Helena Bacellar LLC

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST) comes from the Osteopathic medicine tradition. The craniosacral system includes the bones, nerves, and connective tissues that make up and house the central nervous system: the skull, the spine, the dura mater protective tissue, the brain, and the spinal cord. Injury, stress, or trauma can create disruptions in these central tissues causing pain, dysfunction, and sensory, motor or neurological disabilities.  BCST is a gentle, non-invasive technique that addresses these restrictions, inviting the body to relax on a deep level, release old patterns of dysfunction, and bring back balance and health.

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A Biodynamic Craniosacral therapist pays attention to fluctuations of the cerebral spinal fluid which create a variety of tides within the client's system. From a place of stillness, the practitioner listens to these internal tides, as the client’s system begins to access its own inner resources. 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.

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BCST is distinguished by its minimal reliance on manipulations of any kind. 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.