Clearing the Fog: 5 Ways Craniosacral Techniques Combat Dementia and Alzheimer’s
Over 5 million Americans are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and the majority of them are 65 years and older. Alzheimer’s is the most typical type of dementia that negatively impacts a person’s cognitive and behavioral processes. Symptoms can be spotted as early as...
Are People With Rosacea at Higher Risk for Alzheimer’s?
As with so many illnesses in the body, it really is about addressing the underlying inflammation. It is far less likely that there is a causal link, and instead an issue of inflammation caused by lifestyle (stress, inflammation promoting diet, etc). If you work to...
How Cranialsacral Therapy Supports Longevity and the Normal Aging Process
I was recently reviewing some of the system wide effects of normal aging for my Craniosacral Therapy and Longevity-Reversing the Aging Process class. One of the things that became obvious is that aging, according to most theories, cuts across a multitude of body...
Blue Zones and Craniosacral Therapy
I’ve recently found out that my adopted Iowa is initiating a program called Blue Zones, which is based on a book by Dan Buettner, a National Geographic explorer who did a survey of places in the world where people live the longest and fullest lives. The state of Iowa...
Sleeping Pill Exit Strategy
The term comes from a recent CNN piece on women and health. Here are some statistics: 80 million Americans suffer from some form of insomnia or sleeplessness. 60% of American women suffer from some form of sleeplessness, which would suggest this first 80 million...
Summary of our Alzheimer’s and Dementia Reseach
I’d had a number of requests for a summary of our Alzheimer’s and Dementia, which I’ve outlined below: Summary of our research Published in the Journal of Gerontological Nursing in 2008 Title of the Study: Craniosacral Still Point Technique: Exploring its Effects in...
How to Stay Young Part 2
Last week we talked about 7 ways to stay young. Click here to read those ways. Here are more resources to assist in the ‘reversal of the aging process’. 8. Omega 3-6-9 oil Omega 3-6-9 oil has been long recognized as a valuable nutritional supplement. Contact Janice...
How to Stay Young Part 1
There are certainly a number of ways to look at the aging process, and after teaching a number of my new Geriatrics classes I wanted to pass along some thoughts about ‘how to stay young.’ To put a positive spin on things, there have been a number of resources I’ve...
Lessons from Connecticut
3-Day mini intensive Cerebral Palsy and CranioSacral Therapy Often what one does in a 3 day intensive is a deep listening to the cellular activity in the body, and in particular the activity of the immune system. Just as soon as you think you find a pattern or a...