Sacred Art Massage and Craniosacral Therapy

12/15/2025

Hello and Happy Holidays, Beautiful Souls
As we round the corner into the New Year I would like to let you all know of a few happenings and changes I have lined up.

First, I am running a promotion right now for 10% off my Nervous System Reset when purchased now through February 15th, 2026. If I could recommend any service to my clients, it would be this one! This session involves a sequence of Biodynamic Craniosacral holds while the client is in a prone (facedown) position. Using gentle touch on the feet and spinal vertebrae, I look for facilitated segments throughout the vertebral column and work with the body's innate healer to calm, soothe and bring balance to the nerves in these areas. Parasympathetic tone is achieved allowing the body to resume digestion, the breath slows and deepens, thoughts quiet, and the entire body, mind and spirit benefits from this beautiful work.

You can find more details on this promotion and my other services by clicking this link: https://www.massagebook.com/SacredArtTherapeutics/massage/deals/10-Off-Nervous-System-Reset-Through-February-15th/191077

Second, I will be raising my hourly rate as of January 1st, 2026 from $80 an hour to $90 an hour ($135 for 90 minute sessions). I think it is important that my prices remain affordable to all who resonate with and need this work, and will continue to keep my prices affordable for as long as this economy will let me.

Third, I have been feeling called more and more to focus on my work in the Craniosacral field. I began my career in massage with the intention of fully immersing myself in Craniosacral Therapy in the near future, and I believe the time is right for me to begin that shift. I will be taking off the option to book a massage session from my website for new and referred clients. If you would like to schedule a massage with me, or have any questions about my availability, please do not hesitate to call or text me at (425)588-8485.

Last but definitely not least, I want to send my gratitude out to all of you, my wonderful and amazing clients, for your support of my business and your beautiful light that you have shared with me these past few years. I consider it a sacred honor to do this work and I couldn't do what I love without you.

Go out and do good things, beautiful souls.

All My Best,

Ciera McLendon, LMT, CCST
Sacred Art Therapeutics PLLC

p.s. I know this time of the year can be really intense for many. Sometimes it feels like the whole world is in turmoil in one form or another, and the holidays can compound feelings of grief and loneliness. I don't have all the answers for all the things, much as I would like to. But I do know that there is much good in this world, that humanity in all of it's diversity and culture brings with it so much joy if we allow ourselves to view it, and through the love of ourselves and our neighbors we will get through these challenging times as a people and step into something unimaginably joyful, loving and light-filled. For this too, shall pass.

03/03/2025

“Derived from osteopathic manipulative treatment, CST consists of mindful, non-invasive fascial palpation techniques applied between the cranium and sacrum [8, 9]. Besides releasing myofascial structures, CST intends to normalize sympathetic nerve activity, often increased in chronic pain patients, by modifying craniosacral body rhythms [10, 11]. Reducing physiological arousal and switching to the parasympathetic mode [12] has been shown to enhance the body’s ability for physiological regulation and tissue relaxation [13–17], and to decrease chronic pain [18, 19]. “

Read the full review here:

To systematically assess the evidence of Craniosacral Therapy (CST) for the treatment of chronic pain. PubMed, Central, Scopus, PsycInfo and Cinahl were searched up to August 2018. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing the effects of CST in ...

02/06/2025

“There is no tissue in the body that is as ubiquitous as connective tissue, and as it migrates and develops in various forms in various locations, its “connective” qualities cannot be overstated. It binds specific cells into tissue, tissue into organs, organs into systems, cements muscles to bones, ties bones to joints, wraps every nerve and every vessel, laces all internal structures firmly into place, and envelops the body as a whole. In all of these linings, wrappings, cables and moorings it is a continuous substance, and every single part of the body is connected to every other part by virtue of this network; every part of us is in its embrace.”

- excerpt from the book Job’s Body by Deane Juhan

02/03/2025

12/20/2024

Daily stress, viral loads, accidents and falls are just a few of the common ways that our Sphenoid bone can move into a sheer pattern- leaving us feeling overly tired, foggy-brained, achy and generally disjointed. Sheer patterns in the Sphenoid-Basilar junction are so common in fact, that almost every single client on my table has one of these patterns shown in the video.

We all could use some Cranio!

Craniosacral therapy is a beautiful modality that allows the practitioner to work with our clients’ inner Master Healer to gently facilitate movement of the cranial bones, including the Sphenoid at the Sphenoid-basilar junction, thus bringing the body back into better alignment.

Sending you and your Sphenoid lots of good energy this holiday season! 🙏❤️

-Ciera McLendon, LMT, CCST

12/14/2024

Is there really a difference between Biodynamic and Biomechanical Craniosacral Therapy?

by kirsty mackenzie:

I remember when I first started training for Craniosacral Therapy, I had no idea there was more than one type of practice.

I chose to study the somatic practice because of the life-changing benefits it brought me. I was unaware of the spectrum of approaches and styles that each individual practitioner could bring.

I can understand that reading about CST and choosing a practitioner can be confusing, especially when there is this unexplained jargon which likely doesn’t mean too much to you.

So what is Biomechanical Craniosacral Therapy?

Both styles were founded in the Western Hemisphere by the same man, Dr William Sutherland. Originally an Osteopath, he founded the school of biomechanical craniosacral therapy first. William noticed that the bones of the cranium expressed subtle movement, then began his life long investigation into this previously unexplored phenomena.

This movement, William soon realised, was actually expressed throughout the body. The biomechanical practitioner listens to this rhythm, the 'Craniosacral Rhythm’, which is caused by the movement of cerebrospinal fluid travelling from the third ventricle in the brain to all around the central nervous system. By sensing the presence of this rhythm, using motion testing on bones and the application of other more physical techniques, it guides the practitioner to any tissue restrictions. Using intention, focus of awareness and gentle pressure the practitioner invites the body to shift towards a greater state of ease.

This style of CST is closer to osteopathy than the biodynamic model because it often involves working locally with bones and tissues. This means following a specific bone or tissue’s expression of the craniosacral rhythm, as well as using techniques to support the bone to release tension to unlock more potential for health within the body.

What is Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy?

In his later life, Dr William Sutherland, was called to a patient who was suffering in great pain, as he held the man’s system he felt a great stillness as he passed away, the ‘Breath of Life’. Following this experience, he urged his students to ‘use no force from without, let the unerring potency do the work’ trusting in the intelligence of the body to heal and moving away from techniques and motion testing.

Considering that the biodynamics came later in William’s exploration of CST, it makes sense when some people say that the Biodynamic approach picks up where the biomechanical method leaves off. The focus instead of being more locally and with the Craniosacral rhythm shifts to the biodynamic forces and blueprint energy, that are much larger fields which are both within us and connecting us to everything and express a much slower and more vast rhythm, ‘the long tide’.

Being in relationship to this rhythm connects the body to greater forces of healing and in a session it's the practitioner's role to be present to whether the client's fluid body can breathe as a 3-dimensional being within the long tide.

As Tanya Desfontaines writes, ‘When we hold the conditions of life within the wider context of the biodynamic field, within the context of health, the overwhelming resource of universal support becomes accessible and healing processes can unfold in a way that isn’t available when we narrow our field to focus only on the ‘problem’.

At their core, however, both approaches orientate towards wholeness and the body’s inner wisdom and in reality the different names, techniques and styles dissolve away during a session. What is important though is the client and practitioner relationship and the practitioner's ability to listen and intuitively respond to what each person needs at each moment and support their journey to health.

11/27/2024

For those who celebrate, wishing you and your family all the best this Thanksgiving!Gratitude, gratitude, gratitude 🙏❤️

11/23/2024

The embryologic field is absolutely incredible to work with and spend time in. Our body as a Master Healer communicates it’s own path to healing, especially while in this field of observation. As always, this work is Sacred to me and I am always honored to sit with my client’s systems and facilitate the amazing innate healing process of the body 🙏❤️