All About Me

I am so thankful you are here. It would be my honour to hold space as you expand your sense of wellness, ground back to your healthy baseline and navigate to your true, healthy and happy self.

My own journey has been one of several discoveries that started over twenty years ago. It is never an easy road when we turn, and begin walking inward, but I am so grateful to the gifts of the universe that brought here.

My twenties were a journey into self exploration. I started to question the ways of relating I was shown, the goals I was working towards, and what it would mean to be fully human and truly fulfilled. I researched personal development and became interested in alternative health practices, seeking as one might at that age for a purpose beyond what I was being offered.

During my thirties I discovered my soul's purpose to stand as I was, outside of what others wanted or expected of me. I started to shed my ego and old self, came in contact with a truer me and acknowledged my gifts as an empathetic and intuitive being.

In my late thirties a car accident brought me to an incredibly low period of time which forced me deeper into alternative healing and catalyzed many changes. It was during this struggle that I was gifted an opportunity to evaluate my life, realize what was most meaningful to me and make a path forward to ground my heart’s purpose into reality.

In the last year, I have made moves to align my life with this purpose; moving from the Okanagan to Vancouver Island, levelling up my diet and living habits, and kindling relationships based on loving kindness. I also began a Craniosacral Therapist course and am set to graduate in 2023 as a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist. I have also studied Qi Gong, Reiki and Life Coaching. I continue to follow my heart and my dedication to listening, growing and learning.

I am so grateful for this journey, and the guidance from universe showing me to the path to do my own work. It is through this work that I have developed my capacity to support you to awaken to your own healing journey. Let us begin.

Mary, Duncan B.C.

“Thank you so much Theo for your help. My vision has improved, my head feels way better, my knees feel better, my jaw is so much better, my balance is normal, I can walk without being dizzy. Thank you so much. I am feeling so much better. I look forward to my next treatment. Thank you!

About Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy

The Biodynamic approach has evolved into a remarkable body therapy that has created a highly skilled way of listening to the body’s inherent health expressions. The therapist typically looks for and encourages the forces of health to set the priorities of the session and to bring about natural adjustments from within the body’s own resources. It is characterized by a strong orientation to the holism of the human experience where both the body’s anatomy and physiology are related in real time with the subtle forces of life that act through the interface of the body’s fluids. Subtle movements in the body’s fluid and tissue fields are being listened for and the natural movement towards stillness is seen as deeply healing.

The beauty of this therapy is its simplicity. The practitioner takes up a position of being neutral and allows the process of the treatment to unfold. The practitioner is interested in facilitating the body towards intrinsic reorganizations across the body’s tissues, its fluid matrix and its energetic and emotional layers, so that there is a holistic movement towards greater health. The therapy creates a safe space for traumatic experiences to emerge and resolve smoothly without being overwhelming or re-stimulating. The approach to the work includes a developed model of working with trauma processes. The therapist's embodied experience, touch and presence are the key components in creating a Relational Field that generates a deep sense of safety and capacity to heal from within in a client-led and paced approach.

The therapy is gaining a lot of recognition and popularity because of its profound therapeutic effects. Practitioner training are now available in many countries across the world and communities of practitioners are starting to emerge. In 2006 the International Affiliation of Biodynamic Trainings (IABT) was created to define standards in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy trainings and the term Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST) was coined to differentiate the approach from other forms of Craniosacral Therapy.

What is a session like?

Sessions will vary from practitioner but generally your session will begin by sitting and talking with your therapist about any of your health concerns. Together you will discuss a brief health history and what you would like to get out of the session.

During the session, you will be fully clothed, sitting in a chair to start and then lying on a massage table in a supported and comfortable way. It is important that you feel comfortable and safe at all times so you will want to ask for any adjustments you need to the lighting, temperature, etc. Your therapist may ask you from time to time what you are experiencing, and will help you to stay present with whatever your experience is.

When the session begins your therapist will check with you to make sure that you are comfortable. Then there will be a period of dialogue before your therapist makes physical contact with you. Sometimes it takes some time and dialogue to get your comfort just right so you can relax. You will be guided through this process. Establishing comfort is an important first step that ensures that what unfolds in the session is about you and not occurring in reaction to a feeling of lack of safety with the therapist or comfort on the table.

When contact is made the therapist will check in again to make sure the touch is right for you. Session work involves a very light, gentle touch. Your therapist may begin at your feet, at your head (cranium) or on your sacrum (the triangular bone at the bottom of the spine). During your session, depending on your areas of concern, your therapist can go to any area of the body that needs to be worked with, using the contact that feels best for you.

Sessions can last anywhere from a half hour to an hour or an hour and a half depending on the therapist you are working with and your needs. During that time, the therapist will quietly, gently hold parts of your body, listening to the subtle rhythms and tracking changes in your system. In this process the therapist will listen for your body’s expression of the order of priorities for this particular session which will lead to your desired outcome. It is important to note that while a single session can have noticeable effects, it often takes multiple sessions to achieve the results you are seeking.

During the session, you may:

Relax so deeply that you fall asleep
Enter a quiet meditation-like state
Feel as if you are dreaming while awake
Experience memories or insights while on the table
Enjoy a pleasant sense of warmth, softening, widening or floating

At times, you may experience other kinds of sensations as energy that has been held in the body is released. If this occurs, just stay present with your breath and bodily sensations and allow this energy to discharge. The session quite often involves a process of letting go of patterns that inhibit your health and vitality. Once these patterns begin to shift, the therapist may notice changes in your fluids, tissues, bones and potency. You may experience a sense of integration in your body, mind and spirit.

At the end of the session, you may:

Feel relaxed, but also energized
Find yourself breathing more fully and deeply
Stand straighter and taller
Feel more comfortable in your body
You may be surprised to feel a new sense of peace and ease as you leave the office to return, renewed, to your life
Notice an improvement in your sleep patterns

No matter what your experience, your therapist will take some time with you after you are off the table to check in about how you are doing. This is a great opportunity to find words for your experience and reflect on how differently you feel after your session. The effects can also be felt even after you leave your session.

Take time in the next 2-3 days just to notice how you are in the world.

What is the quality of your sleep that night?
How is your digestion?
How is your overall experience of life?

By paying attention to the lasting effects of this work you will be able to gauge what the ongoing use of this work might offer you.

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