HEALTH resides in each of us as an intelligence greater than our own mentality. This “Inherent Health” is never lost and is the true center of all healing processes. Join us to experience your own Inherent Health and to learn essential skills for supporting the Inherent Health in each person.
In this Introductory workshop you’ll explore the basic skills and principles of Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy. You’ll learn body-centered approaches to:
- Settle into your own “practitioner neutral”
- Develop the primary skills of Being and Relationship
- Negotiate safe space and contact
- Expand your perceptual field
- Track subtle motion
You’ll also explore these unique aspects of the Biodynamic skill set:
- The Holistic Shift
- The 3 Tides
- Levels of Stillness
- Inherent Health
- The Inherent Treatment Plan
And you’ll have the opportunity to do bodywork exchanges every day of class.
You can take this workshop with no obligation to join our full Foundation Training, which begins April 24-26, 2025 in San Rafael. However, if you do enroll in the 3+ year training, you can use your Intro class days as make-up days for any days missed during the training.
Location and Other Particulars
Introduction to Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy will be held:
In Cram Hall at
St. John’s Episcopal Church
40 5th Street, Petaluma, CA
Dates: January 23-25, 2025
Time: Class is held from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm daily.
Cost: Tuition is $525, or $510 if you bring a massage table for use in class.
About the Presenter
Gary Peterson is a Registered Craniosacral Therapist (RCST ®) who has been teaching and practicing energy therapies for over 40 years. He teaches Craniosacral Therapy trainings, Polarity Therapy trainings, Settling ® trainings and Working with Babies classes at various locations around the United States, as well birth surround workshops and other therapeutic work for the nervous system.
His teaching and private practice are inspired by his strong desire to understand and alleviate the deep causes of suffering found with stress and trauma to the nervous system. He is especially motivated to help babies, moms and their families to resolve the crippling effects of traumas and stresses that happen during gestation, birth and early neonatal life.
Gary studied Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy with Franklyn Sills, a pioneer in the field of Craniosacral Biodynamics and author of several books in the field. Gary also studied Prenatal and Birth Therapy with Ray Castellino, himself a pioneer in the field of resolving birth traumas and imprints for babies and their families.
Gary’s first book, Settling: Simple Ways to Calm Your Nervous System, will be published soon. This self-help manual gives you a set of vital skills for regulating your nervous system in order to experience greater health, balance and relaxation.
Gary and his wife Bonnie have 3 grown children and 2 grandchildren, and live in Sebastopol, CA.
Questions? Feel free to contact Gary at gary.peterson@starinstitute.us
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$525 without table • $510 with massage table discount