Karen Asbury on CranioSacral

Without giving our recent interview away, I'd like to talk a little about CranioSacral, but first I'd like to introduce Karen Asbury, LMT LMP. I recently interviewed Karen Asbury because she has a unique set of skills, as a massage therapist and bodyworker she incorporates Reiki and CranioSacral Therapy; integrative bodywork as she calls it. 

When I first met her she was working at a crystal store, she offered me a 15 minute massages as she was promoting herself in her community. Since then, she has developed a very successful business and has become a professional resource of support for her community. 

“When I received Karen's Cranial Sacral treatment, I became instantly relaxed.” Wiesje Brion. 

I recently had the wonderful opportunity to interview Karen about CranioSacral and why it felt so good. 

Karen replied:
“It’s really tapping into your own body’s wisdom, listening, and following. Clients drop into a very relaxed state quite quickly by accessing that slower rhythm in the body, because the cranioSacral rhythm is slower than our breathing, or certainly our heart rate, or any other system that we have. It is a very subtle rhythm that we are generally not consciously aware of, whether one knows of its existence or not. As I am following that rhythm my client’s body notices and goes, “Oh, this is a profound healing state I'm getting into.”

She explains that during a CranioSacral treatment, cranial bones may also be released so they can move freely and without restriction, which also affects change in the dura mater and ease in the cranioSacral rhythm.

… In fact it releases the pressure in the brain and in the spinal bones...Part of CranioSacral is working the flow of the dura mater therefore creating change with the bones and the sutchers between the cranial bones can get restricted; so it is a release of pressure from the CranioSacral treatment.

If you loved this post, read the full interview in Mindful Magazine!

*CranioSacral is a specialty treatment given only by trained CranioSacral Therapists. For those who are interested in knowing more about training, know that there are multiple levels of training and depending on the institute, the type of training can be quite different in theory.