CranioSacral Therapy Organisations and
Information
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Upledger sites
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Stillpoint inducers (self-help devices)
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Craniosacral Therapy Association (UK)
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Other Organisations
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Individual sites and search engines
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Neuroscience, Cardiology and Sensory Links
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Other research sites closely related to CST
The different organisations in the CST world mirror the rest of the world
- they say the same things in different language, and so appear to disagree!
I make the comment because you WILL find substantially different views of
CST's history, different jargon, and different ways of applying CST (even
different ideas as to what it actually does and how its done, and even what
it is!) in virtually every CST website you look at.
I have emphasised the Upledger Institute sites, firstly because this was my first
Craniosacral training, and secondly because they tend to describe the CST
process in medical-style jargon - which I feel is more broadly accessible,
and gives a better idea of the medical potential of CST. Thirdly, the UI (Florida) site shows the extent to which modern CST is adapting to the use of sound, working with dolphins, and interfacing with a broad range of therapeutic approaches, such as neuromuscular, manual lymph drainage, zero balancing, and visceral manipulation.
The "Stonework" or
Michael Shea or Karuna Institute descriptions of CST are (perhaps) closer to the process I experience
as a practitioner. If you're having a craniosacral treatment, or any other
kind of complementary therapy for that matter, all this is irrelevant, because
it's what YOU experience that's important.
Upledger sites
Stillpoint inducers (self-help devices)
Craniosacral Therapy Association (UK)
Other Organisations
- Osteopathic center for Children - Viola Frymann in the USA
- Michael Shea
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Mike Boxhall postgraduate CST courses
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Institute
for CranioSacral Integration (Germany - but this part of the website
is in English). Their description of CST is also interesting and useful,
and they provide a useful
links page
(mainly in english)
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For non-Upledger practitioners in the USA, see The CranioSacral Therapy
Association of North America, and also the American Craniosacral Therapy Association - why are there at least four different professional bodies in the US and two in the UK? just dont ask
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Michael Shea (USA) - has taken up the Biodynamic approach to Cranial work developed by WG Southerland in the last 6 years of his life. This site is well worth a visit.
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Ark International (UK) - Courses in Cranial Osteopathy and Kinesiology.
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The Osho Craniosacral School
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School of Cranial Integration
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Cranial
Osteopathy is similar to, but not the same as craniosacral therapy (although
I do know a few cranial and other osteopaths who practice CST) - just as
CST is definitely not osteopathy. (Likewise for
Cranial Chiropractic
- website in Kentucky!). If you asked me to define the difference between
CST and Cranial Osteopathy (CO), I would say that (in general) most CO's
wear white coats, have a steel hydraulic table with a little foot pump thingy,
tend on average to be use a more fixit approach (but not always), and apply CO just to the
head and spine, using more conventional osteopathic interventions for the rest of the body; whereas (in general) most CST'ers wear smart-casual clothes,
use a massage couch with wooden legs, apply CST techniques to the whole body.
Frankly, it's so individual
that it's a far better idea to find a person who you trust rather
than a particular qualification. Personally I have a hydraulic foot pump thingy, and so am probably the exception that proves the rule.
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Cranial Osteopathy articles in french - very interesting for all you linguists
Individual sites and search engines
Neuroscience and Sensory Links
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Neuroanatomy Links
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Brain and Science Links site
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Eric
H Chudlers CNS internet Resources (Brain Facts and Figures)
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Neurosciences on the
Internet
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Whole Brain Atlas - is a collection of pictures of slices of the human brain. It includes normal brains and brains with various diseases. There are also downloadable movies which show changes in the brain over time.
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Cranial Nerves Tutorial
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Autonomic Nervous system
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Journal of Neuroscience online
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the Myelin Project
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Brain-immune network group
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Sighting the First Sense - Designed by students as part of the ThinkQuest Internet Challenge 2000, the site is an informative resource for those interested in the topic of VISION. Sections on: the eye, light, perception and the history behind discovery and inventions connected with vision. The goal of the site : 'to provide a breadth of information related to sight within a simple, fun and interactive environment".Can also be viewed in French, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
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A Dictionary for the study of vision from Lars Liden at Boston University
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http://www.4colorvision.com/ A new (patented) electronic/quantum model for the workings of the eye and neural junctions - worth a look
- Other eyesight and related links -
electrophysiology
Optometrical information
glaucoma foundation
opthalmology periodical
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Seeing, Hearing and Smelling the World - This extensive site from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute 'guides viewers on a journey in to the fascinating world of the senses and the nervous system'. Find out how the brain makes assumptions by the use of illusions and how we see colours.
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The Cochlea - the micromechanics of the inner ear. Includes fancy graphics, such as the wave generated on the cochlea's basilar membrane by a 400-Hz tone, and full-size zipped movies to download.
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Neurosciences Webring
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NEUROSCION - Neuroscience web database and magazine
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Journal of interesting ECG's
(plus other ECG links)
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