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Australian Craniofascial Therapy School

Locality: Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 416 846 940

Address: 8 Stanley Street 3079 Ivanhoe, VIC, Australia

Website: http://craniofascial.com/

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25.01.2022 One place left for the Level One workshop this coming weekend. CPE points. Malcolm Hiort 0416 846940

24.01.2022 Skull anatomy 101. Nice basic overview that includes the foramina, or holes, to allow passage for nerves, arteries and veins. They count the ethmoid bone amongst the eight bones "that surround and protect the brain"

24.01.2022 I wish I could have seen this 30 years ago! Dura Mater means Tough Mother in Latin, and we engage with it for both assessment and treatment in cranial therapy. Check out the first two minutes of this excellent video for helpful images of the dura. We see both the inner folds of the dura (that Sutherland called the Reciprocal Tension Membrane) as well as the outer folds of dura that line the skull. Bear in mind that these membrane tissues have been chemically preserved, and... that in the warm living body, lubricated with fluid, electro-magnetically charged, and with tension patterns moving with the Cranial Rhythm, the dura might be more pliable, yet still tough. https://www.youtube.com/watch v=UkffBv4sh4U&feature=share See more

24.01.2022 Techniques of assessment and treatment are essential, but making them effective for the client is key.

24.01.2022 'Deep tissue without force' is my latest aphorism. Therapists and clients often believe that to 'get deep', heavy pressure (think of elbows digging in and sometimes causing bruising) is required.

24.01.2022 Short Leg Syndrome is really common! Most of your clients have an anatomically short right leg that forces the body to compensate, creating a semi-predictable, not random pattern of strain (and potential symptoms) throughout the body Learn how to properly assess, interpret and respond to this syndrome This concept has been a game-changer in my own practice and I feel 'ahead of the curve' using it... Based on 30+ years experience. CPE points. Course notes supplied 5 hours on a Sunday in Fitzroy, Melbourne Earlybird price until 14/3/21 https://www.trybooking.com/BPDEP

24.01.2022 Rasmussen & Meulengracht detect CRI of 4.25 - 7.07 cpm at the mastoid bones

24.01.2022 2 hours of your life right here if you're a cranio nerd Rasmussen has directly measured a third rhythm https://www.youtube.com/watch

23.01.2022 Three levels of training is really just an introduction, the essentials of Craniosacral in my opinion, to this broad deep field. "Although we generally focus on the motor functions of the vagus and how the motor pathways regulate the heart and the gut, the vagus is primarily a sensory nerve with approximately 80% of its fibres sending information from the viscera to the brain" Stephen W Porges The pocket guide to the Polyvagal Theory 2017 p57 1 Level One place available for t...his coming weekend btw https://www.breatheology.com/delicate-nervous-system/

23.01.2022 For the 'how-does-it-work?' types A cross-section of the top of the head, where you can see a honeycombed cranial bone shown (The sagittal suture between the two parietal bones would actually be there, but whatevs) Cerebrospinal fluid drains into a tube already containing blood on its way back to the heart, except that right here it's not called a vein, it is called a sinus, the superior sagittal sinus.

22.01.2022 Am I running cranio classes or a comedy club? At one point I looked up to see everyone in the class roaring with laughter, arms flailing about, heads back with mouths open. Must be my version of mouthwork I guess. It was Level Three after all. #anatomy can be fun

22.01.2022 Second graduate group 1994. Hope to set new workshop dates soon

21.01.2022 SACRAL RELEASE, with the fingers of the therapist's bottom hand pointing towards the head, allows the hand and the client's sacrum to naturally align, mechanically couple and engage. Sideways positioning of the bottom hand is hopeless in comparison, with minimal coupling and feedback available. Sure, it takes experience to use this approach with sensitivity and confidence. Let's be blunt: it is the implied sexual threat that is the 'elephant in the room' here. A pelvic diaph...ragm release, with the top hand gently pushing down on the pubic bone, takes these issues to an even higher level. Giving the client feedback, drawing them away from their fears, and towards awareness of their sacrum and pelvis releasing tensions, may help with some clients. Only do what you are (reasonably) comfortable with, which your body will signal as feedback at the time. There are more potential problems, and 0.5% of clients may complain afterwards despite clear consent and make life difficult, but there are compelling clinical reasons to master this brilliant technique. Chronic low backache, sciatica, loss of flexibility, leg muscle problems, numbness etc can resolve when the key sacrum area is mobilised.

21.01.2022 "Teaching style may vary from item depicted"

20.01.2022 Two unusual things about my teaching skull Barry. The right occipital condyle, (left side of photo) displaying the embryological origin of being formed by two parts, has not united properly, probably as the result of severe birth trauma. My teaching career began due to this anatomic fact, that the whole occiput bone forms from 4 parts.... My second cranial teacher objected to being (diplomatically) corrected when from my lounge room in a class I organised she taught that the occiput formed from only two parts. Her dyslexia and lack of care haunts me still, as many students unfortunately experience, when I initially recapitulate her wrong understanding about sacral flexion and extension when teaching. The two small 'condylar parts' of the occiput aren't merely a small academic detail, as they nearly killed my osteopath's first child during birth, until he intervened, knowing the anatomy. Detail takes time to learn but it does matter. He later invited me to Sydney for my first course, and the journey began. Thanks Phil Bingham And the other thing? What is that hole (no it's not from a bullet) in the occipital squama (at the bottom of the photo)?

20.01.2022 Don't know about compartments of the JF, but there's only two nerves left, the Spinal Accessory (cr. part) and the, cough, Vagus.

19.01.2022 History Dept: Claudius Galen of Pergamon WAS medicine for ~500 years. 'Animal spirit' was considered the essence of life and source of intelligence. Nutrients > Liver > 'natural spirit' > Heart (left ventricle) > 'vital spirit' > Rete Mirabile* > mixed with inspired air > 'animal spirit' was stored in the cerebral ventricles. *Rete Mirabile process produced refuse - part gaseous which escaped through the skull sutures and air sinuses - and part liquid coming from the anterior cerebrum, through the cribiform plate of the Ethmoid, to produce phlegm. 'Excuse me Claudius, did your sutures just fart?"

19.01.2022 Dunno about #5, but I found this interesting. Craniosacral in the U.K. has always sounded quite a bit different than my biomechanical-first approach (where woo is fine, but let's not forget our knitting). The Upledger school of thought in the U.S. and elsewhere is different again. Elements of Cult in both

18.01.2022 Level Two workshop on July 25th & 26th https://www.trybooking.com/BJVQB

18.01.2022 New manual coming soon. Want one? One place left for Feb 22/23 Level One

18.01.2022 Can you name these cranial bones? Hmm, ok then. Which ones rotate on an oblique axis? These base and vault bones (actually the connective tissues that attach to them) are part of our Level Two workshop focus on July 25/26

18.01.2022 Why is it called Craniofascial? What is the difference between it and Myofascial Release (MFR)? Both can employ the Indirect Technique method and tend to be gentle, slow and progressive (interactive). Both target fascia /connective tissue components of the whole body. Cranio can be thought of as the head part of MFR and the remarkable, usually misunderstood, Cranial Rhythm can be employed with both, for assessment and as a motor force to engage with for treatment as well. ... When I founded this school in 1992, I coined the term 'Craniofascial', a combination of cranio and fascia to better describe my approach, which I now characterise as 'biomechanical-first'. Both of the cranio and MFR approaches are just tools to use, the academic minutiae of their differences perhaps irrelevant to the true focus on the client's process. Listening with the hands to their musculoskeletal changes during therapy, in concert with trying to understand their symptoms, can involve 'dancing' with compensation patterns to release them, in the service of trying to restore structure/function of the body and the person back to 'normal'.

17.01.2022 The mobility of the cranial bones at the sutures over the age of 18 is not supported by your anatomy book at this time ... A new post on the website

17.01.2022 Time to book in if you want to join us for the Feb 22/23 Level One workshop. $450 in Ivanhoe. CPE points Pic below is of two Greek words in capitals, and their English translation (thanks Haido Skliris circa mid-1990's) It has long intrigued me that the small word is (apart from the A becoming an O) a part of the longer word. I speculate the Greeks may have known something about the cranial ventricles and movement, ie the Cranial Rhythm!. There are better-known cardiac ventr...icles too of course, that 'obviously' are movement-related to pump blood. But I wonder if the words (Ancient Greek or Modern?) betray a deeper cranial understanding. Perhaps I'm too far down my own cranio burrow and see what is not there, but I'll get back to you with more info as it /if it eventuates. See more

15.01.2022 Our fingers can palpate variations of movement in the face, but as it has no connection to the Dural Membrane, how does this occur? The Vomer bone is shown on the left, being flexed and extended during the Cranial Rhythm by its connection to the Sphenoid bone on the right. The Vomer pivots with both Maxilla bones and makes the facial skeleton move. The upper teeth in each Maxilla widen and narrow with each cycle of the CR, and this can be felt by the fingertips inside the mouth. We assess and release restrictions of the mouth in the Level Three workshop.

14.01.2022 New Level One manuals have been printed and are available for sale. $50 incl. postage if you have completed Level One in the past. Detailed hand placements, explanations and tips. Sacral Float technique: "What does your bottom hand feel? Your top arm is asking a question of the pelvis. What answer does the sacrum give your bottom hand? Can you feel both sacroiliac joints moving on your bottom hand as they open and close? Tip: often quickly letting go of the top-arm forces is a good way to determine mobility here."

13.01.2022 Just a little excited about our new project!! We wanted to share with you a sneak peek at our new project; THE VERY FIRST AUSTRALIAN FASCIA SYMPOSIUM To be held... in Sydney on the 19th and 20th September 2020. The Australian Fascia Symposium is a 2-day event with pre and post-conference workshops. Our goal is to bring together leaders in Fascial research and applications, on a wide range of subjects, to foster learning, inspiration, wonder and collaboration - and to provoke conversations that matter. More details will be revealed soon..

10.01.2022 Looks like Pliny the Elder had a tall greater wing of the Sphenoid (gws) then? Pronounced lateral ridge of his Frontal would make a Fr. lift pretty easy.

09.01.2022 This is useful to locate those cranial structures with the long names

09.01.2022 Learn a biomechanical-first approach to Craniosacral in Ivanhoe, Melbourne on April 10 /11 Release fascia of the body, neck and jaw (cranial base and vault in Level Two) Use the Cranial Rhythm for assessment and therapy. Experience Indirect Technique using the Equal Resistance principle CPE points, real bones, course notes supplied... Click this or the link in the post above to book in https://www.trybooking.com/BPGNS

07.01.2022 Polyvagal Theory and trauma-informed Craniosacral Therapy intersect anatomically at the Occipito-mastoid suture (behind the bump behind your ear). 'Activations' of the vagus do not mechanically release the one obvious area where the vagus nerve can 'get stuck'.

06.01.2022 Robert Schleip on fascia

06.01.2022 Three different cranial rhythms are shown below Objective, direct measurement means no hands are involved Figure 5 (Rasmussen & Meulengracht) showing the dynamic nature of the third rhythm when measured at rest. In all, fifty participants were measured... Shown is the "third rhythm" measured in 3 healthy individuals lying supine over a time of 42 minutes. These three individuals represent the highest, lowest, and mid-range third rhythm. Mean, max, min, and variance are given for each person.

06.01.2022 Active Contractile Properties of Fascia https://www.researchgate.net//332580426_Active_Contractile? The ideas prompting this paper by Robert Schliep & Werner Klingler are seen as controversial at this time, particularly by 'Pain Science' advocates demanding evidence.... For what it is worth, when I began using slow, gentle, progressive, interactive techniques in the late 1980's, I formed the opinion that two things seemed to be missing re connective tissue (fascia) thinking amongst bodyworkers then. 1 Fascia has some contractile properties 2 The peripheral nervous system was undervalued "These findings tend to question the common clear distinction between active tissues and passive tissues in musculoskeletal dynamics" "Myofibroblast-driven fascial tissue stiffness regulation deserves to be considered as an additional important element in the complexity of musculoskeletal interactions."

05.01.2022 Can you see the connection? He is 'listening' through his hands and sensitively interacting. A chair would help

05.01.2022 "Under the procedural and mental scalpel of the anatomist, the continuity of the connective tissue as central matrix of the body has been lost." A long read but well written. Trigger warning: there are dissection photographs

05.01.2022 "So, I put my thumb on the greater wing of the sphenoid bone, like you tell us, but I just couldn't feel it moving, it felt like, you know, just like, dunno, I couldn't feel it moving at all. Am I doing it all wrong?"

03.01.2022 Time to voice an old question of mine. Biogenic magnetite resides mostly in the hollow bones of the Sphenoid and Ethmoid bones, according to research I absorbed in the 1990's. I've got the articles in my 'archives'. Is it possible that they function together as a two-phase electromagnetic battery in concert with Sutherland's Primary Respiratory Mechanism?

03.01.2022 Shakespeare used a word I became fascinated with in the 90's when it seemed oddly related to my private cranial studies. Sutherland used breathing as an analogy for the cranial rhythm and I had that in mind, along with words like Ventiduct (ventricle or foramen) and Cistern (cisterna magna etc). 'Suspire' means to breathe, to sigh. (like the cranial rhythm) The full Oxford dictionary had associated words like suspiral ( a breathing hole) and suspiracle and also includes anci...ent quotes. "No man shall .. destroy any pipes Sesperals or Wind-vents pertaining to the Conduits." is a quote by Strype from 1562 and included cranio-related ideas to my 1990's mind. Was the historic 'message' saying don't go get brain surgery before some cranial therapy first? We certainly don't go around destroying any 'wind-vents'. While prosaically this may relate to London's drainage system, a number of intriguing 'clues' remain. Thanks Shakespeare /Sutherland

02.01.2022 The drained CSF exits the head on each side through a small hole, the jugular foramina, which is prone to compression. The naming changes too, as the same tube that has blood and CSF in it is called a sinus inside the head, and a vein, the internal jugular vein, as it exits the skull.

01.01.2022 New Level one manual is finally a thing. The eagle has landed