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Craniosacral Therapy and Massage
Craniosacral Therapy for infants and babies helps babies get comfortable in their bodies. Babies self-correct much more easily than us adults, as they don't have years of patterned responses to soften. Birth can sometimes be traumatizing and/or at the least quite challening for babies. The use of forceps, vacuum extraction, mal-position, precipitous (fast) births, cesarean births and even vaginal uncomplicated births can sometimes leave babies shocked and/or uncomfortable and subtly compromised. If this is the case, resolution can usually be found in a few short sessions...
Craniosacral Therapy and Massage during pregnancy and postpartum helps ease many of the common discomforts of pregnancy and brings relaxation and nurturing to the postpartum Mother. This work helps prepare the body for labor, as well as assisting with the postpartum recovery process, especially in the case of a cesarean birth. As you carry new life into this world, give yourself or a loved one the gift
of bodywork...
Craniosacral Therapy is a gentle, non-invasive and effective hands-on therapy. The amount of pressure used is generally less than 5 grams (the weight of a nickel.) CST works primarily with the soft tissues, membranes and fluid that protect your brain and spinal cord. The fluid within the membranes is continuously draining and refilling. This creates gentle, rhythmic, expanding and contracting movements that can be felt anywhere in the body by a trained therapist....