An article published in Fulcrum, Issue 88, Craniosacral Therapy Association, 2023 In collaboration with Mugwort (2021-2022) is an art project that my fellow Craniosacral therapist-artist Ann-Marie Fairbrother and I presented last summer in 2022. When we started working together a year before, we had no idea what it would look like in the end. OurContinue reading “A personal reflection on yielding in the healing and creative processes”
Category Archives: Craniosacral Therapy
Cadavers
What makes the body alive? Fluidity and movement What makes each of us alive? Sensations, feelings and emotions All these details are lost in the dead bodies. Their expressions are acceptance and willingness to be looked at, touched, investigated and disturbed. The ultimate offering. But the souls are not there any longer. They are vacantContinue reading “Cadavers”
Paradoxical moving and being
The other day, I went for a walk with a friend of mine to Hackney Marshes and encountered this magnificent willow tree. The friend told me that willow trees grew between the land and water, and mythically meant the connection between this world and the underworld. I have a great fascination with the in-betweenness orContinue reading “Paradoxical moving and being”
Contribution to an article on dying by Su Fox
My post Accompanying the dying process has been quoted in an article by Sue Fox ” Retirement and other endings – part 5″ on Fulcrum, Issue 76. Fulcrum is a triannual magazine issued by Craniosacral Therapy Association. Su’s article makes me realise the question of how we can support or be supported in the significant transition is notContinue reading “Contribution to an article on dying by Su Fox”
Wonders of Craniosacral Therapy
After 3 weeks of absence due to a visit to Japan, I am returning to my Craniosacral Therapy clinic today. This is an occasion that makes me think “what am I doing there?”. Clearly I know I want to help my clients, to alleviate pains and discomforts and feel better. To do so, there areContinue reading “Wonders of Craniosacral Therapy”
Listen: P-Nidra 3, To Fly
Listen to P-Nidra 3, To Fly (38 mins) In this visualisation, a beautiful imagery has come up. The heart, scapulae, throat, jaw, temporal bones (around the ears) and parietal bones (top of the head) can work together like a pair of wings of a bird and we can fly…! P has decided to return toContinue reading “Listen: P-Nidra 3, To Fly”
Listen: P-Nidra 2, Balloon Body
Listen to P-Nidra 2, Balloon Body (35 minutes) This is the second recording of P-Nidra (previously Pilates Nidra). The name P-Nidra comes from yoga nidra, yogic sleep, that “is a state of consciousness between waking and sleeping, like the “going-to-sleep” stage”(wikipedia). I find this similar to the state I often fall in at a CraniosacralContinue reading “Listen: P-Nidra 2, Balloon Body”
Listen: Pilates Nidra 1, Fluid Tissue
Listen to Pilates Nidra 1, Fluid Tissue (30 minutes) I wrote about Pilates Nidra, that is Somatic visualisation, in past article. This has been developing since then. It is different every time. I usually spend a half hour or so to listen to my client P’s story about how she has been getting on generallyContinue reading “Listen: Pilates Nidra 1, Fluid Tissue”
The edge of movement and the edge of the self
I love when some insights about ourselves come to us through physical experiences. One clear example happened a couple of times last week in a Pilates studio. The exercise I was teaching is called “leg springs”. It looks more or less like this (I use slightly different settings). The person moves the legs up andContinue reading “The edge of movement and the edge of the self”
Accompanying the dying process
I hope you don’t mind me sharing here my experience of keeping a company with a person dying. My grandmother passed away on 4th June at the age of 93. She admitted to a hospital on the day I arrived in my hometown Tokyo 12 days before, after having stopped eating. During those days, IContinue reading “Accompanying the dying process”
Katsura Isobe 