BY Sarah Nesling The Fulcrum, Issue 99 Summer 2026 This article was written specifically for craniosacral therapists, opening questions around some of the conceptual frameworks underlying the subtle energetic beginnings to life. It has been amended slightly here. The material may affect the reader emotionally, if they have experienced challenges with fertility, so please read with … Continue reading Working in the Family Field – Being with ART
BY Erica McKeen & Dr Priyanka Pradhan The Fulcrum, Issue 98 Spring 2026 Established in 2025 by Dr Priyanka Pradhan and Erica McKeen, Cranial Connect was founded on a shared vision to enhance practitioner support for clients navigating minor traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Here, they discuss how cultivating presence within the relational field enables our ‘feeling, … Continue reading From Fragmentation to Wholeness: Re-igniting the Spark in Recovery After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Our latest CPD workshop took place on 14th March with Beatrice Doubble and Jo Llewellyn, both of whom hold degrees in 5 Element and TCM Acupuncture. It was a packed and vibrant day full of keen minds wanting to learn from a craniosacral perspective how to diagnose a client’s constitutional element to enhance the relational … Continue reading Meridians & 5 Element Theory from a Craniosacral Perspective – A CPD Workshop
BY Vicki Sampieri The Fulcrum, Issue 97 Winter 2025 As I lie in my bed, post op, an overwhelming sense of excitement rushes through me. It’s a real buzz, a sense of discovery and recognition of my own physiological response, mapped against my knowledge, as a craniosacral therapist, of trauma and stress. In October 2024, … Continue reading Peri-operative Stress Response – The Missing Link In My Personal Journey
BY Katherine Ukleja The Fulcrum, Issue 97 Winter 2025 In 1992, after a decade in bodywork practice, I arrived at the Karuna Institute. I came as a student on what was then a one-year training in craniosacral therapy and stayed for seventeen years. Under the tutelage of the uniquely-gifted Franklyn Sills I found my home, … Continue reading Dancing with Potency: an ode to Franklyn Sills
CSTA’s inaugural conference day took place on 20th September, giving members and non-members an opportunity to come together as a community: to connect, reflect and be inspired. The day featured talks on the theme, From the Heart, with guest speakers offering rich perspectives drawn from years of embodied experience in the field of craniosacral therapy. Sharing … Continue reading CSTA Conference – From the Heart
BY Franklyn Sills The Fulcrum, Issue 96 Summer 2025 Having discussed babies’ neurology as present time social beings in the previous article, part 3 addresses the role of the stress response and autonomic strategies for survival. STRESS RESPONSE BASICS The autonomic nervous system is part of our repertoire of survival mechanisms, constantly operating beneath our … Continue reading On Meeting Infants – part 3
BY Paul Vick The Fulcrum, Issue 67 January 2016 From the source, rivers dance and the tides of the oceans caress the earth. Earth nurtures and encourages things to grow and creates a sense of belonging. Sky gives space for everything to move and be together. The ancients understood this and lived in harmony within … Continue reading The Presence of Nature (extracts)
BY Franklyn Sills The Fulcrum, Issue 95 May 2025 The second article in the series explores infant neurology and the roles that mirror neurons and polyvagal theory play in shaping a baby’s relational responses to others and the world around them. Babies’ Ability to Attune and Respond to Caregivers Babies directly attune to the caregiver’s … Continue reading On Meeting Infants – part 2
BY Franklyn Sills The Fulcrum, Issue 94 January 2025 Birth is one of our most formative experiences, a universal rite of passage that can have significant, lifelong physical and emotional consequences. My own prenatal and birth experiences were intense. As my mother had lost a son before me, she was constantly anxious and fearful of … Continue reading On Meeting Infants – part 1
