Craniosacral Therapy Foundations Training

Craniosacral Therapy | Foundations - Module I (Spring)

Learn the foundational components of the craniosacral system and begin palpating the craniosacral rhythm.

Module I Curriculum

1. MODULE I
2. MODULE I | Navigation Key
3. MODULE I | Outline
4. MODULE I | Course Agreements
1. WHAT IS CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY?
2. WHAT IS CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY? | OVERVIEW
3. WHAT IS CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY? | LEARNING OUTCOMES
4. WHAT IS CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY? | A Working Definition
5. WHAT IS CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY? | Bones + Bag + Fluid + Things
6. WHAT IS CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY? | Cranial Anatomy
7. WHAT IS CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY? | Lymph in the Brain by Bruno and Alaya Chikly
8. WHAT IS CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY? | Craniosacral Treatment Demonstration
9. WHAT IS CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY? | GUIDING QUESTIONS + PROMPTS
10. WHAT IS CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY? | Resources – Menakem Podcast, Porges Podcast, McMahon Post
1. WHY STUDY CRANIAL WORK?
2. WHY STUDY CRANIAL WORK? | OVERVIEW
3. WHY STUDY CRANIAL WORK? | LEARNING OUTCOMES
4. WHY STUDY CRANIAL WORK? | Michael's Why
5. WHY STUDY CRANIAL WORK? | Why Are You Here?
6. WHY STUDY CRANIAL WORK? | Appreciative Inquiry in the Clinic and the Classroom… by Michael McMahon
7. WHY STUDY CRANIAL WORK? | GUIDING QUESTIONS + PROMPTS
1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | OVERVIEW
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | LEARNING OUTCOMES
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | The Complicated History of Osteopathy
5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | GUIDING QUESTIONS
6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | Resource – Mehl-Madrona Blog Post
1. LISTENING HANDS
2. LISTENING HANDS | OVERVIEW
3. LISTENING HANDS | LEARNING OUTCOMES
4. LISTENING HANDS | Touch as a Conversation
5. LISTENING HANDS | Demonstration of Listening Hands Meditation
6. LISTENING HANDS | Anatomy Study as a Tool for Enhancing Listening Hands
7. LISTENING HANDS | GUIDING QUESTIONS + PROMPTS
1. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
2. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE | OVERVIEW
3. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE | LEARNING OUTCOMES
4. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE | Fascial Properties – Structure and Composition of Fascia
5. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE | Osteopathic Principles – Indirect and Direct Techniques
6. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE | Treatment Demonstration – Indirect and Direct Techniques (MFR of TLF)
7. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE | Extracranial Crux of the Matter
8. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE | GUIDING QUESTIONS + PROMPTS
1. INTRODUCTION TO ANATOMY | A Message from Michael about Anatomy Lessons
1. ANATOMY OF THE CERVICAL REGION
2. ANATOMY OF THE CERVICAL REGION | OVERVIEW
3. ANATOMY OF THE CERVICAL REGION | LEARNING OUTCOMES
4. ANATOMY OF THE CERVICAL REGION | Posterior Cervical Overview
5. ANATOMY OF THE CERVICAL REGION | Deep Posterior Cervical Myofascia
6. ANATOMY OF THE CERVICAL REGION | Anterior Cervical Myofascia Orientation
7. ANATOMY OF THE CERVICAL REGION | Anterior Cervical and Endothoracic Connection
8. ANATOMY OF THE CERVICAL REGION | GUIDING QUESTIONS + PROMPTS
1. ANATOMY OF THE JAW
2. ANATOMY OF THE JAW | OVERVIEW
3. ANATOMY OF THE JAW | LEARNING OUTCOMES
4. ANATOMY OF THE JAW | Temporomandibular Joint Orientation
5. ANATOMY OF THE JAW | GUIDING QUESTIONS
1. THE CRANIOSACRAL RHYTHM
2. THE CRANIOSACRAL RHYTHM | OVERVIEW
3. THE CRANIOSACRAL RHYTHM | LEARNING OUTCOMES
4. THE CRANIOSACRAL RHYTHM | An Introduction
5. THE CRANIOSACRAL RHYTHM | Treatment Demonstration – Palpating the Craniosacral Rhythm
6. THE CRANIOSACRAL RHYTHM | Treatment Demonstration – Listening to the Craniosacral Rhythm at the Feet
7. THE CRANIOSACRAL RHYTHM | GUIDING QUESTIONS
1. APPLIED LISTENING HANDS
2. APPLIED LISTENING HANDS | OVERVIEW
3. APPLIED LISTENING HANDS | LEARNING OUTCOMES
4. APPLIED LISTENING HANDS | Craniosacral Rhythm Listening
5. APPLIED LISTENING HANDS | GUIDING QUESTIONS
1. CRANIODYNAMICS OF THE FRONTAL BONE
2. CRANIODYNAMICS OF THE FRONTAL BONE | OVERVIEW
3. CRANIODYNAMICS OF THE FRONTAL BONE | LEARNING OUTCOMES
4. CRANIODYNAMICS OF THE FRONTAL BONE | Sutural Relationships
5. CRANIODYNAMICS OF THE FRONTAL BONE | Movement with the Craniosacral Rhythm
6. CRANIODYNAMICS OF THE FRONTAL BONE | Flexion and Extension Animation
7. CRANIODYNAMICS OF THE FRONTAL BONE | SKULL PUZZLE – Frontal Bone and Orbital Complex
8. CRANIODYNAMICS OF THE FRONTAL BONE | SKULL PUZZLE – Frontal Bone and Sphenoid Bone Region
9. CRANIODYNAMICS OF THE FRONTAL BONE | Technique Demonstration – Frontal Bone Craniosacral Release
10. CRANIODYNAMICS OF THE FRONTAL BONE | GUIDING QUESTIONS + PROMPTS
1. SACRAL MOVEMENT WITHIN THE CRANIOSACRAL SYSTEM
2. SACRAL MOVEMENT WITHIN THE CRANIOSACRAL SYSTEM | OVERVIEW
3. SACRAL MOVEMENT WITHIN THE CRANIOSACRAL SYSTEM | LEARNING OUTCOMES
4. SACRAL MOVEMENT WITHIN THE CRANIOSACRAL SYSTEM | An Introduction
5. SACRAL MOVEMENT WITHIN THE CRANIOSACRAL SYSTEM | Treatment Demonstration – Sacral Release
6. SACRAL MOVEMENT WITHIN THE CRANIOSACRAL SYSTEM | GUIDING QUESTIONS
1. MOVEMENT OF THE OCCIPUT WITHIN THE CRANIOSACRAL SYSTEM
2. MOVEMENT OF THE OCCIPUT WITHIN THE CRANIOSACRAL SYSTEM | OVERVIEW
3. MOVEMENT OF THE OCCIPUT WITHIN THE CRANIOSACRAL SYSTEM | LEARNING OUTCOMES
4. MOVEMENT OF THE OCCIPUT WITHIN THE CRANIOSACRAL SYSTEM | An Introduction
5. MOVEMENT OF THE OCCIPUT WITHIN THE CRANIOSACRAL SYSTEM | GUIDING QUESTIONS
1. CLINICAL WORKSHOP I | Craniosacral Therapy Module I
2. CLINICAL WORKSHOP I | Craniosacral Therapy Module I Manual
3. WHAT IS CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY? | Craniosacral Treatment Demonstration
4. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE | Treatment Demonstration – Indirect and Direct Techniques (MFR of TLF)
5. THE CRANIOSACRAL RHYTHM | Treatment Demonstration – Palpating the Craniosacral Rhythm
6. THE CRANIOSACRAL RHYTHM | Treatment Demonstration – Listening to the Craniosacral Rhythm at the Feet
7. CLINICAL WORKSHOP I | Technique Demonstration – Suboccipital Myofascial Release
8. CLINICAL WORKSHOP I | Technique Demonstration – Anterior Cervical Myofascial Release
9. CLINICAL WORKSHOP I | Technique Demonstration – Mandible Craniosacral Technique
10. CLINICAL WORKSHOP II | Technique Demonstration – Frontal Bone Craniosacral Release
11. SACRAL MOVEMENT WITHIN THE CRANIOSACRAL SYSTEM | Treatment Demonstration – Sacral Release
12. CLINICAL WORKSHOP I | Technique Demonstration – Occiput Craniosacral Technique
1. PRACTICE SESSIONS | Module I
1. RESOURCES | Referenced Links
2. Fatigue Can Shatter a Person by Ed Yong (published in The Atlantic, July 2023)
3. Poem by Mary Oliver (from Dreamwork, 1986)
4. Vaporative by Layli Long Soldier (from Whereas, 2017)
5. Excerpt from Whereas by Layli Long Soldier (2017)
6. Into a Heart by Margaret Noodin
7. Listening by Margaret Noodin (from Weweni, 2015)
8. Preface from Undrowned by Alexis Pauline Gumbs (2020)
9. Listen by Alexis Pauline Gumbs (from Undrowned, 2020)
1. WHAT IS CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY? | A Working Definition
2. WHAT IS CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY? | Bones + Bag + Fluid + Things
3. WHY STUDY CRANIAL WORK? | Why Are You Here?
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | The Complicated History of Osteopathy
5. LISTENING HANDS | Touch as a Conversation
6. LISTENING HANDS | Anatomy Study as a Tool for Enhancing Listening Hands
7. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE | Fascial Properties – Structure and Composition of Fascia
8. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE | Osteopathic Principles – Indirect and Direct Techniques
9. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE | Extracranial Crux of the Matter
10. ANATOMY OF THE CERVICAL REGION | Posterior Cervical Overview
11. ANATOMY OF THE CERVICAL REGION | Deep Posterior Cervical Myofascia
12. ANATOMY OF THE CERVICAL REGION | Anterior Cervical Myofascia Orientation
13. ANATOMY OF THE CERVICAL REGION | Anterior Cervical and Endothoracic Connection
14. ANATOMY OF THE JAW | Temporomandibular Joint Orientation
15. THE CRANIOSACRAL RHYTHM | An Introduction
16. APPLIED LISTENING HANDS | Craniosacral Rhythm Listening
17. CRANIODYNAMICS OF THE FRONTAL BONE | Sutural Relationships
18. CRANIODYNAMICS OF THE FRONTAL BONE | Movement with the Craniosacral Rhythm
19. SACRAL MOVEMENT WITHIN THE CRANIOSACRAL SYSTEM | An Introduction
20. MOVEMENT OF THE OCCIPUT WITHIN THE CRANIOSACRAL SYSTEM | An Introduction

About this module

6.5 hours of video content
3-day in-person hands-on workshop
Online classroom access begins 1 month before the in-person workshop and extends 3 months after the course ends
March 7-9, 2025
(Friday 9:30am-4:30pm, Saturday 9:30am-4:30pm, Sunday 9:30am-3:30pm)

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Craniosacral Therapy | Foundations - Module I (Spring)

Module I Curriculum

MODULE I

WHAT IS CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY?

WHY STUDY CRANIAL WORK?

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

LISTENING HANDS

PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE

INTRODUCTION TO ANATOMY

ANATOMY OF THE CERVICAL REGION

ANATOMY OF THE JAW

THE CRANIOSACRAL RHYTHM

APPLIED LISTENING HANDS

CRANIODYNAMICS OF THE FRONTAL BONE

SACRAL MOVEMENT WITHIN THE CRANIOSACRAL SYSTEM

MOVEMENT OF THE OCCIPUT WITHIN THE CRANIOSACRAL SYSTEM

CLINICAL WORKSHOP I

PRACTICE SESSIONS

RESOURCES – ADDITIONAL

RESOURCES – LECTURE SLIDES (PDFs)

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