Cranio Kent

09/01/2026

Not all hurt people hurt people...
🌱 Some spend their lives making sure no one else feels what they once felt.
They know the weight of pain, rejection, abandonment, or loss — and instead of passing it on, they soften. They listen. They protect.

🔁 Some break cycles that were handed to them.
They look at the patterns of anger, neglect, violence, or silence and say, “It ends with me.” That choice alone takes immense courage.

🏡 Some build safe spaces.
Because they know what it feels like to have none. They become the calm voice, the gentle presence, the place where others can finally breathe.

🔥 Some turn pain into purpose.
What wounded them becomes wisdom. What broke them becomes compassion. Their scars don’t harden them — they deepen them.

💗 Hurt people don’t just hurt people.
Many of the most loving souls you’ll ever meet have walked through darkness and refused to let it define how they treat others.

From a Buddhist perspective, suffering is not the end — it is the teacher.
The Buddha taught that dukkha (suffering) is part of life, but how we relate to it determines whether it multiplies or transforms. When pain is met with awareness, it becomes understanding. When it is met with compassion, it becomes healing.

🌸 One who has truly seen suffering often develops karuna — deep compassion — not because they are weak, but because they understand.

Hurt people don’t just hurt people.
✨ Hurt people heal people too — when they choose mindfulness over reaction, compassion over cruelty, and wisdom over resentment.

And that choice…
is awakening in action.

05/01/2026

The fabulous Sue Pritchard - Writer, a big fan of CST.

This is the face of a woman who's feeling the most relaxed she's felt in years.

As I reminded Sarah from Cranio Kent this afternoon, it's almost a year to the day since I had my first craniosacral therapy (CST) session with her. And back then I honestly thought I'd only ever have one session - I was merely carrying out research for an article and as I'd never had any kind of therapy before, I didn't think I needed it.

But how wrong was I? I am now a fully converted fan! Although I've always journalled and previously had some wonderful reiki healing, as well as beautiful meditation sessions, nothing seems to work for me like CST.

As Dr Tara Swart explains in her book called The Signs, somatic therapies such as CST can release the trauma we often hold in our bodies. Along with osteopathy, acupuncture, reflexology, tai chi or qigong, CST 'can provide you with emotional release, healing and intuitive insight in a way that is different to talking therapies or journalling'.

And I couldn't agree more.

Have you ever tried any therapies like this? Or have any tips about what helps you to relax?

If you're intrigued and want to find out more about CST, you can get more information from the Craniosacral Therapy Association UK - CSTA

You can also read my blog article on my website. I'll put the link in the comments.

And let's start the year as we mean to go on by putting self-care at top of our to do lists.

04/01/2026

If Dr Chattergee says so….

02/01/2026

What you are really suffering is memory replaying what has ended and imagination projecting what may never happen. The mind keeps dragging you backward into regret, guilt, and unfinished conversations, or pushing you forward into fear, anxiety, and endless “what ifs.”

🌿 The mind is a powerful storyteller — but not always a truthful one.

It convinces you that revisiting the past will fix it.
It tells you that worrying about the future will protect you.
In reality, both steal your peace right now.

Buddhist wisdom teaches that suffering arises when the mind abandons the present moment. When awareness is lost, the mind wanders — and suffering follows.

🧠 Memory is not the past.
🧠 Imagination is not the future.
They are thoughts happening now.

The problem is not thinking — the problem is believing every thought.

✨ Freedom begins the moment you stop living inside these stories and return to what is actually happening.

Right now: • You are breathing
• Your heart is beating
• Your body is here
• Life is unfolding in this very moment

This moment may not be perfect — but it is real.
And only what is real can be worked with, healed, and lived.

🧘 Presence doesn’t erase pain — it prevents unnecessary suffering.
🕊️ Awareness doesn’t change the past — it loosens its grip.
🌱 Being here doesn’t solve tomorrow — it gives you strength to meet it.

Life is not happening in yesterday’s memory.
Life is not happening in tomorrow’s fear.

Life is happening now — quietly, steadily, patiently waiting for you to return.

When you stop fighting time and start inhabiting this moment, something softens. The body relaxes. The mind clears. Peace becomes possible.

Come back.
This moment is enough.

24/12/2025

🎄 Ending 2025 with lots of gratitude to all my clients and wishing you all a peaceful Christmas.🎄

21/12/2025

23/11/2025

Your differences are your superpower. Embrace what makes you unique, stand tall in your truth, and show up for yourself and what you believe in. You are unstoppable.

19/11/2025

Have a look at Sue's website, she a great writer, interesting and humorous. Sue Pritchard - Writer
https://www.suepritchardwriter.co.uk/blog/be-more-open-try-new-things?fbclid=IwY2xjawOK6QNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETEyVDBYaW5UNWVuclZNdldjc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHsx4tnIZu8smljeNSsSaLcKuHKvnMwrbB5GlafdAj_06Ah7iF_z3z6h_SphR_aem_IwL-UmcYjz57rmDqS8C0uw

I first met Sarah Johnson from Cranio Kent about eight years ago, when my daughter was suffering from post-concussion syndrome after a horse riding accident. Although amazed by the wonders of craniosacral therapy back then, I didn’t think I’d also go on to have treatment myself.

But, as my recent interview with Sarah discusses, life throws so many things at us over the years we often struggle to process them. Maybe we don’t think we need to. Or maybe we’re afraid to dig too deep and so bury them within.

When I booked my first treatment back in January this year, I honestly thought it would be a one-off, merely providing me with a writing opportunity.

How wrong was I?!

As Sarah says we all need a toolkit to get us through life and I’ve just discovered that craniosacral therapy is one of the tools I’m now keeping in mine.

Dr Tara Swart even gives it a mention in her fabulous book called The Signs.

Describing craniosacral therapy as being a somatic therapy (somatic means of the living body and relates to the mind-body exchange), Tara explains how such therapies can release trauma held in the body, providing emotional release, healing and intuitive insight in a different way to talking therapies and journaling.

To find out more about the wonders of craniosacral therapy and my experiences of it, have a read of my recent blog article (see the link in the comments or my bio).

And I’m not on any commission! I’m just keen to spread the word in the hope it may help others. Please feel free to share as well.



Craniosacral Therapy Association UK - CSTA

14/11/2025

Embodiment gives us a way back home to ourselves, after trauma

With trauma and pain and dissociative experiences take us away from feeling, which means we tend to have the habit of including less in our sense of ourselves. Areas of our body become unavailable - and we move away from them because they’re painful, or we don’t like them.

In my clinic work, when I invite people who are working with trauma to try to connect with their body, they often have a sense of being outside looking in, or sitting somehow to the side of themselves.

Embodiment tools help us to guide ourselves back from this sense of disconnection, to a lived experience of occupying the space bounded by our skin, and I have seen that this predicts less pain, less anxiety, as well as more choice, more effectiveness, and higher performance in all of life’s tasks.

Embodiment tools form a key focus on my two-year Art of Touch biodynamic craniosacral therapy (BCST) training. If you’d like to explore this approach to safe, relational touch either to add a new modality to your work as a health professional, or as well as a way to start a career in an exciting and evolving therapy, please join us for an intro session.

10/11/2025

💆‍♂️ Just to say, I am still a practising Craniosacral Therapist!

💚 Having always had a busy clinical practice myself, helping other therapists to achieve their professional goals has always been a passion on mine. I have done this through tutoring, qualifying as a clinical supervisor and more recently by creating the system of support which is Prospering Practices.

😍 However, my love for the hands on side of the work continues as much today as it ever has, so please do reach out. Details in bio 😍

07/09/2025

25/08/2025

I will soon be stepping off the roof of St Thomas' Hospital... might anyone sponsor me please, I'd really appreciate it. In aid of
The Evelina Children's Hospital which does such amazing work.
https://fundraise.evelinacharity.org.uk/pf/sarah-johnson?fbclid=IwY2xjawMZJ21leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHsJQiNMTYZaMvtnKg5VaEEMQ2nCapoh3qzKwyKwV8fZcZax2DNnKMpwjva-D_aem_PCSxMb-JDy1kd-V6omMu0w

I'm taking on the St Thomas' Abseil 2025 in support of the dedicated Evelina London team and the compassionate, trailblazing care they offer to over 103,000 children each year. I must be bloomin' mad.