Essential Books

Cranial Intelligence - A Practical Guide to Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy

Author: Ged Sumner and Steve Haines
Publisher: Singing Dragon

Cranial Intelligence provides a practical approach to therapeutic work based on the authors clinical experience and teaching of the work all over the world. The book demystifies the model and attempts to articulate in clear simple language the essence of what actually works in clinical practice. The book includes meditation exercises, treatment guidelines and clinical highlight features. Unique in the biodynamic field are chapters on joints, organs and practice development.

Body Intelligence

Author: Ged Sumner
Publisher: Singing Dragon

Body Intelligence offers a new understanding of how the body works and leads the reader to a greater sense of wellbeing and an enriched sense of self.

In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness

Author: Peter A. Levine
Publisher: North Atlantic Books

In this culmination of his life’s work, Peter A. Levine draws on his broad experience as a clinician, a student of comparative brain research, a stress scientist and a keen observer of the naturalistic animal world to explain the nature and transformation of trauma in the body, brain and psyche.

Pain is Really Strange

Author: Steve Haines
Publisher: Singing Dragon

Answering questions such as 'how can I change my pain experience?', 'what is pain?', and 'how do nerves work?', this short research-based graphic book reveals just how strange pain is and explains how understanding it is often the key to relieving its effects.

Trauma is Really Strange

Author: Steve Haines
Publisher: Singing Dragon

What is trauma? How does it change the way our brains work? And how can we overcome it?

When something traumatic happens to us, we dissociate and our bodies shut down their normal processes. This unique comic explains the strange nature of trauma and how it confuses the brain and affects the body.

Highly Recommended Books

Body Intelligence Meditation: Finding presence through embodiment

Author: Ged Sumner
Publisher: Singing Dragon

Ged Sumner introduces the unique Body Intelligence form of meditation which creates a deeply felt connection with the physical body.

Foundations in Craniosacral Biodynamics, Volume One: The Breath of Life and Fundamental Skills

Author: Franklyn Sills
Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST) is commonly seen as the spiritual approach to craniosacral therapy (CST); in fact, BCST as taught by Franklyn Sills, the pioneer in the field, is quite different from conventional CST.

Foundations in Craniosacral Biodynamics, Volume Two: The Sentient Embryo, Tissue Intelligence, and Trauma Resolution

Author: Franklyn Sills
Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Foundations in Craniosacral Biodynamics presents a comprehensive grounding in the clinical skills needed in a biodynamic approach to craniosacral therapy. Author Franklyn Sills places particular emphasis on developing what he terms "perceptual skills," diagnostic skills that enable the practitioner to perceive the subtle sensations and intuitive insights that are the groundwork of most forms of holistic somatic therapy.

Painful Yarns

Author: Lorimer Moseley
Publisher: Dancing Giraffe Press

Painful Yarns, written by Dr. Lorimer Moseley, is a compilation of hilarious stories and images intended to help explain the complexity of pain. These stories, while entertaining, are used as metaphors to explain key aspects of the biology of pain. 'Painful Yarns' is a perfect pre-read for 'Explain Pain'.