Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy

Reclaim Your Balance and Well-being

Relieve tension, restore calm and reconnect with your body through biodynamic craniosacral therapy provided at our beautiful studio in Takapuna.

Relieve tension, restore calm and reconnect with your body through biodynamic craniosacral therapy provided at our studio in Takapuna.

What is Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy?

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy is a gentle non-invasive, hands-on session for the whole body.  The session focus is to support the inherent health of the whole being, especially the nervous system (NS).  The NS dictates all of the body’s functioning, constantly sending and receiving information.

Biodynamic Craniosacral practitioners understand how an optimally functioning healthy nervous system performs.  We are trained on how to use acute perception skills to perceive subtle physiological changes.  We also are aware of the energetic map that underlies one‘s basic health and symptomology.  We believe that health is never lost no matter what the ailment.  We use our ability to identify the parts of the nervous system that are not functioning optimally and our awareness of the “always available health” in the body to assist the system in bringing itself back into balance.

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Benefits of Craniosacral Therapy

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Session to reduce pain with Jackie at her studio in Takapuna, Auckland

Pain Relief

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST) is a gentle, hands-on healing practice that works with the body's natural rhythms to promote deep relaxation and pain relief. By using light touch, BCST helps to release restrictions in the craniosacral system—comprising the brain, spinal cord, and surrounding membranes—which can contribute to chronic pain, tension, and emotional stress. This therapy focuses on restoring balance and harmony to the body’s vital systems, allowing for the release of stored trauma and tension. Clients often experience a profound sense of calm, with noticeable reductions in pain and increased mobility, as BCST helps the body reset its natural healing processes.

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Session to relax the nervous system  with Jackie at her studio in Takapuna, Auckland

Improved Digestion

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST) can have a positive impact on digestion by addressing imbalances in the body’s nervous system and craniosacral rhythm. Through gentle touch, BCST helps release tension in the diaphragm, abdominal muscles, and other areas that may be restricting the flow of energy and fluids, improving the functioning of the digestive system. By promoting deep relaxation and reducing stress, BCST supports the body’s natural ability to regulate and optimize digestive processes, which can help alleviate issues like bloating, constipation, and discomfort. Many people report a greater sense of ease and balance in their digestive health after receiving this therapy.

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Session to improve digestion with Jackie at her studio in Takapuna, Auckland

Relaxes Nervous System

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST) is highly effective in calming and resetting the nervous system. By gently working with the craniosacral rhythm—the subtle pulsation of the cerebrospinal fluid—BCST encourages the body to enter a deep state of relaxation. This process helps release stored tension and stress, balancing the autonomic nervous system and activating the parasympathetic (rest and digest) response. As a result, it can help reduce anxiety, lower heart rate, improve sleep, and restore overall feelings of calm and well-being, supporting the body’s ability to heal and maintain equilibrium.

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy can help to relieve tension, ease pain, and restore balance through natural healing.

Is Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy right for me?

Biodynamic craniosacral therapy relieves tension, eases pain, and restores balance. Whether you’re struggling with stress, headaches, chronic pain, or sleep issues, this gentle, hands-on therapy supports your body’s natural healing. Perfect for anyone seeking deep relaxation and lasting relief.

  • Because of the gentle non-invasive nature of Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST), there are few contraindications for treatment. Everyone can benefit - the work can enjoyed by newborns, elders, the frail or those who are ill. The improvement after a session may be subtle or dramatic. BCST encourages health in the brain and nervous system, has been known to be effective in assisting the prevention of chronic conditions.

    In addition, BCST can be useful in addressing injuries, including those to the bones and tissues. BCST is also an effective modality for exploring and resolving issues of the past including prenatal and birth trauma. Early trauma can create an unconscious belief system that is not relevant in the adult.  BCST allows the acknowledgement of out moded beliefs and shifting to real or appropriate beliefs.

  • Anecdotal evidence shows BCST may be helpful in addressing such situations as impingement of cranial nerves or spinal nerves, left-right imbalances, head injuries, confusion, feelings of compression or pressure, anxiety, depression, circulatory disorders, organ dysfunctions, learning difficulties, neuro-endocrine problems, TMJ and dental problems, and trauma of all kinds — birth, falls, accidents and other injuries, physical, sexual or emotional abuse, loss/grief, surgery, anesthesia, P.T.S.D., among others.

    BCST is also excellent as a preventive therapy because it can facilitate the resolution of imbalances within a patient/client’s system that can later lead to illness or injury.

  • The therapy may surprise you with benefits you hadn’t known were possible, including resolution of symptoms that you had no idea were related to the cranial system or to each other. You may feel lighter, with a sense of more spaciousness within yourself. You may notice more ease in relationships or ability to focus.

    You may stand straighter or breathe more easily and deeply. Pains may decrease and emotional boundaries may be easier to maintain. It is likely that you will feel deeply relaxed and centered. Because each person is unique, it is impossible for us to say exactly what benefit you will feel, or how long it will take you to feel it, but the above comments are quite common.

  • Children respond well to BCST because it is gentle, non-invasive, and effective in ways they can intuitively recognize. Even small children quickly get used to the work as they develop trust in their practitioner. Pre-verbal children may actually direct the practitioner’s hands to areas of discomfort.

    Children easily show the dynamics of their experience through movement and sounds. Much subtle work can be done by the practitioner during “playtime” in which the child is observed and assisted in completing unresolved challenges. Parents are often astounded at the way a crabby, hyperactive, or miserable child will fall into deep relaxation or sleep during treatment.

    The challenge, of course, is the busy toddler who won’t lie still. Here the parent can help out by holding the child as the practitioner makes even brief contacts on the spine, head, and sacrum. A little goes a long way with a child. Whatever can be resolved during infancy or childhood, often in only a few sessions, can potentially prevent decades of medical and psychological treatment later on. In addition, resolution of misaligned forces makes us less accident-prone, because we are not “off-balance”.

  • Yes, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy is safe during pregnancy. It is a gentle, non-invasive approach that can help relieve tension, reduce stress, and support overall well-being. Many find it beneficial for easing discomfort, improving sleep, and promoting relaxation. If you have any concerns, it’s always best to consult your healthcare provider.

Craniosacral therapist Jackie working with a client to improve wellbeing at her studio on the North Shore of Auckland.

How does Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy work?

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy begins after a level of safety is created for the client. This is achieved in the communication between client and practitioner who together negotiate the space and contact between therm. Once contact is established, the practitioner listens deeply to the fluctuations of the cerebrospinal fluid within the craniosacral system.

The fluctuation of the cerebrospinal fluid creates a variety of tides within the system. As the practitioner — from a place of stillness — listens to these internal tides, the client’s system begins to access its own inner resources, little like finding keys to previously locked doors. The cerebrospinal fluid — as it bathes and protects the brain and spinal cord — carries an intelligence and potency (life force), which becomes mixed with other bodily fluids via the dural membranes. A Biodynamic Craniosacral therapist learns to listen deeply to the system, tapping into its inherent intelligence, while focusing on the system remembering its original blueprint of health.

The therapist encourages the client’s system to access its resources, offering new choices and possibilities for the system at every level. Training, then, includes deep perceptual and centering skills as well as extensive study of the anatomy, physiology, and inherent motion of the craniosacral system.

At Takapuna studio, clients can discuss with Jackie the craniosacral therapist there concerns and she will work with them to improve wellbeing

What to expect in a BCST Treatment

In your initial session, we’ll have a friendly chat about your health history and any current concerns. The treatment itself takes place fully clothed on a therapy table.

During the treatment, we use gentle, skilled touch to tune into how your body is expressing health. This helps us to sense natural rhythms, as well as any areas where stress or tension may be held.

By listening deeply and acknowledging your body’s stored experiences, we support natural processing within many systems of the body. This can help release tension and stress patterns, promoting integrated healing for both body and mind.

We never apply force or manipulations, making this therapy suitable for babies, children, and people at all stages of life.

Each session is fully tailored to meet your unique healing needs.

Common Questions

  • Because of the gentle non-invasive nature of Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST), there are few contraindications for treatment. Everyone can benefit - the work can enjoyed by newborns, elders, the frail or those who are ill. The improvement after a session may be subtle or dramatic. BCST encourages health in the brain and nervous system, has been known to be effective in assisting the prevention of chronic conditions.

    In addition, BCST can be useful in addressing injuries, including those to the bones and tissues. BCST is also an effective modality for exploring and resolving issues of the past including prenatal and birth trauma. Early trauma can create an unconscious belief system that is not relevant in the adult.  BCST allows the acknowledgement of out moded beliefs and shifting to real or appropriate beliefs.

  • Children respond well to BCST because it is gentle, non-invasive, and effective in ways they can intuitively recognize. Even small children quickly get used to the work as they develop trust in their practitioner. Pre-verbal children may actually direct the practitioner’s hands to areas of discomfort.

    Children easily show the dynamics of their experience through movement and sounds. Much subtle work can be done by the practitioner during “playtime” in which the child is observed and assisted in completing unresolved challenges. Parents are often astounded at the way a crabby, hyperactive, or miserable child will fall into deep relaxation or sleep during treatment.

    The challenge, of course, is the busy toddler who won’t lie still. Here the parent can help out by holding the child as the practitioner makes even brief contacts on the spine, head, and sacrum. A little goes a long way with a child. Whatever can be resolved during infancy or childhood, often in only a few sessions, can potentially prevent decades of medical and psychological treatment later on. In addition, resolution of misaligned forces makes us less accident-prone, because we are not “off-balance”.

  • Anecdotal evidence shows BCST may be helpful in addressing such situations as impingement of cranial nerves or spinal nerves, left-right imbalances, head injuries, confusion, feelings of compression or pressure, anxiety, depression, circulatory disorders, organ dysfunctions, learning difficulties, neuro-endocrine problems, TMJ and dental problems, and trauma of all kinds — birth, falls, accidents and other injuries, physical, sexual or emotional abuse, loss/grief, surgery, anesthesia, P.T.S.D., among others.

    BCST is also excellent as a preventive therapy because it can facilitate the resolution of imbalances within a patient/client’s system that can later lead to illness or injury.

  • The therapy may surprise you with benefits you hadn’t known were possible, including resolution of symptoms that you had no idea were related to the cranial system or to each other. You may feel lighter, with a sense of more spaciousness within yourself. You may notice more ease in relationships or ability to focus.

    You may stand straighter or breathe more easily and deeply. Pains may decrease and emotional boundaries may be easier to maintain. It is likely that you will feel deeply relaxed and centered. Because each person is unique, it is impossible for us to say exactly what benefit you will feel, or how long it will take you to feel it, but the above comments are quite common.

  • Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy is distinguished by its minimal reliance on manipulations of any kind. If the various Craniosacral methods could be characterized and compared based on this criterion, the Biodynamic style would be placed at the non-manipulative or yin end of the spectrum.

    In the Biodynamic approach, the healing process comes from within the client, not from the outside by the practitioner, and the hand contacts are based on listening and following/reflecting the client’s process rather than pushing or manipulating the client towards a theoretical ideal state.

  • It is common for people to doze off or appear to sleep during portions of a biodynamic craniosacral session. There are times when the client slips into a deep, meditative type state of consciousness. In this deep place, the mind relaxes and allows the possibility of illness or injury to reorganize and remember its innate health. If the system is tired or exhausted, biodynamic craniosacral allows the system to relax and rest usually in a deep healing still-point or stillness.

  • This depends on what your goals are, what symptoms you suffer from, and how readily your system responds to this therapy. As a general rule, three to ten sessions will have a significant impact on most people’s health, and in some cases only one session can make a dramatic difference. Often, clients receive regular sessions for longer periods of time, followed by an occasional tune-up to maintain health.

  • Many people feel calmer, more relaxed, and physically more comfortable straight after a session. However, it’s also common to notice positive changes - mentally, emotionally, and physically -over the following days, weeks, or even months.

    Occasionally, as your mind and body adjust to these changes, you might experience a short period of tiredness or mild detox symptoms. This is a normal part of the healing process and usually passes quickly.

Pricing

Craniosacral therapy session (1hour): $100

Children under 14 craniosacral therapy session (30min): $50

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Kitchener Road, Takapuna