Here's a wonderful article on an exciting development in the role of glial cells and CSF in the brain.Previously Unknown Cleaning System in Brain: Newer Imaging Technique Brings 'Glymphatic System' to LightThe highly organized system acts like a series of pipes that...
Read more...Above is a fresh dissection showing a superior view of the cranial base with the dural lining intact, tentorium removed. The image is taken from here. You can see the olfactory and optic nerves passing through the dura. Fabulous. How shiny is the fascia...
Read more...Wonderful article on mini brains in the New Zealand Herald - contributed by Angela Wheeler A miniaturised "brain-in-a-bottle" has been grown by stem cell scientists who hope it will lead to new treatments for neurological and mental diseases. The tiny hollow "organoids", measuring...
Read more...Katherine Ukleja is one of the strongest teachers within biodynamic craniosacral therapy. This piece has just been written for the third seminar on the practitioner training at the Da Sein Institut in Switzerland. It is a great bit of writing and clearly...
Read more...I once heard that biodynamic practice is the creative application of a set of principles. Consequently, over all the years I’ve been teaching and making numerous mistakes both clinically and in teaching Primary Respiration, I have settled on a five step process. This...
Read more...Here's a great video, very creatively put together, which reminds me that it is not just about receiving treatments it is about making things happen with your health on a daily basis not relying on the 50 minute therapy session. Afterall, there's...
Read more...In the book we explore the ideas that socialisation and dealing with gravity were some of the selective pressures that helped trigger an increase in the size of the brain. It is a useful question if we add the ideas that 'junk...
Read more...Our body’s emergency control centre – the amygdala. The amygdala, a pair of almond-shaped structures on the left and right of the brain’s medial temporal lobe, is particularly involved in emotional memories like fear, but also in pleasurable memories associated with food,...
Read more...I came across the following recently in a book (Man with a Blue Scarf, p156) about the artist Lucian Freud:'LF arrives after a few minutes looking somehow as if an electric current had been passed through his hair. 'How are you?' 'I'm feeling...
Read more...Fabulous video of the Gut Lining emphasising that our GI tract is home to the biggest collective of immune cells in our body. Meaning digestive issues = immune deficiency. Health of our Gut is absolutely critical.
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