Flow Cranio & Lactation in Darlington, Western Australia, Australia | Therapist

Flow Cranio & Lactation

Locality: Darlington, Western Australia, Australia

Address: 74 Nollamara Ave 6070 Darlington, WA, Australia

Website: https://flowcranio.com.au/contact

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25.01.2022 I recently had a zoom mentor session with Matthew Appleton. Matthew runs an Integrative Baby Therapy course in the UK (which I would love to attend). I look to him for guidance and support as I continue to grow my practice. Babies that come for cranio tend take the opportunity to express their story of birth and prenatal life in sessions. Its fascinating! I feel called to do this work and learn more. Here is a blog by Matthew with more depth to his approach to working with babies. https://blog.cranioschool.com/matthew-appleton/ Please contact me if you would like to explore your baby's early life experiences.

24.01.2022 Just an update to let everyone know I will be away on holiday next week. I do have a couple of appts slots available this week before I go. http://flowcranio.com.au//i-am-away-from-18th-24th-januar/

24.01.2022 Babies have an immature nervous system and rely on their mother to regulate. This is called coregulation. Because mum and baby are so connected, it’s a good idea for mothers to get a treatment too. A combined mum and bub cranio synchronises both nervous systems, helping both mum and baby to integrate their birth experience. Contact me to experience this gentle bodywork for you and your baby.

24.01.2022 Low weight gain is currently the theme in my practice. Often babies gain weight easily in the first few weeks when milk supply is abundant. As an IBCLC, I tend to see the babies whose weight gain has slowed as milk supply settles to match demand. Sometimes the cause is as simple as infrequent feeds, limiting time at the breast or following strict routines (most babies need to feed at least 8-12 times in 24 hrs). Other times it is because baby has difficulty removing milk fro...m the breast perhaps because of a tongue tie, or a tight or unstable jaw. Less often (though this was the case this week) baby is bringing up too much milk after a feed. Taking enough milk, but the stomach is unable to tolerate normals volumes of milk (cranio can help here). Please get in touch if your baby has low weight gain, there are many options to try before supplementing with formula. See more

24.01.2022 One third of women experience birth trauma. Imagine if we also considered the babies experience of birth too. The system is not supporting our mothers and babies.

24.01.2022 This was one of the key points in my talk to midwives this week. Cranio has its foundations in this too. "Your nervous system is the intervention. As mammals, we regulate our nervous systems in the presence of stable others. We come into this world immature and dysregulated, and it’s only through the soothing voices, gentle touches, and reciprocal attention of our caregivers that we learn to experience stillness, safety, and peace." http://pathwaystofamilywellness.org//the-secret-power-of-y

23.01.2022 This is a good description of how it feels to get biodynamic craniosacral therapy - which can often be hard to put into words. http://myrnamartin.net//melting-into-the-whole-an-experien

23.01.2022 I have two spots left next Thursday September 24th for the low cost baby clinic. Precrawling babies who have not had craniosacral therapy before will be prioritised. Places are limited. Please share with anyone who may be interested. https://flowcranio.com.au//07/17/low-cost-baby-cranio-cli/

22.01.2022 It was a privilege to work with Susy and baby Iris. Its great when parents also feel the calm from the baby's treatment. Nervous systems are so connected!

22.01.2022 For lovers of the vagus / enjoy Also for more: Check out our webinars on the vagus with Deb Dana and others:... https://embodiedhealthlearning.com//polyvagal-theory-in-t/ https://embodiedhealthlearning.com//50-ways-to-engage-the/ Enjoy

22.01.2022 "The researchers evaluated the brain mechanisms behind the pain-reducing effects of supportive touch, defined as "interpersonal touch with an intention of providing emotional support." Studies have shown that holding hands with one's romantic partner provides significant pain relief even during childbirth and other intensely painful "real-life" situations."

20.01.2022 Our bodies are always scanning our environments for danger. Our intuition can alert us to danger. Learning to listen to our bodies is so important!

19.01.2022 Feeling, is Healing

19.01.2022 Here are the new dates for the next three months (22nd October, 26th Nov, 17th Dec) I am offering a monthly clinic for babies to receive biodynamic craniosacral therapy by donation. All babies should have the opportunity to receive cranio, regardless of their parents’ financial situation. This is a great opportunity for your baby to experience this gentle therapy. Read below for more detailshttps://flowcranio.com.au//09/28/low-cost-baby-cranio-cli/

18.01.2022 Reposting this short blog from last year. https://flowcranio.com.au/2020/02/23/excessive-vomiting/

18.01.2022 "The capacity to regulate emotions during the first year of life largely depends on how parents deal with a baby’s emotions. After all, infants are fully dependent on their environment"

17.01.2022 I’ll be heading down south for the second week of school holidays (5-11th Oct). My partner and son are attempting to hike the Cape to Cape track. I will be unavailable for consults. If you are looking for lactation or cranio support then book in before I go.

16.01.2022 I have been working with a baby born at 32 weeks gestation, now 2 weeks corrected. These premature babies bodies tell a much more complex story during cranio than full term bubs, and need more sessions than normal. I'm deepening my knowledge watching this wonderful course looking at prematurity from the baby's experience. It's open to parents too. https://prenatal-and-perinatal-healing-online-learning.teac

15.01.2022 Did you know that food sensitivities in babies often shows up in a baby's breastfeeding behaviour causing latching difficulties, fussiness at the breast and shallow latch causing pain? I see this frequently, just this week a mum I worked with saw significant changes in these issues after 4 days of cutting out dairy. Contact me for support in working out the cause of your breastfeeding issues. See my article for more info: https://flowcranio.com.au//food-sensitive-breastfed-babies/

13.01.2022 For anyone who'd like to understand a bit more about their autonomic nervous system and stress responses, I created this little graphic. Our nervous system is c...onstantly scanning the environment for signs of safety and danger, with the aim of setting responses in motion to keep us safe (alive!). When we are sensing safety, we are there in the centre, feeling calm and connected. Our ventral vagal nerve complex, which is responsible for social engagement, is switched on. The ventral vagal also acts as a kind of container for the other branches of the nervous system (sympathetic and dorsal vagal), helping to keep us on track with a gentle up and down rhythm (homeostasis). Sometimes we’ll be more active, like when we're playing, dancing, or vacuuming. These things take a bit of activation from the sympathetic nervous system, to give us the energy to move. Other times, we'll be more still, like when we are cuddling, relaxing, resting or meditating, and these things involve a little bit of activation of the dorsal vagal nerve complex so that we can remain still. But all the while, when our ventral vagal is activated, we're feeling safe, we're feeling good, like "we've got this". When our amydgala unconsciously perceives a threat (via "neuroception") in our environment (e.g. an alarm going off), relationships (e.g. our child crying, our partner snapping at us), or internally (e.g. a worrying thought, an uncomfortable sensation) our sympathetic nervous system automatically becomes activated. It triggers a release of adrenaline and cortisol, and we feel the energy in our body rising, preparing us for movement (mobilization), in an attempt to keep us safe from the perceived threat. We may experience an urge to lash out verbally or physically to confront the threat (fight). Or we might be compelled to use that energy to run away from the threat, escaping from the situation (flight). Either way, the situation will feel urgent, like we need to resolve it immediately. If these responses don't help to resolve the threat, our nervous system can have so much sympathetic activation that it is overwhelming, and our dorsal vagal nerve complex will kick in to shut it down. Its purpose is to make us more still (immobilized) in an attempt to help us survive the threat, and then allow us to get back to fighting or fleeing. We might fawn, where our self expression will be toned down. We might unconsciously do or say things that are not true to ourselves, in order to make us appear less threatening to the aggressor, and therefore more safe. And if that doesn't work, we might go into freeze, where we still have quite a lot of sympathetic activation, but our movement is very limited. At the very least, in this state we will be numb, no longer feeling the emotional or physical pain of an attack. Finally, if the dorsal vagal is jammed on with no sympathetic activation, we can collapse or flop, which is an attempt to keep us safe by feigning death. We are not designed to stay in any of these stress responses for very long. Ideally, once the danger has passed, our nervous system returns (back along the spiral) to a safe state fairly quickly. Those of us who have experienced chronic stress or trauma are more prone both to sensing threat and reaching the point of overwhelm. We also tend to get stuck in the different protective states. The further we get in the stress response (the spiral outwards), the further away we become from feeling connected to our body and our authentic self. We can become so mobilized that we are out of control, or so immobilized that we dissociate or collapse. I've found that just tracking where we are in the spiral throughout our day can be helpful. Knowing that these states happen unconsciously and automatically in the service of helping us to survive, rather than by choice, can also help us to feel more compassion for ourselves (and others). What can help even more is to get intimate with our own nervous system, to explore what triggers us into these protective states and what resources can help us to return to a sense safety, and to keep building the muscle that brings us back to our centre. These are some of the things that Angela Hill of Kinnect and I will be covering in our program, Rewire Through Regulation and Repair, while offering a safe and supportive environment in which to practice together. We'll be running our next round in October 2020, and you can find more information and sign up to be notified of future rounds on our website rewireforparenting.com. The information presented is based on Stephen Porges' Polyvagal Theory, and is my take on Deb Dana's "Polyvagal Ladder". However, Fawn is not an explicitly recognised state in Porges' work. This graphic is inspired by the Maori koru symbol, which depicts an unfolding fern frond. It symbolises new beginnings, growth and harmony.

13.01.2022 This page is now accessible by the menu on my home page. I have just listed the dates for the next three months. https://flowcranio.com.au/low-cost-baby-cranio-clinic/

12.01.2022 Having more awareness to see our old patterning. Awareness is the first step to change . . . . .... . . #craniosacraltherapymandurah #mandurah #mandurahlife #mandurahmums #hallshead #everythingmandurah #perthmum #craniosacraltherapy #birthtrauma #mumsofperth #selfhealing #complementarytherapies #mandurah #rockingham #pinjarra #mandurahbusiness #mandurahsmallbusiness #waroona #mandurahlife See more

10.01.2022 https://www.psychologytoday.com//what-is-good-enough-mothe

10.01.2022 Feeling stuck occurs when the one who needs more rest and rejuvenation thinks its time to move forward. When its time to advance, nothing can stop you from maki...ng each step. When rest is required, the grace of divine timing will counter any degree of forward movement and do everything in its power to halt your motion. See more

08.01.2022 During the birth process, babies experience significant compressive forces. These forces physcially impact the cranial and facial bones. Often crying and sucking help to return these bones to their natural position of ease in the days following birth. Some babies struggle to shift these stuck or compressed bones and demonstrate this with an insatiable need to suck, they want the breast constantly and if the breast is not in their mouth, they excessively suck their hand, fingers or thumbs. Cranio can bring relief to these babies so please get in touch if this resonates.

08.01.2022 It's anyone's guess? #KIDS #PARENTING #PARENTHOOD #DADLIFE #MUMLIFE

08.01.2022 "Birth is a big event in everybodys life, whether you are the parent or the baby. We generally dont cognitively remember our own birth even though to borrow an expression from Babette Rothschild, the body remembers. https://www.stillpointcst.com//birth-imprints-and-the-cran

06.01.2022 Just an update to let everyone know I will be away camping down south from tomorrow until next Tuesday. I do have a couple of appts slots available next Thursday. http://flowcranio.com.au//happy-new-year-i-am-away-from-1/

05.01.2022 Love this guys work.

05.01.2022 As women living in a patriarchal culture, many of us have been conditioned into a pattern over-functioning and over-working, in which our worth feels tied to ho...w much we do for others. We may know we’re going beyond our limits, but feel we do not have a choice to do it otherwise. This isn’t true only in the context of men and women. I would say that any woman in the world is involved in a daily struggle for her own energy. This may take the form of caring for an elderly parent, being a single mother, managing one’s own chronic illness or navigating the internal daily pressure that comes with healing one’s own childhood trauma. Many are feeling stretched without enough support. From a very early age, girls are taught to ignore their internal signals and boundaries. These messages often start with confusing messages about our bodies. Messages such as, If a boy hurts or taunts you, it means he likes you. It could take the form of adults ignoring your protests to stop touching your body (tickling, playing, hitting). Not to mention the relentless diet culture and media focus on women’s bodies and attractiveness. There is also the impact of watching one’s mother cope with society’s superhuman standards for motherhood, perhaps pushing herself to the exhaustion, feeling the overwhelm, and for some, the resignation and despair. Witnessing that no matter how much she did, it never seemed enough to herself, to other people, or to the culture’s gaze. In response to these messages, some daughters opt-out and rebel entirely from the pressure, while others may exhaust themselves on the hamster wheel of people-pleasing and experience some form of exhaustion, chronic fatigue, burnout, or collapse. Does this message resonate with you? Read the full blog here: https://www.bethanywebster.com/exploring-the-world-of-i-ca/

05.01.2022 Tomorrow I will be presenting a talk to birth suite midwives at King Edward Memorial Hospital on "The sacred hour after birth: The importance of coregulation in integrating birth trauma"

04.01.2022 I am excited to start treating from Mundaring Wellness Centre behind Cafe Mojo next week. This is a beautiful space, especially this time of year with spring arriving, and they make healthy and delicious food too. Why not make a day of it - book a treatment and have lunch. Cranio can help any member of the family to connect to their body. [ 108 more words ] http://flowcranio.com.au//now-offering-biodynamic-cranios/

04.01.2022 Spots available next Thursday in the low cost baby cranio clinic https://flowcranio.com.au/low-cost-baby-cranio-clinic/

04.01.2022 Woke up to a lovely review this morning - made my day :)

04.01.2022 This week I worked with two mothers who were struggling with low supply due to insuffient glandular tissue (IGT). They didn't feel their milk come in, they had minimal breast growth during pregnancy and they were needing to top up with almost full feeds of formula. Noone had mentioned to them the possiblity of IGT. IGT is not well known among health professionals working with mothers and babies, or other mums. [ 237 more words ] http://flowcranio.com.au//insufficient-glandular-tissue-a/

02.01.2022 Fight, flight, freeze ...and fawn. Cranio can help you notice your patterns. Awareness can bring change.

02.01.2022 This is a great checklist for mothers to look for common signs as to whether a baby is breastfeeding well and safely (especially in those first few weeks). Any red flags please see someone knowledgeable in breastfeeding eg IBCLC.

02.01.2022 Great podcast. Kate White is one of the leaders in our field and eloquently describes the kind of service I aim to offer babies using craniosacral therapy, listening and an awareness of pre and perinatal psychology. https://magamama.libsyn.com/ep107-repairing-pre-and-perinat

01.01.2022 One session made a big difference to this baby. It often takes up to 3 treatments, but i do love it when babies respond so positively to the first session.

01.01.2022 I recently had the privilege of working of with two babies who had a head preference and cranio was very helpful in increasing range of motion and infant comfort. One little boy had significant torticollis from inutero positioning. This prevented him from latching well to the breast. His mum was "amazed" by the improvements. She herself booked in for a few sessions of cranio and it was so interesting to see the same constrictions show up in both mum and baby. [ 267 more words ] http://flowcranio.com.au//cranio-for-babies-with-a-head-p/