The Fulcrum, Issue 65 May 2015 The PR group decided for 2015 to highlight the benefits of CST for people suffering from stress. We believe that CST deserves to be seen as an important port of call for people who are suffering the effects of debilitating or overwhelming stress due to its ability to encourage … Continue reading Stress & CST
by Viola Sampson The Fulcrum, Issue 55 Winter/Spring 2012 Over the past few years, working with clients who have chronic fatigue conditions such as ME/CFS, fibromyalgia and post-viral syndrome has required me to refine my craniosacral skills and broaden my approach. Despite the positive developments in recent years – greater recognition of these illnesses, earlier … Continue reading Recovery from Chronic Fatigue and the Importance of Resources
A talk on PTSD given by Cathy Cremer to a forces audience in Portsmouth I’m here to talk about CST and why it can be helpful for those suffering from operational stress reaction. Am I allowed to say trauma? PTSD? Or shall we just say when a combination of things have happened to throw us … Continue reading PTSD
by Nigel Williamson The Fulcrum, Issue 46 Winter/Spring 2009 I’m in a field. There are thistles, rough grass and nettles around me. I’m about to give a course and I’ve had a momentary loss of confidence about my capacity to make contact with horses. I’ve spent a year being with these horses, working with them. … Continue reading Natural Horsemanship and CST
by Sue Newport The Fulcrum, Issue 39 Summer/Autumn 2006 Awareness is the key to developing feel; be in the present; experiment with yourself and the horse; focus on the ‘means whereby’, not the goal. Perry Wood These words from a book called Real Riding, refer to the riding of a horse but they could just … Continue reading Horses, My Teachers
by Candice Marro The Fulcrum, Issue 30 Autumn 2003 First tell me, do you have a quest? Do you want to explore the moving waters of your existence? Do you like to dive deep into the unknown? Do you have in your heart nostalgia for something you can’t name? Then, open your eyes, take a … Continue reading A Cranial Journey
BY Ralph Wade The Fulcrum, Issue 34 Winter 2004 I didn’t want to be there when my son was born. Blood all over the place, people wearing masks, the person I love the most in the world screaming in pain and ending with an event resembling that scene in Alien. I get nervous at the … Continue reading Being There
by Matthew Appleton The Fulcrum, Issue 27 Autumn 2002 One of the fundamental principles of craniosacral therapy is that ‘Health’ is never lost to us, it is always available. Some practitioners in the cranial field, such as James Jealous, use the term Health, with a capital H, to describe an active force that is at … Continue reading The Concept of Health: Primordial and Personal
by Denise McCann The Fulcrum, Issue 25 Winter 2002 It’s hard to know where to start talking about Liam. I suppose I should describe the community I live in first and my own situation when I first met him. I live in South Galway, near the Clare border in Ireland. It’s a rural area with … Continue reading Mission Impossible? A Journey Out of Autism
By Sue Harding The Fulcrum, Issue 47 Spring/Summer 2009 In ‘The path taken away’, The Fulcrum 46, I explored the idea of ancestry and the shadow self within the context of adoption. This article examines the role of mirroring in the development of self-awareness. In this context self-awareness is taken to mean a felt and … Continue reading When Mirrors Are Missing
