Craniosacral Therapy Education Trust, London.

The Whole in the Part: birth process, the spheno-basilar junction and beyond

• Birth process from the baby’s perspective

• Birth energy and birth ignition

• Birth as a formative transition: physical and psychological imprints

• The birth journey and birth presentation

• Birth stages

• Cranial molding and patterns of the spheno-basilar junction (SBJ)

• The significance of the SBJ and whole body SBJ connections

• Physiological patterns of the SBJ

• Non-physiological patterns of the SBJ

• Case history taking

• Introduction to intraosseous strains – the occiput

• Trauma part 4: Integrating verbal skills

  • freeze, dissociation and activation

  • ‘Polyvagal Theory’ and social engagement

  • slowing down, staying with body sensations, resources, being present, finding a witness, creating safety, allowing discharge

• Lumbo-sacral junction and sacroiliac joints