What did Cranio-Sacral Therapy (CST) do for me? How did it make me feel?
It was life-changing. I'd been feeling very down and lost in life so I was looking for ways to help myself. Someone recommended I try it out, and since I'd never heard of it before, I had no idea what to expect.
On the way to my first ever session, a few minutes from the home of the therapist, I walked past a shop that had my birth name (I'm an adoptee) displayed in big letters. I had never, and still haven't to this day, seen that name anywhere. I took it as a sign and I somehow knew I was in the right place. That sign not only sparked the start of my CST journey, but it laid the seeds of me re-uniting with my birth mother several years later.
Following my first treatment I realised I'd never felt such a deep sense of peace, clarity, and wholeness before. The therapist took up such a gentle contact on my head and body that allowed me to be met and held in a way I'd always been longing for, yet had no way of accessing. They also didn't ask me loads of questions during the treatment, but somehow it was as though their touch and presence was communicating with me on a soul level. It felt deeply nourishing and healing.
When did I know that I wanted to become a Craniosacral Therapist?
Gradually I became fascinated in how it addressed and brought together mind, body and spirit in a way that was tangible and easy to understand below the surface of the intellect and rational thinking. I started to want to learn more about it and watched videos of my therapist's teacher along with various other well-known specialists in the field. I started to wonder if this could be something I could learn and support others with. That soon led to me formally training in it.
What do I love most about helping people with CST?
It's wonderful to see how relaxed and content people feel following a session. What I particularly enjoy bearing witness to is when someone has a revelation or deep insight during a treatment. It can sometimes come in the form of an old memory that was buried deep in their unconscious, and it comes to the surface to be acknowledged. It helps them put the pieces of the puzzle back together and leads the way for a profound integration of what has been lying unresolved in their system.
In general, I love the way I can connect with another human being on a deep level and we can take a journey together with care, love and curiosity into the inner landscape of their stories and emotional terrain; in other words, we can explore safely and compassionately what has led to them being where they are - what they have been through, the courage and strength it has taken, and that all of it can be re-seen in a new light that brings about a lasting and significant shift in their well-being and appreciation of life.
Why TouchTones?
The name came to me out of the blue one day towards the end of my Cranio-Sacral Therapy training. I'd been learning more about frequency, resonance and harmonics at the time, and I've always been really into music - I play the drums, guitar, a little piano, and I also love to dance. I kept hearing the phrase 'feeling tones' and I loved the way the word 'tone' can be used in relation to the body, as well as in music and colour.
The name TouchTones sounded like the perfect description for how, as a therapist, I tune in and listen carefully to the various qualities (tones) in the client's system, and how, by way of gentle touch and an attuned, calm presence, I facilitate a co-resonant field that then naturally starts to harmonize anything that is out of tune.