Limbic Resonance: cst is magic
What happens during a craniosacral session? It looks like simple holds and contacts superficially, but a lot can emerge internally. I sit in a receptive state, attempting to perceive the client's experience while she tries to sense emotional or energetic shifts in herself. When her sense and my perception align, we have limbic resonance.
The limbic system refers to a central part of the brain with four main components: the amygdala, hippocampus, hypothalamus, and thalamus. This part of the brain facilitates memory storage and retrieval, establishes emotional states, and links the intellectual brain with the involuntary nervous system processes. Due to the limbic brain, our emotional states mesh when we are near another person. During a training module in March, I lay on the table with my eyes closed and suddenly experienced a deep sadness after feeling calm and happy. When I opened my eyes, a teacher stood by my table, and she was grieving that day. If we are physically close to someone, our inner states can unconsciously synchronize to form resonance.
Why does any of this matter? We have trouble processing trauma for various reasons, but I think something can become a stuck pattern due to guilt or shame. Shame reinforces the loop if you try to get away from it. Guilt opens the chasm if you keep falling into it. You can even oscillate between both, feeling like something is too much or too little. That is a tough place to work through an issue, so a therapy utilizing limbic resonance can help bring us back to zero, a centered way of being. My capacity to experience your inner state as a nonjudgemental observer or even meet it with warmth is one way to feel well. I have had unsuccessful sessions only to hold a client's head at the end of our therapy and realize he is lonely. Stunningly his neck will find a few inches of length, taking compression off the cervical nerves and allowing the nervous system to reset. The body signals completion with a roar from the stomach. That is why CST is MAGIC.
https://www.visiblebody.com/blog/anatomy-physiology-limbic-system#:~:text=The%20limbic%20system%20functions%20to,functions%20of%20the%20brain%20stem.
