Three Rivers Craniosacral Therapy

01/09/2025

Summer turns to autumn and the schools are back, summer may have been wonderful but it can be an exhausting few months for some, supporting children and grandchildren, teens and exam / results / university stress - would a Craniosacral session be helpful in this transition?

Last minute availability for 2 remaining Biodynamic Craniosacral therapy sessions this week.

Next availabilty is in the week commencing 15th September

Book a 20min resonance call to meet with me and discuss how Biodynamic Craniosacral could be right for you

Tel | Text | WhatsApp 07950263471

To find out more - including video excerpts of my public talks on Craniosacral therapy - visit

https:/www.threeriverscraniosacral.co.uk/craniosacraltherapistbenash

01/09/2025

I love the creative process of preparing materials for teaching ~ revisiting my notes and sources ~ finding rekindled inspirations ~ fresh perspectives ~ drawing it all together enough to share with students of this Biodynamic craniosacral practice! I think these images are wonderful, there’s so much movement in them! I found this in a secondhand bookshop - John Raynes - Figure drawing and Anatomy for the Artist. As a dance artist and Cranial practitioner it caught my eye straight away!

Ben has 30 years of professional experience as a somatic practitioner and educator in Craniosacral therapy and creative arts contexts, facilitating experiential movement explorations that deepen our capacity to be with what arises as experience in the body with agency and presence.

Stay tuned details of my EmbodyStudy workshop this Autumn - Nov 15th

28/08/2025

Spending a bit of time slowing down and being still with the tide over the long weekend.

Resourcing ourselves outside of the therapeutic space so we can be grounded and present in the space is a fundamental practice that safe therapists cultivate, enabling us to hold and listen with safety and compassion.

Craniosacral therapy can support you to experience the depths of stillness and movement that are the expressions of your fundamental health, your original nature.

We are so busy doing, doing takes effort! Being is not doing, Being is a state of profound rest and luminous clarity. To connect with health through Being can be inhereantly restorative. Through relaxing tensions and resetting the nervous system, bringing reneewed perspectives, increased vitality, reduction in fatigue, greater resilience and the flexability to meet all the varied dynamics of the ups and downs of life.

Find out more about Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy at Three Rivers Craniosacral Therapy in Rickmansworth

22/08/2025

Appointments available next week
Thursday 28th 11 | 5.30
Friday 29th 10 | 11.15
Contact - threeriverscranio@gmail.com
Tel | Text | WhatsApp 07950 263471

20/08/2025

I really enjoy sharing the practice of Craniosacral Therapy with others! In this brief extract I'm discussing what in Biodynamic practice we call the Inherent Treatmenrt Plan. Taken from my evening public talk earlier this spring with Rohanna Eade of Kineticore Pilates.

If you like these videos and find them informative in shedding light on and demystifying what cranioscaral therapy is (as it can be a bit tricky to explain!) do like comment and share as a way of increasing awareness - more content is avaiable on my website at -
https://www.threeriverscraniosacral.co.uk/

For appointment availabillity or to arrange to meet with me for a 15 minute resonance chat to discuss any questions you may have about Craniosacral therapy and how it could support you

threeriverscranio@gmail.com

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Go Well!

Ben Ash rcst | bcst

18/08/2025

This subtle yet profound touch- based therapy is founded on negotiating safety and nonjudgemental acceptance in the relational field.

Craniosacrsal therapy can help you recover your inner balance and calm through promoting wellbeing at physiological, emotional and psychological levels, settling the nervous system back into homeostasis and optimizing energy levels.

Led at the pace of the wisdom of your body, over time and through regular sessions you can begin to unfold and release from patterns that no longer serve you well to rediscover your pristine health.

To book an intial appointment or arrange to talk to me via a 15 minute call / online to discuss any questions you may have about Craniosacral therapy and whether it might be a good fit for you

Tel | Text | WhatApp 07950263471

threeriverscranio@gmail.com

Go well

Ben Ash rcst | bcst

15/08/2025

'It literally looks like nothing is going on!!' Craniosacral therapy with Babies, an extract from my Three Rivers Craniosacral therapy public talk in May.

When working with babies who are experiencing difficulties one of the greatest challenges can the initial healthy scepticism from Mum and Dad.. 'It doesn't look like he's actually doing anything does it?' 'why are we paying for this?' It's an important part of the practice to accept, embrace and normalize this protective response, after all, it's their baby! Mums and Dads are right to check things out thoroughly!

Sometimes they 'get it' very quickly, often through just observing how the baby responds to the work in the treatment and afterwards at home. Other times it's more a process of gently educating parents about how cranio works. Sadly, sometimes doubts and mistrust are firmly held and those babies are unable to get the support that could help them, but more often than not, I find often in as litlle as 3 or 4 treatments, a lot can happen.

Difficulties that parents might bring Babies and their parents to me for Craniosacal therapy include -

Irritabillity, contsant crying, sleeping problems, 'difficult' overwhelming births including C-section, early infant feeding problems including colic and reflux, and bonding dynamics with parents and siblings.

For bookings or to arrange a 15 minute resonance call please contact me on
threeriverscranio@gmail.com
Tel | Text | WhatsApp 07950263471

Go well!

Ben Ash rsct bcst

08/08/2025

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and Somatic embodiment integration with Ben Ash at Three Rivers Craniosacral Therapy | Rickmansworth WD3 | Sunbury TW16

Compassionate Presence | Stillness and Movement | Unfolding through Embryological developmental movement processes

Interested? Get in touch to book a 15 minute resonance call and find out more

email for appointments availability

Go well!

Ben Ash

Image - Camilla Greenwell 📷

04/08/2025

Appointments available this week
Wednesday 4.15 | 5.30
Thursday 12 | 2.30
Contact - threeriverscranio@gmail.com
Tel | Text | WhatsApp 07950 263471

31/07/2025

Sometimes the greatest challenge is in taking the first step to trying something, especially when it’s new. We might feel sceptical, have reservations or doubts, that’s normal! But if we can never try, we’ll never know. The body knows or remembers what feeling safe feels like. If we can take the step to directly experience Craniosacral Therapy, then we can decide whether this is or isn't a good fit for us by listening to how the body responds as the therapy unfolds.

Sharing this generous feedback testimonial from a new client who had been recommended by a long-term client of mine that Craniosacral therapy could be helpful for them during the challenges they were facing. They'd never experienced anything like Craniosacral Therapy before, so it was initially a bit of a leap of faith to try it out. Over a series of sessions, they came to experience the therapy and notice how it was supporting them in the sessions and having a wider impact into their life.

30/07/2025

The Biodynamic Craniosacral therapy clinic remains open over the summer holiday!

To learn more about Three Rivers Craniosacral Therapy through a 15 minute conversation or arrange an initial assessment appointment please contact

threeriverscranio@gmail.com Tel | Text | WhatsApp 07950263471

https://www.threeriverscraniosacral.co.uk/

29/07/2025

I love this post, such clear information for use in clinical practice with BCST. I have an area of special interest in morphogenesis - the process of how we develop our structure and form as the embryo - through cellular, tissue and organ relationships and differentiations.

Biodynamic Craniosacral therapy enables the therapist to listen to the expressions of the relationships and patterns between the jaw and the illea at the level of compensation patterns in posture, the fascia and CNS, the reciprocal tension membrane of the Dura, and the embryonic origins of the oral and cloacal membranes.

This deep listening and witnessing through presence provides the therapeutic environment for patterns to reorient to their original unfoldment during Morphogenesis, the original blueprint of health.

Find out more and experience the depth and grace of biodynamic craniosacral therapy

Go well!

Ben Ash RCST | BCST

threerivercranio@gmail.com

Tel | Text | WhatsApp 07950263471

Most people don’t realize your jaw and pelvis are linked. Not just through posture or movement habits, but through your developmental blueprint.

Around day 15 of embryonic development, two critical areas begin to form: the oropharyngeal membrane, which becomes the mouth, and the cloacal membrane, which becomes the openings of the digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems.

The spine grows between them establishing a physical and neurological connection that lasts your entire life.
This connection continues through fascia and the central nervous system. The dural tube, which surrounds and protects the spinal cord, creates a continuous communication pathway from your jaw down to your sacrum.

When there’s tension or misalignment in the jaw whether from clenching, TMJ dysfunction, or altered bite it changes head posture. Your body compensates to keep balance, often by tilting the pelvis or shifting your weight.

Over time, these small changes can show up as chronic hip pain, pelvic instability, or forward head posture.
There’s also a functional link: the jaw and pelvic floor are both involved in how your body stabilizes the spine. They’re part of your core system.

If your jaw is clenched, chances are your pelvic floor is either overactive or not firing properly. This affects posture, breath control, and how your nervous system regulates tension.

Posture isn’t just a matter of standing tall. It’s a full-body coordination between systems that started forming before you were even born.

Read our full blog jaw and body are connected, link in bio ☝🏻




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