Biodynamic Cranio Sacral Therapy with Sophie

13/08/2025

Paying tribute to a giant in the field of biodynamic craniosacral therapy or craniosacral biodynamics as he called his practice.

Franklyn Sills died yesterday. He was an outstanding man, practitioner, teacher and author who seemed to work and live through this deep listening practice. I was lucky enough to attend a five day postgrad seminar held at the Karuna Institute which he and his first wife Maura Sills founded in Devon.

I remember the demos between him and his second wife, Cherionna Menzam Sills, also a BCST and my supervisor for many years. The spaciousness, the potency, what we call Long Tide, a slow rhythm of inhale and exhale that is everywhere in the natural world settling in the whole room. And the Stillness ✨thick and palpable.

All of us attendees received a session each time these two worked on each other. It was incredible.

I remember his lightness (he was a Qi Gong and Tai Chi practitioner too and had once been a Buddhist monk), his wonderful childlike smile with sparkling eyes, his passion for and devotion to craniosacral biodynamics. He wrote many books and the seminar I attended was named after one of them: Being and Becoming.

He greatly influenced the development of the biodynamic craniosacral field coining terms like the ‘holistic shift’, and way before others centering the quality of this whole person-centred practice on establishing a safe ‘relational field’ between client and practitioner.

He was a master, truly, and will be dearly missed by our whole community. May he rest in peace and may his beautiful legacy continue to flourish.

✨Thank you Franklyn Sills ✨

12/08/2025

Paying tribute to a giant in the field of biodynamic craniosacral therapy or craniosacral biodynamics as he called his practice.

Franklyn Sills died yesterday. He was an outstanding man, practitioner, teacher and author who seemed to work and live through this deep listening practice. I was lucky enough to attend a five day postgrad seminar held at the Karuna Institute which he and his first wife Maura Sills founded in Devon.

I remember the demos between him and his second wife, Cherionna Menzam Sills, also a BCST and my supervisor for many years. The spaciousness, the potency, what we call Long Tide, a slow rhythm of inhale and exhale that is everywhere in the natural world settling in the whole room. And the Stillness ✨thick and palpable.

All of us attendees received a session each time these two worked on each other. It was incredible.

I remember his lightness (he was a Qi Gong and Tai Chi practitioner too and had once been a Buddhist monk), his wonderful childlike smile with sparkling eyes, and his passion and devotion for craniosacral biodynamics. He wrote many books and the seminar I attended was named after one of them: Being and Becoming.

He greatly influenced the development of the biodynamic craniosacral field coining terms like the ‘holistic shift’ (the video below explains it in his own words) and way before others centering the quality of this whole person-centred practice on establishing a safe ‘relational field’ between client and practitioner.

He was a master, truly, and will be dearly missed by our whole community. May he rest in peace and may his beautiful legacy continue to flourish.

✨Thank you Franklyn Sills ✨

A collection of clips from the Craniosacral Biodynamics recordings with Franklyn Sills, pioneering teacher of Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy. Sets available...

08/08/2025

So so so lucky and thrilled to have sailed by these magical beings off the coast of Gloucester, MA. Humpback and Fin Whales, Harbour Seals, and White-sided Dolphins ♥️♥️♥️ Forever etched in@my memory, thank you for sharing this unforgettable gift!

A blend of pure slow and sheer might as we heard that a Humpback exhalation is a hurricane of 200mph!

My excitement and joy rippled in grounded presence tuning in to their ancient rhythms while watching them.

So completely at one with their environment, so at peace and tranquil as they gorged on phytoplankton.

Feeling so blessed ✨

Thank you ✨💚✨

28/07/2025

To the Cranial Community - we have just received the following message from Maura Sills - she asked us to pass it on.

Dear Friends and Colleagues,
I write to let you know that Franklyn has been in hospital for about 10 days with initially fear that he had sepsis and then they also found out he had pneumonia.
Cherionna, his wife, along with close family have been with him every day. We are hoping he gets transferred to a closer hospital for rehabilitation. However he is incredibly frail and weak and sleeps a great deal.
I wonder if I could ask you to keep him in your hearts and meditations during this worrying time. I would be so deeply grateful. For those of you who trained with him I know you will have so many warm memories.

love, Maura

26/06/2025

25/06/2025

Greek island? Nope east coast of Ireland

04/06/2025

We had such a wonderful time last Saturday singing and resonating with the trees and other plants by the holy well in Glendalough and in Glendalough Sanctuary.

Thank you to all who attended, to the land, to the plant and human teachers for the magic, connection, curiosity and awe 🙏🏻💚✨🌿

Thank you to .dempsey.167 Rachel Dempsey for a perfect combo 🫶🏼🌿🎶

My next sensing and foraging adventure will be exploring the hedgerows of old Delgany on Saturday 14th June from 2-5 pm

Hope you can join me! Here is more info here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/sensing-and-foraging-with-sophie-tickets-1381602382919?aff=oddtdtcreator

Thank you to Sofia Arteaga for most of the pics 🫶🏼🙏🏻

24/05/2025

Integrity. A word burdened with so many meanings. It comes from the Latin word "integritas," which means "wholeness" or "completeness". We can hear ‘entire’ or ‘entirety’ in it. Our craniosacral therapeutic work applies it in its original meaning, a body’s integration points to a felt sense of wholeness and coherence within strengthened, more defined boundaries. This renewal of self hails: ‘I am home!’, ‘I safely inhabit the whole of me’ as you are more able to be with all of you, your past history and current challenges.

From being unable to cope with ‘too much’ in their lives someone will leave a session saying “I feel so much clearer and stronger now, thank you!”

I had felt it arising as I held and supported change, and can see it radiating in their whole self as they come back to sitting with their shoulders and face more open and relaxed, their eyes sparkling.

I’m left with such gratitude for this awesome work, for witnessing the transformative forces of Health at play in the body and mind.

Thank you!

20/05/2025

In a Dock jungle

18/05/2025

We are all Palestinians!

Thousands marched in Dublin today to call for a conplete stop to this genocide.

A group of us sang songs like Don’t numb to this, Free Palestine and I believe in the goodness of you…
as part of , a brilliant initiative by Rachel Dempsey

Here is the link for more info and if you’d like to join us: https://fullcirclechange.ie/singing_for_change_ireland/

01/05/2025

Bealtaine Blessings to you!

Feeling truly blessed 🌿✨💚🌿✨🌞💚