Tuesday 12 March 2019

THE SOUL SWIMS IN THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID

I've been having the most amazing time since moving back to Perth, meeting old and new therapy friends and exploring new ways of working with people, exploring new realms of CranioSacral Therapy and Energy Work in both the remote and hands-on way. The core of it all has been listening to patterns within flow, that is the flow of any fluid: air, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), blood, lymph, nerve impulses and energy flow. The most amazing thing is that listening is all you mostly have to do to help, sometimes that is actually as much as some patients can absorb by way of treatment.
Energy systems communicate with each other through the CSF?

There's some very interesting observations about CSF on Carol Faguy's Reflexology site:
  •  ANDREW STILL, father of Osteopathy, described it as a "great river of life in the body". 
  • Dr. WILLIAM SUTHERLAND, founder of Cranial Osteopathy, was so impressed with the potency of CSF, he referred to it as "Liquid Light". 
  • It is thought that all energy systems (chakras, nerve plexuses and meridians) communicate with each other via the cerebrospinal fluid.
This last idea is what I feel I've been getting a glimpse of recently, patterns of flow within the CSF that are like instantaneous ripples.
In the Upledger CranioSacral training we mainly focus on the rhythmic cycle of production and absorption within the CSF, so this new insight into flows within its flows is fascinating, and seems to be very helpful for patients too.