ReviewsDiego Maggio expertly weaves a comprehensive exploration of CranioSacral Therapy and SomatoEmotional Release fundamentals in this book. His expertise is beautifully extended through a broad and exceptional range of interconnected material. CranioSacral Therapy for Grief and Loss stands as an indispensable resource for practitioners and anyone interested in the far reaching foundations of CranioSacral Therapy and SomatoEmotional Release.
Dewey Edition23
Table Of ContentPREFACE Ode to Life INTRODUCTION My Curriculum in This Life Cycle CHAPTER 1 A Brief History of CranioSacral Therapy (CST) and SomatoEmotional Release (SER) CHAPTER 2 Life Cycle (Cyclus Vitae) Observations CHAPTER 3 The Patient-Facilitator Relationship in CST CHAPTER 4 Foundational Techniques: A Synthesis of Knowledge CHAPTER 5 Ego: Its Functions and Anomalies CHAPTER 6 Biological Processes in the Life Cycle CHAPTER 7 Separation and Loss: An Introduction CHAPTER 8 Measuring Stressors: The Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale CHAPTER 9 Processing Emotions: Using CST and SER for Integration and Release CHAPTER 10 Constructive and Destructive Energy: Harnessing Polarity for Transformation CHAPTER 11 The Cerebral Hemispheres: Connection and Harmonization CHAPTER 12 Transformation: The Concepts of Psychosynthesis CHAPTER 13 Seats of Emotions: The Viscera and Meridians CHAPTER 14 Small Deaths: Midrange Values on the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale CHAPTER 15 Energetic Framework of the Human Body: Assessing with the Vector/Axis System CHAPTER 16 Chakras: Energetic Landmarks for Mapping the Vector/Axis System CHAPTER 17 CST and SER in Grief: Support for the Living CHAPTER 18 Entropy and Syntropy: Therapeutic Energy in CST and SER CHAPTER 19 Major Stressors: Critical Events on the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale CHAPTER 20 CST and SER in Death: Support for the Dying CHAPTER 21 The Final Treatment: The Origin of Techniques for Death and Transition CHAPTER 22 Therapeutic Vibrations: Harmonizing Energy Flow with Sound Frequencies CHAPTER 23 Form of the Third Space: Visualizing the Perception CHAPTER 24 Mind-Body-Spirit Continuum: Our Request to the Universe CHAPTER 25 A Seven-Step Treatment for the Dying Process CHAPTER 26 Ode to Life: Open-System Human Being PARTING Panta Rhei: Everything Flows Acknowledgments Notes References Figure Credits Index
SynopsisPractical support for the trauma of losses, from large to small * Explains how CranioSacral Therapy and SomatoEmotional Release can help you through the common traumas of the life cycle, from birth to death * Shares techniques and exercises to help process emotions and experiences, assess the functionality of the body's systems and energetic framework, and recognize and transform destructive energies into constructive processes * Looks at how to enhance CST techniques with other protocols, including the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross' stages of grief Loss, abandonment, separation, and grief--many of life's most challenging experiences--are also the most common. But the trauma created by these experiences does not need to hold us back in life. As Diego Maggio shows, we can use the techniques of CranioSacral Therapy (CST) and SomatoEmotional Release (SER) to understand, address, and overcome the stress that traumatic events cause and transform the painful experiences inherent in life into opportunities for growth and expanded awareness. Sharing Dr. Upledger's techniques and his own innovative applications of CST and SER across 20 years of practice, Maggio presents tools and exercises to facilitate your inner self-healing mechanisms and support yourself and others through the stages of grief and bereavement following a loss--whether the loss is large or one of the "small deaths," such as losing a job or ending a relationship. The author explores all of the biological and energetic evolutionary stages of the life cycle through the lens of CST and shares manual therapy techniques and self-help exercises to process emotions and experiences, assess the energetic framework of the body and the chakras, and recognize and transform destructive energies into constructive processes. He looks at how to combine CST techniques with other protocols for managing the grieving process, including the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's stages of grief. He also explores how CST and SER techniques can help support the dying and those around them in the process of transition. Revealing how CranioSacral Therapy can help us integrate challenges and traumas whether recent or long past, Maggio shows how our experiences can give us the opportunity to evolve and grow as we journey through the beautiful cycles of life., Loss, abandonment, separation, and grief-many of life's most challenging experiences-are also the most common. But the trauma created by these experiences does not need to hold us back in life. As Diego Maggio shows, we can use the techniques of CranioSacral Therapy (CST) and SomatoEmotional Release (SER) to understand, address, and overcome the stress that traumatic events cause and transform the painful experiences inherent in life into opportunities for growth and expanded awareness. Sharing Dr. Upledger's techniques and his own innovative applications of CST and SER across 20 years of practice, Maggio presents tools and exercises to facilitate your inner self-healing mechanisms and support yourself and others through the stages of grief and bereavement following a loss-whether the loss is large or one of the "small deaths," such as losing a job or ending a relationship. The author explores all of the biological and energetic evolutionary stages of the life cycle through the lens of CST and shares manual therapy techniques and self-help exercises to process emotions and experiences, assess the energetic framework of the body and the chakras, and recognize and transform destructive energies into constructive processes. He looks at how to combine CST techniques with other protocols for managing the grieving process, including the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's stages of grief. He also explores how CST and SER techniques can help support the dying and those around them in the process of transition. Revealing how CranioSacral Therapy can help us integrate challenges and traumas whether recent or long past, Maggio shows how our experiences can give us the opportunity to evolve and grow as we journey through the beautiful cycles of life.