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Preface

The information in this book was born over three decades ago out of my own healing and my exploration into what was needed to facilitate that healing. In that time I have practiced and taught CranioSacral Therapy (CST), which is a gentle hands-on technique, originally practiced only by osteopaths but now taught and practiced by a wide range of healthcare providers. It utilizes light touch and engages the body’s wisdom and healing potential through a series of physical and emotional releases. During this therapy, you mobilize the bones and membranes of the brain and spinal cord. My mentor was Dr. John Upledger, and I have taught for the Upledger Institute since 1986. I tell the story of how I discovered and trained in this work in chapter 11.

CST healed my chronic pain and sent me on a mission to uncover more about how we can truly become friends again with our own body. In my healing process all those years ago, I discovered that my cells hold wisdom that is just waiting to be listened to. And listen I have — more and more closely to all parts of myself. By using my body’s wisdom — listening to and being present in my heart, my gut, my pelvis, and my bones for healing and guidance — I developed the program I call “Healing from the Core” (HFC) to share this internal body wisdom and experience with others.

The stories in this book are all real examples of cellular intelligence, awakened by my HFC work alone or combined with CST. I am unabashedly biased in this realm. My hope is that, once you are shown how revolutionary this is, and you give it a real chance, you will agree. There is no doubt in my mind or body as to its validity and efficacy.

However, our culture as a whole does not always see what is so obvious to me. All the recent breakthroughs in brain research and trauma (which I describe later) were thought to be heresy as little as ten to twenty years ago. When I teach this work in a new professional group, I often assume people know and understand about their body’s wisdom. How could you miss it? It is so simple and obvious to me.

And yet, again and again, I am shocked to witness exactly the opposite. The good news is that people these days now understand the central concepts. They understand why they might want to be grounded and centered and that yoga and meditation bring these concepts to life. Presence is a huge buzzword in the coaching and psychotherapy world, and our awareness of being in the present moment has been growing ever since Ram Dass pointed it out to us decades ago. My own healing work and the explorations in this book build on these concepts.

Still, many people have never actually had the experience, and this work is all about the experience — the direct experience of full-body presence and body wisdom — what it feels like, tastes like, smells like, and looks like. Beyond our five senses, it is also the ineffable experience of simply being alive, which encompasses our body, mind, and spirit. Many people don’t even realize what they are missing. Yet without being present in our body, our experience just is not the same. It is severely limited. It’s like a building without a solid foundation. My hope is that this book helps you build that foundation.