In my last post (CranioSacral Therapy – A History Lesson) I gave a brief overview of how CranioSacral Therapy is rooted in Osteopathic work. However, a question I often hear is “So how does CranioSacral Therapy differ from Cranial Osteopathy?”
Dr. Sutherland’s work in Cranial Osteopathy was focused on the bones and sutures of the cranium [...]

To really understand what CranioSacral Therapy is, it’s good to know a bit about how it originated. Here’s a very brief history of how Upledger CranioSacral Therapy came into being. It starts with Andrew Taylor Still.
A.T. Still (1828-1917) was a Civil War surgeon who had three children die from spinal meningitis in 1864. This set [...]

You’re in the right place! This is the new home for my blog, The View From The Table.
For those who have visited me before, thanks for coming back! Posts from the ‘old’ blog can be found here. The file transfer created some strange looking posts (text sizes, spacing, etc)  but all the info is here.
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Just found this great site and signed up for the 14-day free trial. I’ll keep you posted about how it goes. Today’s games were fun and interesting. Can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings.
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I have never liked the idea of getting flu shots. I have never received one and really don’t plan on ever getting one. My biggest reason is that your body should be healthy enough to fight off any virus. By keeping your immune system strong you can protect yourself from being sick. Unfortunately there are [...]

As I continue to learn and grow as a health care practitioner, I stumble across similar information over and over again: ‘If it ain’t natural, don’t eat it!’
Here’s just another example of this message. A lab study is showing that artificial sweetener may be linked to weight gain. Read the article here.
I have been against [...]

I just came across this article: Does Brain Plaque Point to Alzheimer’s?
With a grandmother who has pretty severe Alzheimer’s, I often think about what role CranioSacral plays in helping to keep our brain tissue healthy, and how I as a bodyworker practicing CranioSacral Therapy can help in the prevention of this ‘disease’. I know that [...]

I have finally added a new web page to my website. I have wanted to add this page for some time now. It took a while for me to not only write the content, but to decide what to include on the page. There are so many styles of bodywork out there I had to [...]

This is for massage therapists and bodyworkers.

To celebrate their 5 year anniversary, BodyworkBiz will be putting one course or one resource on sale each week. Each will only be on sale for that week and the sale changes each Monday morning.

This week’s sale:
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only $49 (regularly $99)..

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So, I came across this link while reading the BodyworkOnline.com Forum today. It is a website with 27 different Cadaver Dissection Videos.(link below) Yes, this is the kind of stuff that gets me excited.
I love studying the human body. It has been a passion of mine since before going to massage school; but since taking [...]