BY Mike Boxhall The Fulcrum, Issue 19 Winter 2000 “I think, therefore I am.” is the famous phrase coined by René Descartes. This has become the motto of the modern mind. Descartes championed the mind-matter split. Since then, Western science, philosophy and education have been based on the subject-object divide and the human-nature divide. Much … Continue reading Co-dependent Arising
by Amber Kelly The Fulcrum, Issue 77 May 2019 I was born into trauma. Not solely through my birth process, but through the community and place where I chose to make my entrance into the world. I was born in the mid-1960s in Northern Ireland so, by the time I was starting school, the Troubles … Continue reading The Troubles, Terrorism and Trauma
by Stephanie Fowler The Fulcrum, Issue 77 May 2019 It’s 2019 and the CSTA is 30. Today, we have over 500 members, plus over 70 student members. With new graduates joining the Association each year, our collective voices continue to support each other and our practice. But as we look to the future, it is … Continue reading Voices From the Past: CSTA’s History
by Tanya Desfontaines The Fulcrum, Issue 76 January 2019 My journey into healing and craniosacral therapy started along a far more conventional route – with my early working life as a physiotherapist in the NHS. Having trained at the Royal London Hospital, I worked my basic grade rotations through various medical and surgical specialities, and … Continue reading A Journey into Biodynamics
By Roger James The Fulcrum, Issue 51 Autumn 2010 For the centenary of Charles Darwin’s birth last year there was much written and broadcast about the great man’s life. What struck me specially was the story of the death of his dearly-beloved young daughter Annie. She was so ill, Darwin took her away to the … Continue reading When Sparrows Fall to Earth
Congratulations to Dr Nicola Brough PhD, winner of two researcher awards in 2018 in recognition of her work in developing and validating The 25-item Warwick Holistic Health Questionnaire (“WHHQ”). WHHQ is a patient-reported outcome measure for assessing changes in health and wellbeing in people receiving craniosacral therapy. It incorporates holistic statements and represents new concepts … Continue reading Nicola Brough Wins Researcher Awards
by Miki Ettore The Fulcrum, Issue 75 September 2018 My 12-year-old son, Finley, who has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), was the inspiration behind my decision to learn Craniosacral Therapy (CST). I never imagined that one day I would be working as a full-time therapist. I have now helped over 100 families with children on the … Continue reading Touching Lives: How CST Can Help Autism
by Matthew Appleton The Fulcrum, Issue 75 September 2018 Don’t try to improve nature. Try, instead, to understand and protect it. Wilhelm Reich Ancestral Health Some of the health problems that we all struggle with are the results of influences that go back generations. In ‘holism’, an individual ‘whole’ can not be thought of in … Continue reading Across the Generations, Through the Shadows
by Amal Alaoui The Fulcrum, Issue 74 May 2018 Some time ago my teenage son flippantly described my work as “massaging people’s brains”! His observation, which was based on first-hand experience of treatment, gave us something to chuckle over together while I pondered the possibility that I would be defining how I work as a … Continue reading Defining Craniosacral Treatment for Today’s Clients
by Matthew Appleton The Fulcrum, Issue 74 May 2018 Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. Ralph Waldo Emerson Holism and the Healing Crisis The term ‘holism’ was first coined by the South African statesman and philosopher Jan Christian Smuts. His book Holism and Evolution (published in 1926) sets forth his influential philosophy … Continue reading Holism and the Laws of Nature in the Healing Process
