From My Hands
and Heart: Achieving Health and Balance with Craniosacral Therapy by Kate
MacKinnon went far beyond my expectations to provide me with a much needed
refresher on the CST course I took from Upledger Institute in 2002.
I believe
this text would serve many people well, even those without a medical
background. Craniosacral Therapy might seem mysterious and difficult to
understand when it’s first explained. However, the author has the ability to
walk the reader gently around clinical terms and anatomy to provide a very
clear visual of the practice. At the same time, she doesn't simplify it as such
to eliminate its usefulness to those who utilize the jargon in their daily
lives.
She has
titled the book to indicate that she is working deeper than the physical touch,
to the depths of her heart. Her heart’s desire to assist in the healing of
those who come to see her came through her words very clearly.
As mentioned
previously, I have taken the training and found the practice very beneficial to
the clients I saw over the next few years. It is amazing to see the profound
results mirroring those described in this book. For myself, my life took a turn
and I had not practiced on a client for the past several years. While reading
Ms. MacKinnon’s very powerful work I came to the realization that I would
greatly benefit from seeing a practitioner. Happily I acted on my inspiration
and found someone close by. Within the next few days of my continued reading, I
found the author’s instructions on how to find a practitioner exactly as the
path I had just followed. She gives good instructions.
As I neared
the end of the book, I again felt inspired, this time to start working on
myself, an issue with my ankle. As I
worked on the area, I followed the energy as she shared and determined my issue
to be connected with a hip problem; subsequently the resultant memory of a fall
came to me. Alas, Ms. MacKinnon must have been reading my mind as she next
described the process to work on oneself.
Again and
again throughout the book as an issue or question came to my mind, the text
seemed to follow my thinking and I would find the answer promptly in the next
few paragraphs.
I guess you
can understand why I so highly recommend this book. It’s a treasure and
gratefully it was a free gift to me for writing this review. I was not
compensated for the review and was under no obligation to write anything but
the truth.
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