Nourishing Tides Craniosacral, 14 yungarup Place, Byron Bay (2026)

21/01/2026

The maxilla forms the center of the face —
paired bones, midline suture,
shaping the upper palate,
the floor of the orbit &
the walls of the nasal cavity

It is not a single function.
It is a meeting place.

The maxilla holds the upper teeth,
yet remains porous.
Sinuses hollow its body,
lightening the skull,
allowing resonance,
space for breath and voice.

It articulates with many —
zygoma, palatine, nasal, lacrimal,
ethmoid, frontal.
Connection is its form and function.

Fascia and mucosa line its surfaces.
The maxilla responds to pressure,
to swallowing,
to tongue posture,
to the slow forces of breath and gravity.

In extension maxilla narrows,
the palate lifts and Nasal airflow diminishes.
The eye orbit narrows
The face lengthens

When the maxilla goes into flexion
the midface softens.
The sinuses aerate.
The orbits feel supported from below.
Breath finds volume again.

This is not cosmetic —
this is orientation.

The maxilla is the bridge
between nourishment and perception.
What we take in
shapes how we see.
What we cannot receive
hardens into structure.

15/01/2026

Still Point: What Do You Think Is Really Happening?

In my experience, a still point is a transition into a different brainwave state—often Theta—where the nervous system gains access to deeper information held within the body’s biofields and consciousness. This is where deep reorganization occurs and something shifts.
That stillness feels like the center of the center—For me, this is Soul space, where everything is accessible. As practitioners, we are privileged to hold this space in reverence so clients can enter that beautiful emptiness and receive exactly what they need.
After 20 years of Cranial work, the magic of that everything/nothing space still amazes and humbles me
So I’m curious—what do you think is really happening in still point? I have heard so many amazing experiences including :

ancestral or familial memories
genetic or epigenetic echoes
Jung’s collective unconscious
quantum entanglement or a universal data bank
or something we don’t yet have language for?
I believe these experiences are real, whatever framework we use to understand them. Stillness has consistently opened a gateway to the inner self and to profound insight into the relationship between body, mind, and soul.
I was taught craniosacral as a sacred bodywork, yet what has revealed itself over decades has taken this work far beyond my original training. It continues to amaze me, guide me, and deepen my devotion to this path.
I’d love to hear from fellow practitioners:
What do you experience in still point, and how has your understanding evolved over time?

01/01/2026

As we begin a new year , we are invited to soften our striving and return to health , just as we are .
“Modern medicine’s obsession to fight disease and eliminate symptoms without considering their underlying origins reveals a basic trust in the deep intelligence of the body. “ Micheal Kern
Each moment we have the opportunity to pause long enough to feel that intelligence moving — a subtle tide beneath the noise of effort and control. The Breath of Life does not demand fixing; it asks for relationship. In stillness, it organizes, unwinds, and remembers its original blueprint. Healing emerges not from force, but from listening to the quiet rhythms that breathe us into being .
Wishing you all a beautiful new year x

17/12/2025

As we close out 2025, I’m celebrating with my students and our craniosacral family not only what we have learned, but what we have released.

This Universal Year 9 felt like a collective unwinding — old patterns surfacing, softening, and dissolving. Many of you felt this through your hands: the stories held in tissue, the quiet guidance of the midline, the way true presence creates space for change.

Now we step into 2026, a Universal Year 1 — the moment after the stillpoint. In craniosacral therapy, the stillpoint is where time seems to pause, the craniosacral rhythm falls into deep silence, and the body remembers its innate blueprint of health. From that stillness, reorganization begins. New motion returns. Vision sharpens.

Just as the body reorients around the midline, this year invites us to reorient around our truth. A new cycle begins — guided by presence, trust, and the quiet intelligence within.

14/12/2025

The Occiput — The Gate of Dawn

The occiput forms the back and base of the skull — the place where the brainstem meets the spinal cord through the foramen magnum.

Here, the craniosacral rhythm begins its flow: cerebrospinal fluid rises and falls like a tide between brain and spine.
It’s home to the medulla oblongata, the keeper of primal rhythms — breath, heartbeat, and survival reflexes.

09/12/2025

Suspended in the throat, the hyoid is the only bone in the body that touches no other.
Anchored by fascia and muscle, it moves with every breath, swallow, and word — translating inner vibration into voice.

In craniosacral work, it is the gateway of expression — where physiology meets spirit.
When the hyoid softens, truth moves freely through the body, and the voice becomes clear, unguarded, alive.

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01/12/2025

BRIDGE & THE TIDES OF THE INNER SEA

Deep beneath the base of the skull, past the muscles that steer your gaze and lift your head, lies a small but powerful connection — a slender bridle of tissue called the Myodural Bridge, the quiet architect of movement in the brain’s inner oceans.

The myodural bridge is a small band of connective tissue that links the deep suboccipital muscles at the base of your skull directly to the dura mater—the protective covering around your brain and spinal cord.

The cerebrospinal fluid is the tidewater of the nervous system. It cushions, nourishes, cleanses, and carries signals like moonlit currents across the shores of the brain and spinal cord. Yet even tides need guides. Even oceans need boundaries.
And here, at the meeting place of head and neck, the MDB acts as both anchor and oar for those currents.

Every time those tiny neck muscles move (when you turn your head, nod, breathe, or stabilize your posture), the MDB gently pulls on the dura. This subtle tension creates small pressure shifts inside the dural space, helping guide cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) through the cisterna magna and into the upper spinal canal.
The MDB isn’t a pump—but it translates movement into flow, turning the natural motion of the neck into gentle support for CSF circulation.

24/11/2025

2026 Training Dates Announced!
🌿 Northern Rivers, NSW | July 8–12, 2026 🌿

This will be the only Level 1 Craniosacral Training in 2026 — and some exciting changes are coming! From next year, I’ll be offering just one new cohort every two years.

Level 1 can be taken as a stand-alone immersion or as the first step into the Year-Long Therapist Certification Program — limited to 12 places.

A 500-hour journey blending group study, mentorship, and deep personal transformation — fully recognised by the International Institute of Complementary Therapists (IICT).

🌀 Applications are now open — if you feel the call

17/11/2025

Many people think gut problems like bloating, SIBO, or chronic digestive discomfort are purely about food, bacteria, or supplements. But for so many, the missing piece is much deeper: the state of the nervous system and the condition of the psoas. The psoas isn’t just a hip-flexor muscle tucked somewhere near the pelvis — it’s an emotional, intuitive, deeply wired structure connected to the diaphragm, the spine, the vagus nerve, and our most primitive survival responses. When it’s chronically tight from stress, bracing, trauma, or years of living in a “fight-or-flight” state, it can directly influence how well the gut functions. A constricted psoas can restrict blood flow, create tension around the diaphragm that limits breathing, keep the body stuck in sympathetic activation, and disrupt gut motility — all of which can make chronic gut issues extremely difficult to resolve. This is why so many people try every supplement, every protocol, and every restrictive diet, yet never fully heal: their system is still bracing from the inside out.
There’s also a huge misconception that the only way to release the psoas is through deep, painful pressure. But as Liz Koch’s work consistently emphasizes, the psoas is not a muscle you can bully or force into submission. Koch often describes the psoas as more of a “messenger” or “sensor” than a typical muscle — one that responds to safety, awareness, and subtlety rather than force. When you dig aggressively into the psoas, the body interprets it as a threat, and the psoas reflexively tightens in protection. This is why so many people feel worse, not better, after intense psoas work. True release happens only when the body feels safe enough to let go. Pressure doesn’t create that safety — presence does. (Read More in comments )

09/11/2025

The Temporal Bone — Chamber of Time
At the heart of our hearing lies a sacred rhythm.
The temporal bone cradles the cochlea — a spiral temple where vibration becomes perception, and sound transforms into experience.

In craniosacral practice, this bone moves like the tide — a gentle breath shaping our sense of balance, orientation, and time.
When the temporal bones move in harmony, the nervous system listens.
When they find stillness, the whole being remembers.

🌀 Listen not just with your ears, but with your bones.

06/11/2025

a stillpoint is the sacred pause in the body’s rhythmic tide — the brief silence between the inhale and the exhale of the Primary Respiratory Mechanism.

Physiologically, it’s a moment when the cranial rhythmic impulse (the subtle motion of the brain, spinal cord, and cerebrospinal fluid) slows, suspends, and reorganizes. The dural membranes, the cranial sutures, and even the micro-glides of the sacrum fall into a deep equilibrium.
The nervous system shifts — from vigilance to surrender. Parasympathetic tone rises, blood flow harmonizes, and the body begins to self-correct.

But beneath the biology lies something older — something sacred.
In the stillpoint, the tides of cerebrospinal fluid become the tides of creation itself. The body becomes a shoreline between matter and spirit. In that pause, the breath of the Earth and the breath of the cranial field are one.

The ancient rhythms — the ones that guide the heartbeat, the circadian dance, the lunar pull — all seem to stop and listen.
And in that listening, the system remembers what wholeness feels like.

14/09/2025

There is no known biological or physical mechanism for true telepathy as it is commonly imagined. However, some research using brain-computer interfaces has demonstrated the ability to transfer simple intentions or thoughts between individuals, though this is distinct from natural telepathy. Brain regions like the anterior cingulate, precuneus, and frontal areas may be involved in receiving thoughts, while paranormal studies have suggested correlations with the right cerebral hemisphere for both recipients and those with “telepathic ability”. Current theories focus on technologically mediated or “wired” communication rather than a natural biological process.
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A yogi’s brain exhibits increased gray matter volume in areas like the somatosensory cortex, hippocampus, and insula, which correlate with the body’s mental map, stress dampening, and pain tolerance. There’s also increased functional connectivity between regions involved in self-awareness and emotional processing, and decreased amygdala activity suggests reduced negative reactions to stimuli. These structural and functional changes are linked to improved attention, emotional regulation, and pain tolerance due to neuroplasticity and increased BDNF levels.

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