Is it in your shoulders? Does it sit in your low back? Do you need to stop your day for headaches? Do you reset due to insomnia?

I have no fairy dust to offer, but I do have honesty, encouragement and tools.

Stillness to Action

Our entire being, including our physical self, absorbs the impact of each new wave of information.

Slow down in relationship to your body; to yourself.

Through the stories we tell on the precipice of their dream states, we teach our children about never giving up, about fostering

Nikki is an Upledger CranioSacral Therapist. She teaches and examines internationally for the Upledger Institute and the International Association of Healthcare Educators. She has published a book "It's All in Your Gut" after several years of research on the gut and it's relationship with our emotional health. This book is for the lay person as well as anyone who works with people as a bodyworker or in any other capacity. It brings in the new science around the gut and its en

Today, I'd like to share a story with you about my first years with CST. I was a brand new Mom when the gift of it arrived.  In those first years of motherhood, I left my work with sculptor Mariko Mori. We moved from New York to Hong Kong to Italy and then to Boulder. In all that shuffle, I sat reading CST texts/case studies while nursing, listened to cranio podcasts durings naps, and just soaked my being in CST in the moments when I wasn't completely absorbed in keeping a

Last week I had that moment in the middle of the night after I read that people my age are catching and dying from this disease, have you had this moment? I hit the realization that the early news of this being a disease most dangerous to those over 70 was seriously misguided. Lots of people much younger are really suffering. About half of all the cases are younger patients. *as of 3-27-2020 It isn’t just about protecting my elderly neighbors anymore, but also myself and my c

I wake each morning with a short delay before I remember the times in which we are currently living. Then I take a moment to enjoy the sunshine through the tree making light and shadow dances on my bedroom wall. I follow my breath in and out. I feel simple gratitude for this day. How are you? In what ways are you nourishing yourself? I have been trying to figure out how to best maintain community while in isolation. News from Italian friends share that they schedule video cal

One of the most important things we can do to help our immune system now and any time is to laugh. If you are using social media, I'm sure you’ve noticed ample jokes and funny memes circulating about covid19. My 9 year old shared a joke another third grader made up. It wasn’t particularly funny, but I laughed because it is just so human to find or at least look for the funny even in the most serious of situations. It’s good for us! When you laugh your body releases endorphins

Lessons from Pisa about using my imagination to juggle with joy in my life.

What does a high ranking Italian official, a Roman Emperors palace on the hill and the roof of your mouth have in common?

Yes, we are here together floating into the New Year of 2020. I have often wrapped up a decade by looking back in reflection and forward in anticipation. Have you? My earnest approach sat in hopes of weaving lessons from my past to dreams for my future. My practice for these weeks coming into 2020 is to actually do absolutely none of that weaving. My current practice is to relax into each present moment. My commitment to this is for the sake of my own physical and emotional h

Some results of receiving CranioSacral Therapy facilitate an arrival at ones truth. Speaking that truth may show up as painting, singing...

Bookshelf for CranioSacral Therapy

The framework of CST approach upends the hierarchy of traditional healthcare models of top down therapist to patient. I explore this notion.

Wow, has that summer flown past. I don't know about you but for my little universe I feel like we just got out of school. Summertime in Boulder is typically a slow time for bodyworkers and fortunately that was not the case this summer. Combining some nice breaks on packages and return client offers, I hope these actions communicate how invested I am in our continued work together and in meeting you in your own health and wellbeing investment. I've also recently started workin

In 2010, when I first starting digging into what it could mean to practice CranioSacral Therapy, I had just had a baby. I wasn't thinking about certifying with Upledger Institute, I was simply pulled by a deep curiosity toward this work and was researching all avenues to be able to learn it. In 2012, while living in Hong Kong I was still researching CST and the opportunity to attend a class with UI came up. It was in the Pok Fu Lam neighborhood, just a bus, a boat, a tram and

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