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Spoiler Alert

1/17/2014

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From My Hands and Heart
by  Kate Mackinnon

Warning:  Reading Kate Mackinnon’s From My Hands and Heart may be a spoiler.

I was introduced to Craniosacral Therapy by a trusted colleague.  She had already demonstrated great skill and intuition in doing bodywork.  She did not give—and I did not require—much in the way of explanation prior to my first experience of CST.  Neither did we establish any particular expectations.  But the experience spoke for itself.   I quickly came to love CST and found the method profoundly powerful.   When I discovered emotions and memories all tangled up in my tissues it was a surprise—not an unwelcome surprise—but I cannot say I would have gone in pursuit of some the feelings I found.  CST often took me on a cathartic and even painful journey.  I’m wildly grateful I made the trip, but it was difficult at times. 

I wonder if my complete lack of preconceived notions might have allowed me to follow the unfolding experience without trying to drive it in any particular direction.  I ask myself: If I had read Mackinnon’s book before having CST would it have changed the experience?

Having said all that; From My Hands and Heart is very good reading.  It’s well organized and clearly expressed.  By the final pages I felt I’d gotten to know the author.  What’s more, I believe her.  Despite the limited science documenting CST, I am willing to stretch my credulity a bit to encompass some of the dramatic results attributed to CST. 

But then, I already know what CST can do. 

 

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