Craniosacral Therapy in San Diego
What is Craniosacral Therapy?
Craniosacral Therapy (CST) is a gentle, hands-on therapy that helps regulate the nervous system, relieve stress, and support the body’s natural ability to heal.
CST works with both the craniosacral system and the fascia that extends throughout the entire body—from the meninges that surround the brain and spinal cord to the connective tissues supporting muscles and individual nerves. Because fascia is everywhere, CST can connect with so many parts of the body, making it both gentle and deeply effective. Whether you're seeking support for migraines, TMJ, anxiety, trauma recovery, or chronic tension, CST offers a non-invasive, holistic approach to restoring well-being.
Gentle, Restorative Healing
Craniosacral therapy is my true love! And honestly, it’s challenging to describe. The best way to explain it is to experience it.
It utilizes the healing power of touch. And touch is primal; at an instinctual level touch lets us know we’re safe, we’re not alone, that we’re held and loved.
CST is a unique hybrid of bodywork and energy work. It utilizes the healing power of touch, working with the body's own energy to create subtle yet deep shifts in the nervous system and fascial network. Think of it like the way our fingers interact with a smartphone screen—we’re not forcing movement, but rather using the body's own bioelectric energy to facilitate change.
Healing Touch
Craniosacral therapy is my true love! And honestly, it’s challenging to describe. The best way to explain it is to experience it.
It utilizes the healing power of touch. And touch is primal; at an instinctual level touch lets us know we’re safe, we’re not alone, that we’re held and loved.
CST is a unique hybrid of bodywork and energy work—not quite like massage, not quite like Reiki, yet profoundly effective in its own way. It utilizes the healing power of touch, working with the body's own energy to create subtle yet deep shifts in the nervous system and fascial network. Think of it like the way our fingers interact with a smartphone screen—we’re not forcing movement, but rather using the body's own bioelectric energy to facilitate change.
Craniosacral therapy is hand-on, but gentle, non-forceful and non-invasive. We aren’t applying physical force to move bones or body structures like in chiropractic work. Nor is it like physical therapy—CST does not exercise or “work” muscles or other body structures. And while intuition can play a role in craniosacral session, it’s not like Reiki or Pranic Healing or other hands-off energy work. Craniosacral involves physical touch and works directly with the CST and fascial system.
Safe & Gentle
CST is safe for almost anyone with very few contraindications. It’s helpful for anything from birth recovery, back pain and digestive issues, to anxiety, PTSD, TMJ, migraines, vertigo, autoimmune conditions, foot problems (of which I specialize) and more.
It works with the whole body, as well as the source(s) of pain and dysfunction. Because, let’s face it, the whole body is connected.
Just because we sprained our ankle doesn’t mean we only experience that pain in our ankle. We have to walk differently now, so that changes how we bear our weight, which changes how our hips align; maybe we need crutches, so now our shoulders are scrunched; now maybe we have a headache, then we don’t sleep as well…you see what I’m getting at. The body does this kind of maneuvering all the time with a myriad of stressors (mental, emotional, physical), from the acute to the chronic.
Individualized
With craniosacral therapy I treat you as a distinct individual. I get in touch with your body and give it the support it needs to unwind its dysfunctional patterns, physically and energetically, to move you back into an expression of health.
Sometimes this can mean that even though two patients are coming in for depression, where that originates or is held in the body can be in the pelvis with patient A, or in the jaw with patient B!
Our bodies are masters of redistributing tension and function. It’s my job to listen, translate, guide, and inevitably invite each body to its next realization of health.
How You’ll Feel After a Session
Patients often describe feeling lighter, more aligned, and deeply relaxed. CST helps shift the body out of fight-or-flight mode and into a parasympathetic state, allowing for rest, repair, and self-healing. By working with the fascia, nervous system, and the body’s innate energy field, this gentle therapy helps restore function at a foundational level.
What to Expect
Each session is designed to be deeply relaxing and restorative. Your job is to receive, notice, and come home to your own body.
You will remain fully clothed while lying comfortably on a treatment table. Using gentle, precise touch, I assess and release restrictions within the craniosacral system, supporting nervous system regulation, fascial release, and pain relief.
Many patients report feeling a profound sense of calm, emotional clarity, and a lightening of physical tension.
CST is Benefical For
Chronic pain relief
migraines, TMJ, fibromyalgia, neck & back pain
Nervous system regulation
anxiety, depression, PTSD, stress relief, sensory processing, POTS
Post-concussion & brain function support
Digestive & immune system balance
Enhanced sleep & relaxation
How you’ll feel
Deeply relaxed, aligned, Uplifted, renewed
What to Expect
Each session is designed to be deeply relaxing and restorative. Your job is to receive, notice, and come home to your own body.
You will remain fully clothed while lying comfortably on a treatment table. Using gentle, precise touch, I assess and release restrictions within the craniosacral system, supporting nervous system regulation, fascial release, and pain relief.
Many patients report feeling a profound sense of calm, emotional clarity, and a lightening of physical tension.
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This is a frequently asked question?
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
This is a frequently asked question?
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.