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
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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
and was quite happy with her direction. It became obvious that she was experiencing a personal transformation. At the fifth session, I had her listen to a thirty-minute Hemi-Sync tape called METAMUSIC Cloudscapes. I began the craniosacral therapy after the tape ended. During the one- and-one-half-hour session, she experienced the usual deep states of rest, alternating with old thought patterns and drifting. We met for the sixth craniosacral therapy session (the second craniosacral/Hemi-Sync combination session) two weeks later. I was curious to hear of her post-Hemi-Sync experiences. She seemed a little frightened, hesitant, and apprehensive about using the Hemi-Sync again. She described her previous two weeks as containing periods of confusion, anger, fear, depression, and disappointment. These feelings diminished after about seven days, followed by an increased sensitivity to life she had only had fleeting experiences of previously. We discussed Hemi-Sync at length. She recog- nized that her distress may have resulted from the shifting and dissolution of old, limited mental constructs triggered by the high-energy state of hemispheric synchronization. Because she could relate to this dynamic on some level, she expressed openness to proceeding with the Hemi-Sync tape. We again began the session with Cloudscapes followed by one and one- half hours of craniosacral therapy. I did not hear from this client for seven and one-half weeks