by Michael Kern
17 Sills, Craniosacral Biodynamics.
18 Gabrielle Roth, Sweat Your Prayers (Jeremy P. Tarcher, 1997): 4.
19 Concept developed by Franklyn Sills M.A., R.C.S.T.
20 Dr. W.G. Sutherland D.O., Contributions of Thought (Sutherland Cranial Teaching Foundation, 1967): 147.
21 Dr. James Jealous D.O., “Healing and the Natural World” [interview by Bonnie Harrigan], Alternative Therapies 3.1 (January 1997): 68–76.
22 S. Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind (Weatherhill, 1991).
23 Dr. A.T. Still, Philosophy of Osteopathy (A.T. Still, 1899): 39.
24 Ibid.
25 Sutherland, Contributions: 85.
26 Dr. John Upledger D.O. and Jon Vredevoogd, Craniosacral Therapy (Eastland Press, 1983): 260.
CHAPTER SIX
1 Lao Tzu, extract from Tao Te Ching.
2 Dr. James Jealous D.O., “Healing and the Natural World,” [interview by Bonnie Harrigan], Alternative Therapies 3.1 (January 1997): 68–76.
3 Jelaluddin Rumi, The Essential Rumi, trans. Coleman Barks with John Moyne (Harper Collins, 1995): 261.
4 Wendy Webber, “Relationships,” London and S.E. Connections 24 (August/November 1999).
5 Franklyn Sills M.A., R.C.S.T., Craniosacral Biodynamics (draft version; North Atlantic Books, 2001).
6 Ibid.
7 Ibid.
8 Dr. Rollin Becker D.O., Life in Motion (Rudra Press, 1997): 155.
9 Dr. W.G. Sutherland D.O., Contributions of Thought (Sutherland Cranial Teaching Foundation, 1967): 146.
10 A. Guggenbuhl-Craig, Power in the Helping Professions (Spring Publications, 1971).
11 Strogatz S, Stewart I., “Coupled Oscillators and Biological Synchronization,” Scientific American 269 (1993): 102–9. Quoted by Leon Chaitow N.D., D.O., “Integrated Medicine, Cranial Influence—becoming a heavy pendulum?” Positive Health Magazine (March 1999).
12 Chaitow, Integrated Medicine, Cranial Influence.
13 Ibid.
14 Instruction from H.H. the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa, head of the Drukpa school of Tibetan Buddhism.
15 Nelson Mandela, Presidential Inaugural Speech (South Africa, 1994).
16 Dr. Rollin Becker D.O., Life in Motion (Rudra Press, 1997): 160.
17 Sills, Craniosacral Biodynamics.
18 Ibid.
19 Diagram based on an original idea by Ged Sumner R.C.S.T.
20 Hugh Milne, The Heart of Listening (North Atlantic Books, 1995): 132.
21 Don Cohen D.C., An Introduction to Craniosacral Therapy (North Atlantic Books, 1995): 68.
22 Milne, Heart of Listening: 131.
23 Sills, Craniosacral Biodynamics.
24 Dr. John Upledger D.O., Your Inner Physician and You (North Atlantic Books, 1991): 99.
25 Sills, Craniosacral Biodynamics.
26 This story was told to me by Franklyn Sills M.A., R.C.S.T.
27 Dr. Rollin Becker D.O., Diagnostic Touch: Its Principles and Application, Part 4: Trauma and Stress (Academy of Applied Osteopathy Yearbook, 1965).
28 S. Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind (Weatherhill, 1991).
29 Dianne M. Connelly, All Sickness Is Homesickness (Traditional Acupuncture Institute, 1993): 98.
30 Dr. H. Magoun D.O., Osteopathy in the Cranial Field (3rd ed. Sutherland Cranial Teaching Foundation, 1976): 81.
31 Dr. Will Wilson R.C.S.T., “The Mystery of Craniosacral Therapy,” The Fulcrum (Winter 1998/99).
32 Smithsonian Magazine (July 2000) [Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology], quoted by Dr. James Jealous D.O. in The Biodynamics of Osteopathy: The Ignition System 1, C.D. series (2000).
33 Sills, Craniosacral Biodynamics.
34 Becker, Diagnostic Touch, Part 1 (1963).
35 Hugh Milne, The Heart of Listening: 134.
36 Dr. Rollin Becker D.O., Diagnostic Touch, Part 1.
37 Dr. John Upledger D.O., Craniosacral Therapy 2, Beyond the Dura (Eastland Press, 1987): 216.
38 Ibid.
39 Becker, Life in Motion: 6..
40 Upledger, Craniosacral Therapy 2: 218.
41 Anecdote told by Franklyn Sills M.A., R.C.S.T.
42 This story was told by Jack Kornfield during a talk, “A Path with Heart” (London, May 1999).
43 W. Heisenberg, Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science (Harper, 1958).
44 Dr. Rollin Becker D.O., Diagnostic Touch: Its Principles and Application, Part 2 (Academy of Applied Osteopathy Yearbook, 1964).
45 Analogy devised by Katherine Ukleja D.O., R.C.S.T.
46 The term “biosphere” was coined by Becker, Diagnostic Touch, Part 4.
47 From a lecture by Katherine Ukleja D.O., R.C.S.T. (London, 1999).
48 Gabrielle Roth, Sweat Your Prayers (Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 1998): 29.
49 Anecdote from Colin Perrow R.C.S.T.
50 Sills, Craniosacral Biodynamics.
51 Jealous, “Healing and the Natural World.”
52 H.H. the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa, “Teachings on the Bardo” (England, 1995). The term “lama” refers to someone who is an accomplished spiritual practitioner.
53 Magoun, Osteopathy in the Cranial Field: 81.
CHAPTER SEVEN
1 Dr. A.T. Still, quoted in Dr. Rollin Becker, Life in Motion (Rudra Press, 1997): 116.
2 Hugh Milne, The Heart of Listening (North Atlantic Books, 1995): 2.
3 Matthew Appleton R.C.S.T., “Every Body Tells a Story,” South West Connection (Wessex Connections Ltd., April/July 2000).
4 Dr. W.G. Sutherland D.O., quoted in Dr. H. Magoun, Osteopathy in the Cranial Field (3rd ed. Sutherland Cranial Teaching Foundation, 1976): 99.
5 Michael Burghley, The Heart of the Healer (Aslan Publishing, 1987): 19.
6 Dr. A.T. Still, Autobiography of A.T. Still (A.T. Still, 1908; reprinted by American Academy of Osteopathy, 1981): 224.
7 Franklyn Sills M.A., R.C.S.T., Craniosacral Biodynamics (draft version; North Atlantic Books, 2001).
8 Michael Shea, Somatic Cranial Work (Shea Educational Group, 1997): 81.
9 Sills, Craniosacral Biodynamics.
10 Shea, Somatic Cranial Work: 81.
11 Dr. H. Magoun, Osteopathy in the Cranial Field (3rd ed. Sutherland Cranial Teaching Foundation, 1976): 99.
12 Magoun, Osteopathy in the Cranial Field: 100.
13 Dr. W.G. Sutherland, Teachings in the Science of Osteopathy (Rudra Press, 1991): 14.
14 Dr. James Jealous D.O., “Around the Edges,” The Tide (UK Sutherland Society, Spring 1996).
15 Anecdote from Colin Perrow R.C.S.T.
16 Sills, Craniosacral Biodynamics.
17 Sills, Craniosacral Biodynamics.
18 Carlos Castaneda, The Teachings of Don Juan (Penguin Books, 1976): 182.
19 Franklyn Sills M.A., R.C.S.T., Karuna Institute Prospectus (1999).
20 Dr. Rollin Becker D.O., Diagnostic Touch: Its Principles and Application, Part 3 (Academy of Applied Osteopathy Yearbook, 1964).
21 Ibid.
22 Dr. James Jealous D.O., Healing and the Natural World [interview by Bonnie Harrigan], Alternative Therapies 3.1 (January 1997): 68–76.
23 Dr. Rollin Becker D.O., Life in Motion (Rudra Press, 1997): 5.
24 Sills, Lecture on the Tides.
25 Dr. Rollin Becker D.O., Diagnostic Touch: Its Principles and Application Part 4: Trauma and Stress, vol. 2 (Academy of Applied Osteopathy Yearbook, 1965).
26 The term “relational field” was coined by Maura Sills.
27 Sills, Craniosacral Biodynamics, vol. 2 (North Atlantic, 2004): 6.
28 Becker, Life in Motion: 245.
29 Sills, Craniosacral Biodynamics.
30 Sutherland, quoted in Dr. Rollin Becker, Life in Motion (Rudra Press, 1997): 34.
31 Sills, Craniosacral Biodynamics.
32 Dr. Rollin Becker, “The Cerebrospinal Fluid as a Mechanism,” The Cranial Letter 47.1 (Winter): 6–7.
33 Dr. Rollin Becker, The Stillness of Life (Stillness Press,
2000): 30.
34 Becker, The Stillness of Life: 74–92.
35 Adapted from a story told by Ven. Sogyal Rinpoche (London, 1996).
36 Dianne M. Connelly, All Sickness Is Homesickness (2nd ed. Traditional Acupuncture Institute, 1993): 5.
37 Becker, Life in Motion: 246.
38 Dr. John Upledger and Jon Vredevoogd, Craniosacral Therapy (Eastland Press, 1983): 21.
39 Douglas Janssen R.C.S.T., R.P.P., Training Prospectus (Craniosacral Institute, 2000).
40 Sills, Craniosacral Biodynamics.
41 Sills, Lecture on the Tides.
42 Ven. Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche, “The Teachings and Practices of King Gesar of Ling” [talk in London] (September 1999).
43 Anecdote from Colin Perrow R.C.S.T.
44 Sills, Craniosacral Biodynamics.
45 Dr. Viola Frymann D.O., Collected Papers of Viola Frymann (American Academy of Osteopathy, 1998): 68.
46 Frymann, Collected Papers: 69.
47 Magoun, Osteopathy in the Cranial Field: 83.
48 Ibid, 85.
49 John Upledger, Your Inner Physician and You (North Atlantic Books, 1991): 30.
50 Becker, The Stillness of Life: 256.
51 Magoun, Osteopathy in the Cranial Field: 108.
52 Dr. Will Wilson R.C.S.T., “The Mystery of Craniosacral Therapy,” The Fulcrum (UK: Craniosacral Therapy Association, Winter 1998/99).
53 Becker, Life in Motion: 28.
54 Dr. W.G. Sutherland D.O., Contributions of Thought: 140.
55 Sutherland, Teachings in the Science of Osteopathy (Rudra Press, 1991): 14.
56 Sutherland, Contributions of Thought: 137.
57 T. S. Eliot, excerpt from “Burnt Norton,” Four Quartets (Faber and Faber, 1986): 15.
58 Dr. Rollin Becker D.O., “Using the Stillness,” Scientific Section of The Cranial Letter: The Teachings of Rollin E. Becker D.O. 51.2 (May 1998).
59 Sutherland, Teachings in the Science of Osteopathy: 16.
60 Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, excerpt from The Enlightened Heart, Stephen Mitchell (Harper and Row, 1989): 14.
61 Sutherland, Contributions of Thought: 137
62 Carole Manheim and Dianne Lavett, Craniosacral Therapy and Somato-Emotional Release (SLACK Inc., 1989): 83.
63 Sills, Craniosacral Biodynamics.
64 Katherine Ukleja D.O., R.C.S.T. and Claire Dolby D.O., R.C.S.T., training course notes.
65 R. Smoley, “Exploring Craniosacral Therapy,” Yoga Journal (May/June 1991): 20–24.
66 Manheim and Lavett, Craniosacral Therapy and Somato-Emotional Release: 83.
67 After Franklyn Sills, The Polarity Process (Element Books, 1989): 135.
68 C. G. Jung, The Secret of the Golden Flower, trans. Carey Baynes (Arkana, 1984): 83.
69 Ambrose and Olga Worral, The Gift of Healing (Harper and Row, 1965): 123.
70 Becker, The Stillness of Life: 2.
71 Magoun, Osteopathy in the Cranial Field: 105.
72 Steve Haines D.C., R.C.S.T., personal communication.
73 Carlisle Holland D.O. and J. H. Holland, Perceptual Transference, a Scientific Basis for Intuition and Other Paranormal Experiences (unpublished), quoted in Shea, Somatic Cranial Work: 33
74 Becker, The Stillness of Life: 10.
75 Steve Haines D.C., R.C.S.T., personal communication.
76 Hermann Hesse, Magister Ludi, The Glass Bead Game (Bantam Books, 1980).
CHAPTER EIGHT
1 Tsong Khapa, in Tibet, Its History, Religion and People, Thubten Jigme Norbu and Colin Turnbull (Penguin/Pelican, 1972).
2 H.R.H. Prince Charles, quote from a speech given to the British Medical Association (14 December 1982).
3 Mij Ferrett R.C.S.T., “Retrieving Innocence via Experience,” Caduceus 33 (Autumn 1996).
4 The term “energy cyst” was coined by Dr. John Upledger D.O.
5 Franklyn Sills M.A., R.C.S.T., Craniosacral Biodynamics (draft version; North Atlantic Books, 2001).
6 Dr. John Upledger D.O., Craniosacral Therapy 2, Beyond the Dura (Eastland Press, 1987): 213.
7 Linda Lazarides, Principles of Nutritional Therapy (Thorsons, 1996): 61, 90; Elizabeth Lipski M.S., C.C.N., Digestive Wellness (2nd ed. Keats Publishing, 2000): 100.
8 Dr. James Jealous D.O., “Around the Edges,” The Tide (UK Sutherland Society, Spring 1996).
9 Sills, Craniosacral Biodynamics.
10 H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama (London, May 1999).
11 The Buddha, excerpt from the Dhammapada.
12 Ken Dychtwald, Bodymind (Jeremy P. Tarcher, 1986): 22.
13 Ron Kurtz and Hector Prestera, The Body Reveals (Harper and Row, 1976): 1.
14 Ibid.
15 Marilyn Ferguson, foreword in Bodymind, Ken Dychtwald (Jeremy P. Tarcher, 1986).
16 Albert Vorspan, I’m OK, You’re a Pain in the Neck (Doubleday and Co., 1976): 21.
17 Endorphins are the type of neuro-transmitter that carry out this function.
18 N.B. The famous experiments by Pavlov showed how the physiological responses of dogs could be conditioned. A bell was rung just before the dogs were fed, and after a short while the dogs would automatically salivate just at the sound of the bell.
19 Dr. Robert Ader and Dr. Nicholas Cohen, “Behavioural Reconditioned Immunosuppression,” Psychosomatic Medicine 37 (1975): 333–40.
20 Ida Rolf, “Structural Integration,” Systematics 11 (June 1963): 9–10.
21 Dr. John Upledger, D.O. and Jon Vredevoogd, Craniosacral Therapy (Eastland Press, 1983): 141.
22 Dr. Viola Frymann D.O., The Collected Papers of Viola Frymann (American Academy of Osteopathy, 1998): 250.
23 Dr. Wilhelm Reich, in Bodymind, Dr. Ken Dychtwald (Jeremy P. Tarcher, 1986): 102–3.
24 Dychtwald, Bodymind: 103.
25 Kurtz and Prestera, The Body Reveals: 3.
26 Dychtwald, Bodymind: 14.
27 Robert Fulford D.O., Dr Fulford’s Touch of Life (Pocket Books, 1997): 29.
28 Frymann, Collected Papers: xix.
29 Hollis Pecora and Paul Benson, Noni News 5 (Resonance, 1999).
30 Franklyn Sills M.A., R.C.S.T., “Lecture on the Tides” (unpublished, June 1998).
31 Frymann, Collected Papers: 317.
32 Jocelyn Proby D.O., in Philosophy of Natural Therapeutics, vol. 1, Henry Lindlahr M.D. (Maidstone Osteopathic Clinic, 1975): 3.
33 Harold Saxton Burr, Blueprint for Immortality (London: Neville Spearman, 1972).
34 Franklyn Sills M.A., R.C.S.T., The Polarity Process (Element, 1989): 47.
35 Dr. Randolph Stone D.O., Polarity Therapy—Complete Collected Works (C.R.C.S. Publishers, 1986): 30.
36 Sills, Craniosacral Biodynamics.
37 Sills, The Polarity Process: 45.
38 Dr. Elmer Green, in Craniosacral Therapy, John Upledger and Jon Vredevoogd (Eastland Press, 1983): xii.
39 N.B. Many sources describe seven chakras, including a crown chakra at the top of the head. However, in the Ayurvedic and Tibetan tradition this seventh chakra is not considered to be a “true” chakra, as it is only activated when all the others are fully open.
40 Dr. Viola Frymann D.O., The Law of Mind, Matter and Motion—Scott Memorial Lecture (American Academy of Osteopathy Yearbook 73, 1973): 13–22.
41 Ibid.
42 Frymann, Collected Papers: xix.
43 Dr. Rollin Becker D.O., The Stillness of Life (Stillness Press, 2000): 2.
44 Albert Einstein, in The Heart of Healing, Caroline Latham (Findhorn Press, 2000): 15.
45 Albert Einstein, in The Stillness of Life, Becker: 255.
46 Bland J. M. and Altman D. G. (1986).
CHAPTER NINE
1 Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms (Scribner, 1929).
2 Penguin Medical Encyclopaedia (Penguin, 1972).
3 Concise Oxford English Dictionary (7th ed. Oxford University Press, 1982).
4 Dr. Peter Levine, Waking the Tiger (North Atlantic Books, 1997); Babette Rothschild, The Body Remembers (W.W. No
rton, 2000).
5 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed. American Psychiatric Association 1994).
6 Levine, Waking the Tiger: 10; Rothschild, The Body Remembers: 77–78; Franklyn Sills, Craniosacral Biodynamics, vol. 1 (North Atlantic Books, 2001): 347.
7 Levine, Waking the Tiger: 155.
8 Dr. Hans Selye, The Stress of Life (McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1956).
9 Levine, Waking the Tiger: 19.
10 Lecture by Scott Zamurut R.C.S.T. (Boston, 1999).
11 Levine, Waking the Tiger: 20.
12 Ibid, 149.
13 J. Axelrod and T.D. Reisine, “Stress Hormones, Their Interaction and Regulation,” Science 224 (1984): 452–9. Quoted in The Body Keeps the Score: Memory and the Evolving Psychobiology of Post-traumatic Stress, Bessel van der Kolk M.D. (Harvard Medical School, 1994).
14 Levine, Waking the Tiger: 32.
15 Axelrod and Reisine, Stress Hormones.
16 Sigmund Freud, Introduction to Psychoanalysis and the War Neurosis, trans. and ed. J. Strachy (standard ed. Hogarth Press, 1919/1954): 17:207–10.
17 Dr. Rollin Becker D.O., The Stillness of Life (Stillness Press, 2000): 45.
18 Dr. A.T. Still, Autobiography of A.T. Still (A.T. Still, 1908; reprinted by American Academy of Osteopathy, 1981): 88.
19 Norman Cousins, Anatomy of an Illness (Bantam, 1984).
20 Research quoted in Mind Body Medicine, ed. Daniel Goleman and Joel Gurin (Consumer Reports Books, 1993).
21 Dr. James Jealous D.O., “Accepting the Death of Osteopathy: A New Beginning” [Thomas Northrup Lecture] (reprinted in A/O Journal, Winter 1999).
22 Dr. Rollin Becker D.O., Life in Motion (Rudra Press, 1997): 247.
23 Arthur Janov, The Primal Scream (Abacus, 1973).
24 Dr. Rollin Becker D.O., Diagnostic Touch: Its Principles and Application, Part 4, Trauma and Stress (Academy of Applied Osteopathy Yearbook, 1965).
25 Levine, Waking the Tiger: 10.
26 Franklyn Sills M.A., R.C.S.T., Craniosacral Biodynamics (draft version; North Atlantic Books, 2001).
27 H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama (London, May 1999).
28 Sills, Craniosacral Biodynamics: 121.
29 Ibid, 125.
30 Eugene Gendlin, Focusing (Bantam Books, 1981).
31 Franklyn Sills M.A., R.C.S.T., Focusing Notes (unpublished).
