Craniosacral in Chamonix
Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy - Treatments in Argentiere & Chamonix
Ali Beck, who works alongside ChamoFix, has massaged in the Chamonix Valley since 1998. She has an unbeatable background in Advanced Sports Massage, Reflexology and Reiki, not to mention Yoga, Meditation and Chi Gong. She now specializes in the type of cranial osteopathy known as Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, which is has gained a reputation for treating underlying causes and not just symptoms. Reaching into the subtler areas of health, CST has been found to achieve myoskeletal, visceral, venous and neurological improvements just like other forms of manual bodywork, sometimes with longer lasting results. CST is used for trauma resolution and also helps postnatally with adults, babies and toddlers. CST also involves work with the much more subtle bioenergetic fields and centers - for those who speak this language or are open to it.
What is Craniosacral Therapy?
Craniosacral Therapy works on the central nervous system by using the detectable tides and motions in the cerebrospinal fluid that influence the central nervous system and therefore the whole body. Inversely by ‘reading’ these tides we gain all sorts of information about the body. So if you think of the brain at the cranium end and the spinal chord running down to the bottom of your back at the sacrum, you have ‘craniosacral’. The brain and spinal chord are held in a protective fluid against knocks and bumps in a casing (the dural membrane) and this fluid (the cerebrospinal fluid) maintains the health of the Central Nervous System. However the implications of work with the spine go further: most of our body is made of so that the cranial rhythm can be felt anywhere in the body, if you are trained to feel it, much like the pulse or lymph.
Theory behind Craniosacral Therapy
Craniosacral works on the premise that the body has its own ‘wisdom’ and each cell has a cellular level of ‘intelligence’. Any living organism tends to naturally and continuously seek to maintain an optimum state of health. As modern humans we seem to throw so much stuff in the way of our bodies’ natural self-maintenance mechanisms, that the body cannot keep up with the necessary repairs… so we lose optimum health. Traditional western medicine uses the term ‘homeostasis’ to describe the body’s inclination towards a state of balance – demonstrated when the body naturally repairs itself – immune system, blood clotting, muscle strengthening and skin regeneration. Cellular intelligence is at work in all living organisms, from plants to humans.
When you are unwell or fatigued you tend to rest and even fall asleep. Why? By relaxing you allow the body to do its repairs. The work of Craniosacral Therapy allows the patient to access even deeper states of relaxation that encourage deeper repairs in the system, accessing deeper and older traumas, physical and mental.
Another important aspect of Craniosacral Therapy is that it takes the view that health is always present. So rather than objectively looking for a problem in the body that may or may not be fixed, CST practitioners aim to engage the body’s own health to rebalance and overcome any ill-health.
Book a CranioSacral Treatment in Chamonix with Ali Beck
To book a craniosacral treatment in Chamonix, Les Houches, Argentiere or Vallorcine (or any of the villages in the Chamonix Valley), please email ali@chamofix or call Ali Beck in Chamonix on +33.631.95.34.91
Ali Beck also offers amazing Reiki or Reflexology treatments either in her room in Chamonix or in your chalet or residence.
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