11/08/2023
The Holidays are Here! Feeling Stressed?
How CranioSacral therapy can help you cope with stress, tension and anxiety.
At Living Flow Therapy, we practice Craniosacral Therapy (CST) which is a light touch manual therapy that works with the body to promote greater wellbeing and health. It’s a whole of body approach which works to remove restrictions within the cranium and sacrum (head and pelvis) and helps shift the body out of stress mode into a calmer, more relaxed state. Our practitioners use very light no more than 5 grams of pressure to facilitate increased mobility and circulation within the craniosacral system. When the body slows down during a session, it’s like untangling a tightly knotted ball of wool – where the stressed and confused reactions and responses get a chance to unravel and rebalance. Our bodies have an innate ability to self-correct and heal and CST, as a non-invasive therapy allows our mind and body to correct in an absolutely safe, non-medicated way.
The science shows the enormous benefits experienced by a wide range of patients suffering with stress or anxiety related symptoms. At Living Flow Therapy, we encourage patients to seek support early, whatever the source of stress. We all need help from time to time.
Contact us for an appointment at livingflowtherapy.com or if you would like a phone consult to see if CST could be right for you, call 214-364-8345
What does stress do to our body?
Many of our patients arrive at our clinic with the classic but very real symptoms of stress and anxiety. Much of the time, people are aware something isn’t right but aren’t sure what the root cause is, or the extensive litany of symptoms that stress and anxiety can cause to our emotional, spiritual and physical selves. Our patients find themselves manifesting in a myriad of different ways – becoming irritable, restless, suffering from fatigue, chest pains, insomnia and a racing mind amongst many other symptoms, all seemingly unconnected but potentially debilitating if not properly managed.
We try to help our patients understand that it’s normal to feel stressed and anxious in small quantities. It’s when we wait until stress and anxiety become overwhelming that issues start to become more marked in our bodies. In our modern, digital world, stress triggers can exist on a constant level, which stimulates a response in our body. Stress and anxiety stimulate changes in our body and activates our “fight or flight” response, leaving us constantly in an inflammatory response and unable to self-regulate our hormones and responses. In turn, the appearance of mental and physical stress symptoms can cause further stress and perpetuate a vicious circle, people feel unable to break. The beauty of tapping into the CranioSacral System is that we are working with the central nervous system and clients are able to shift from the “fight or flight” sympathetic nervous system to the "rest and digest” parasympathetic nervous system. It is so amazing to see the calm and peace that can flow from therapy sessions.
If you feel that CST could be beneficial for you, we are here to offer help. Please reach out for information or to book and appointment at livingflowtherapy.com or 214-364-8345, or email dianne@livingflowtherapy.com.
