Recorded content from the BCST introductory course at PMTI. Discover the basics of craniosacral therapy from the biodynamic perspective.

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2a. Meditation: Practitioner Neutral

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Health is intrinsic. Potency expresses through the tides. Recorded 2025.

3e. Exchange: Holism & Tides

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Open your inner eye to experience an anatomical tour of the craniosacral system.

4a. Meditative Tour of the Craniosacral System

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We continue practicing attunement to the tides and the motility of the craniosacral system.

4e. Exchange: Motility & Cranial Holds

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Turn inward to experience qualities of stillness and tides.

5a. Meditation: Stillness & Tides

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Concepts VIII &amp; IX, and Practitioner Skill #6

5b. Stillness, Fulcrums, and Still Points

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5e. Exchange: Stillpoints & Diaphragms

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An excerpt from Riger Gilchrist’s book, An Overview of Craniosacral Biodynamics.

Bonus: History of Craniosacral Therapy by Roger Gilchrist

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Review the bones, membranes, and fluids of the craniosacral system.

2b. Anatomy of the Craniosacral System

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CST therapists may interchangeably call the most external layer of the meninges: the &#34;dura&#34; the &#34;dural membrane&#34; the &#34;reciprocal tension membrane&#34; or the &#34;RTM&#34;

2b. Reciprocal Tension Membrane

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2c. Lecture: Concepts I - IV

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2e. Activity: Notice (Objective v. Somatic Response)

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Listen along as you practice your log exchange. Notice what you notice, how you notice.

2e. Exchange: Notice

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Grounding, Orienting, &amp; Centering. Recorded July 2026.

3a. Meditation: Therapist Anchors

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IV. Three TidesV. Primary Respiratory MechanismVI. Reciprocal Relationship of Form and FunctionVII. Healing Happens in the Present MomentRecorded July 2026

3c. Concepts IV-VII

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Listen along as you practice or during your log session. Recorded July 2026.

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Primary Respiration and the Primary Respiratory Mechanism are core to the cranial concept. Recorded 2024.

Bonus Lecture: Primary Respiration, the PRM

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What do you notice? Recorded 2025.

Bonus Meditation: Notice

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Grounding, orienting, centering. Recorded 2025

Bonus Meditation: Therapist Anchors

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Bonus Lecture: Form, Function, & Motility

biodynamic craniosacral therapy

Recorded content from the BCST introductory course at PMTI. Discover the basics of craniosacral therapy from the biodynamic perspective.