just where to go. I have experimented with different types of earphones during the past year. Ideally, I would like for my Hemi-Sync backup to be unobtrusive. I do not wish to give the impression that [ am not paying attention or am listening to something unrelated. As an alternative to headphones, I have tried the small, in-the-ear buttons. These have not worked well for me because in order to stay easily in the ear, they must fit tightly. This puts the Hemi-Sync into the foreground rather than the background, and detracts from listening to a speaker. Al- though headphones are larger and are obvious to others, they allow sound to come in around them, enabling an easier mix of the Hemi-Sync and room sounds. CONCLUSIONS Hemi-Sync enhances the sensory integrative abilities of the brain. The responses to Hemi-Sync signals are most dramatic in children and adults with severe sensory integra- tive dysfunction. However, a similar improvement in process- ing and focusing abilities is seen in individuals with normal sensory integrative abilities. Each of us varies in the ability to organize and integrate internal and external sensory informa- tion for learning. We are aware of situations in which our abilities emerge with ease, and other situations in which a sense of overload and disorganization predominates. Hemi- Sync can help each of us learn and function in the easy and effortless way that is associated with high levels of sensory organization and integration. @
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CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY AND HEMI-SYNC: A CASE STUDY ee by Robert S. Siciliano Robert Siciliano is co-owner and co-director of the Rainbowbridge Institute near Heidelberg, Germany, where he provides seminars, programs, therapies, and counseling for “new ways of life.” Among the body therapies available at the Rainbowbridge Institute is cranio- sacral therapy, the gentle manipulation of specific cranial bones. Mr. Siciliano has been a member of the Professional Division since May 1990, and is an accredited GATEWAY OUTREACH Trainer. Craniosacral therapy is administered as the client lies ona massage table, fully clothed and as relaxed as possible. Follow- ing diagnosis, the therapist administers treatment by using the hands to palpate and encourage the movement of certain cranial bones. These bones are attached to membranes within the cranial cavity and very directly affect the environment of the brain and spinal cord. This process is accomplished while using the client’s craniosacral pulse, or rhythm, as a monitor. The intensity and amplitude of the pulse or rhythm indicates to the therapist the presence of inhibitors or restrictions within that system that are affecting the client’s health and well-being. Encouraging the movement of those bones which are attached to intracranial membranes causes a series of events that er the system’s self-correcting capabilities, thereby releasing inhibitors or restrictions. It is common during a session for the client to relax very
deeply and enter an alpha state. It seems this state is an environment the body and nervous system are able to use for balance and restoration. It is also common for a client to experience long-forgotten memories and related emotions, or emotional charges. Craniosacral therapy is a very powerful tool for releasing emotional restrictions. The following case study is of the first client with whom I have used Hemi-Sync while administering craniosacral therapy. CASE STUDY CLIENT: female, thirty-nine years old, married seventeen years, mother of one son, housewife. The client is of average or above-average intelligence, mentally and emotionally stable, and has no serious medical problems. At the time she came to me for craniosacral therapy sessions in the Dr. Upledger technique, she was bored with her role as wife, mother, and human being. She wanted more from life and had begun --- PAGE 7 (OCR) --- Winter 1991 investigating alternative “New Age” concepts. She was reason- ably healthy except for some aches and pains resulting from accumulated habit patterns. We had one session per week for four weeks. She responded very well to the sessions and accompanying counseling. Dur- ing the sessions she experienced deep states of rest and many old memories surfaced. She reported that in her daily life she was experiencing increased feelings of self-worth, personal power, independence, and much more freedom in “feeling,” both physically and emotionally. Overall, she felt wonderful