The next level in my craniosacral journey
Having recently studied under Carol McLellan at Upledger Ireland in craniosacral therapy for conception pregnancy and birth (CCPB1) I was truly amazed at how powerful and subtle this work can be.
We spent four days together with qualified practitioners from all over Ireland and further afield. We had participants from Northern Ireland, UK and Romania who joined us. Carol is a highly sought after instructor and has over 35-year background in holistic health education, childbirth education and body therapy.
This remarkable course started with a review of anatomy and quickly looked at the whole process of conception, the stages of pregnancy, and was followed by the birthing process. We learned about how craniosacral therapy can contribute to a conscious pregnancy and its role in childbirth.
Each day was a great mix of theory, practical demonstration and then practise on ourselves and clients of some of the practitioners. We worked with expectant mothers, new born babies, mothers and their partners. As always, we were very quickly able to put what we learned into practise. Palpating the craniosacral rhythm of mother and baby in utero for example was one of the highlights for me as well as tuning into the whole family and following whatever baby needed.
We also worked on the triad of compression which is when the sacrum, occiput and sphenoid show mirrored restrictions often suffered by expecting mothers and post-partum mothers as a result of the term of pregnancy and the birthing process. Having this released is not only very beneficial physically but it allows for improved hormonal balance helping mother and baby.
We made new friends reacquainted with old friends and learned new skills and go to go to the next level in treating whole families and learning how to help Moms communicate with baby and give them every chance at the earliest stage possible in life.
Well done to Upledger Ireland for bringing this wonderful therapy to Ireland. I look forward to continuing the lifelong journey of learning craniosacral therapy and sharing it with the people that need it most.
