. Ego has a canny way about it.
Mystress:
> This breaker switch is important, it keeps you humble. It is part of your discernment mechanism. If you are
> not clear, then you are not meant to act. If you are not clear, then turn inward and heal yourself till you get clear
>again. The best healing comes from a place of humility and surrender. For myself, as a healer, I keep balanced
> by keeping my selfish motives front and center. It helps me to be discerning about whether the call for action
> comes from ego or Goddess.
For me this breaker switch is my conscience, whatever that might be. I always know if ego and selfish motives are dominant because I feel this gentle tugging and it wont leave me alone until I acknowledge it. The more I acknowledge this mechanism the more reliable and persistant it becomes, almost as if it is developing with time. Quite amazing but a real pain in the ass when I want to self indulge!
Thanks for your feedback Mystress Angelique. Always.
Peaceful wishes
Charles
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