Body Intelligence Blog

Keeping Biodynamics Simple

I love biodynamic craniosacral therapy; the art of using touch to support health. When you touch people they change. It is that simple. Many people struggle with safety; it can be hard work negotiating being in the body. Coming into relationship with...

Listening from your Fascia

Ever wonder what intuition actually is? Well look no further than your fascial matrix which covers all your muscles, nerves, arteries and veins, organs, bones: in fact every structure in your body. It’s the skin of things. Everything needs a skin to...

Meeting the Power and Joy in Birth, An Introduction to Birth Dynamics

Notes by Steve Haines on a lecture given by Dominique Degranges, Da-Sein Institut, May 2011. Dominique is a hugely experienced and very inspiring teacher. His workshops are full of laughter and generosity, he has a very playful style and a real passion for...

Membranous Tension In The Gulf Islands

On a recent trip to Vancouver Island I took a ferry from the mainland which sailed through the south gulf islands. Truly one of the most beautiful ferry trips I’ve been on. It was a beautiful day with remarkable low lying clouds...

Michael Graziano 'Consciousness and Social Brain'

'One of the things that makes people special is we are so social, we are hyper social……social capabilities are a key part of what we think of as our own awareness.' GrazianoCurrently reading Michael Graziano's book 'Consciousness and Social Brain'. His theory presents...

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More on Synchronization by Michael Shea

I would like to comment about the term “synchronizing” as it is used in biodynamic practice.  At first, it means that the practitioner aligns their perception with the slow tempo of Primary Respiration. To perceive Primary Respiration, the practitioner looks inside of...

Morphology of Change

As the biodynamic model of practice becomes more refined there’s a gap starting to open up between the nomenclature of the older forms of CST and the new, especially around descriptions of tissue adjustment and reorganization processes. Points of balanced tension and...

Morphology of Change in the Embryonic Body

As the biodynamic model of craniosacral practice becomes more refined, a gap is starting to open in the nomenclature of it and older forms of CST, especially around descriptions of tissue adjustment and reorganization processes. In particular, the terms ‘points of balanced...

Natural Breath

Great video showing what happens when you allow your body to breath in the way the cells want without the interference of the mind. Also a great connection between the diaphragm, the spine and other diaphragms take place when he lets go...