Dr. Kate’s Blog

Wow what a fall ! In September I had the lovely opportunity to take a 5 day craniosacral advanced training with Franklyn Sills in New York City. It was at the Meta center which was a great place for the class; lots of light, and very little sound up on the 16th floor of a beautiful old building in Chelsea. We studied the five stages of shamanism and how they relate to cranial work. My understanding of the work has deepened since the class. Holding the mid-tide and the  long-tide all at once, while sitting in my fulcrums was what I got to experience. There was a piece about the heart that was also very profound.  We skimmed over some research on the scientific measurements of the hearts’ energy field and its energetic axis. Speaking of the heart, one of my favorite T.A.’s who assisted my initial training was there. We picked up like I had seen her the day before, even though I last saw her in 2001. Being with her in the group, in the stillness, was quite nourishing.

After that adventure in learning  I had the pleasure of assisting Cherionna Menzam in a 5 day introductory biodynamic craniosacral class in Vermont. I also enjoyed hearing her perspective on the work. Each teacher seems to bring their own experience to the teachings.

Cherionna brought in some of Emily Conrad’s continuum work. This helped the students experience the expansive parts of biodynamic craniosacral work more easily. Cherionna has quite an extensive educational and life experience background that she brings to her teaching. Her website is www.Cherionna.com . I look forward to having the pleasure of assisting her in a full 2 year training in Nelson, British Columbia. The first module starts over thanksgiving. I will be up in the mountains. I am looking forward to being in the northwest again. I have not been in the northwest since Chiropractic school in 1989. I have heard that Nelson is quite something. On a lake in the mountains, far away from most everything. It is 3 hours north of Spokane Washington. Maybe there will be some snow!

It is quite possible that Cherionna and I will be starting a full training in the Northampton Massachusetts area in the next few years. We are in the process of setting up an intro  class for the spring of 2008.

Lots has happened in the classes; and as you know this work can be difficult to find words for. I do feel that the work is constantly changing. I did learn about myself, and how I work. I noticed that I like to stay grounded in anatomy during sessions. It always helps me stay present.  Being with what is happening anatomically during treatments can be very healing.

I keep reminding myself that I am doing the type of work that Dr. Sutherland did after 40 years of study. I feel so grateful for that. One of my favorite parts of Franklyn’s class was watching him jump up and down saying “this work is not strange, it is real, science has proven it!”  He then spoke of quantum physics, and Newtonian physics; that both exist, both are real, and both make up who we are, and our world.  Right now; in this moment both of these types of physics  exist; and the scientific laws that they operate from are very different. There are bones and then there is the energy that breathes them. As a chiropractor, anatomy and structure make me very happy; especially when coupled with holding the existence of the underlying forces.  I move the bones (Newtonian physics) , and then I track the tides (quantum physics) And then there is the long tide, too big to describe.

Sooooo…. Be patient, get distracted in the moment, don’t look too hard, don’t stare down your life; it will come when you are not looking. Get on the table, breathe, and relax. Your system is connected to all of the intelligence of the great beyond.

P.S. Franklyn did say one thing I found interesting… He said that treatments do not really start doing the deeper work until a person has begun to settle, which is usually after the 6th visit.