Vivienne Moss

Make a difference to your life today. Give your body a chance to achieve its greatest potential.

There is a time and a place for all forms of medicine. Craniosacral Therapy, a branch of complementary and alternative medicine, works well both on its own as well as complementary to other therapies and mainstream medicine.

A gentle, yet potent, healing tool

Craniosacral Therapy offers a non-invasive, hands on approach to healing. Its gentleness makes it particularly suitable for old and young alike, and yet for all ages and stages of life.

Craniosacral Therapy -- from the words Cranium (the head) and Sacrum (the base of the spine) -- has evolved since its early beginnings in Osteopathy over 100 years ago. It aids the body's own self-healing , offering it the chance to resolve some of the legacies of life's happenings which can become locked in the body tissues, often without us even realising it.

For all ages and stages of life

The Craniosacral System - made up of bones, membranes, and fluid - acts like a breathing mechanism, expanding and contracting from the first breath of life, and even before, to the very last. Restrictions in the body can effect the quality of this motion .

Birth and Beyond

One of the earliest influences on that system is that of our birth. The very nature of birth has a stimulatory effect on this system. In the first ten days or so after a baby is born a parent will often witness the changes in the shape of the head of their baby, as the baby's body adapts to the effects of birth. Whilst the body does have an amazing ability to adapt to survive, sometimes the nature of our birth can leave a lasting effect.

In time, as the body continues to deal with the physical knocks and emotional stresses of everyday life, these adaptations can come at a cost to the quality of our life. In some people signs of the body's struggle can show up earlier than others.

A chance to make a difference

Craniosacral Therapy gives the body, the person, the chance to see what it needs, to assimilate what has happened, to release restrictions in the body that have come about as a result of life's happenings, restrictions which can have an impact on the proper functioning of the body and to the quality of an individual's life.

Some of life's happenings leave their imprint. Some scars are visible, some are not. Our symptoms are the body's way of asking for help.

Key facts about Craniosacral Therapy?

• It has evolved since its early beginnings in osteopathy over 100 years ago
• A gentle, yet powerful, healing tool
• Non-invasive, hands-on, treatment using light touch
• Takes place fully clothed, usually lying on a couch
• Treats the whole body...the whole person
• Listens to the story the body has to tell
• Aids the body's ability to self-repair
• Helps release restrictions in the body
• Helps the body assimilate what has happened to you
• Helps maximise the body's potential
• Addresses physical aches and pains, emotional and psychological imbalances, and works with both recent and longstanding conditions
• Helps to develop well-being, health and vitality
• Is suitable for all ages, and stages of life

What to expect

• Time to tell me what brings you to the work and some of the background to that
• Hands-on part of the session, tailored to your comfort
• Time to share your experience and discuss where to go from here
• Individually tailored sessions...each person is unique, each session is unique
• Sometimes one session is all you need, often 3 sessions is most useful, at times more is helpful
• Treatment is a starting point, like planting a seed.

Further information about Craniosacral Therapy is available from the Craniosacral Therapy Association, of which I am a member.