Cranio Kent

03/09/2026

Curious about Craniosacral Therapy? 🌿

People come for CST for many different reasons, including feeling stressed or overwhelmed, physical tension, recovery from difficult experiences, or simply wanting some time to slow down and reconnect with themselves.

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30/08/2026

Boundaries aren’t about shutting people out. They help us remain open without losing ourselves.

Brené Brown describes a boundary as being clear about what is and is not okay. Her work also highlights the relationship between boundaries and resentment: when we repeatedly agree to things we don’t have the time, energy or willingness to give, frustration can quietly build.

Many of us find boundaries difficult. We may worry about disappointing someone, appearing unkind or being seen as selfish. So we say yes when we mean no, tolerate behaviour that hurts us or keep giving long after our internal resources have been depleted.

But a clear and respectfully communicated boundary is not a punishment. It is information.

It might sound like:

“I’m not able to do that.”

“I can help, but only for an hour.”

“I’m not comfortable discussing this.”

“I need some time before I respond.”

Setting a boundary can feel uncomfortable, particularly when we are accustomed to putting other people’s needs before our own. Yet temporary discomfort may be healthier than the exhaustion, anger or resentment that can follow when we continually abandon ourselves.

Brené Brown’s “Living BIG” framework connects 'Boundaries, Integrity and Generosity'. The idea is that when our boundaries allow us to remain aligned with our own values, we are more able to respond to others with genuine generosity rather than resentment.

The people around us may not always like our boundaries, especially if they benefited from us having none. That doesn’t necessarily mean the boundary is wrong.

We can be kind and still say no.

We can care about someone and still protect our wellbeing.

We can understand another person’s feelings without taking responsibility for fixing them.

Boundaries help make relationships safer, clearer and more honest — including the relationship we have with ourselves.

23/08/2026

'Focussing' is a technique often used by Craniosacral Therapists; you could call it body psychotherapy. By holding and supporting the client and teaching them how to access the unresolved shock that's held in their body, the therapist uses verbal skills (clean language) to help their client access their felt sense and then they hold space for change.

Its often very profound. It can bring great insight, clarity and resolution even. Sometimes shifts take split seconds, its quite amazing to experience, both for therapist and client!

Image courtesy CSTA.

16/08/2026

I was reflecting the other day on how many of my clients have had their lives changed by Craniosacral Therapy and then my attention turned to myself and my own experience.

When I started training in 2009, we were encouraged to tune into our own bodies and see what was there. I found that obscure anyway, and when I tried to do it, all I noticed was a load of numbness/nothingness inside my body. I had spent a lot of the previous years looking after sick parents, my sick husband and my babies and actually had no idea what my needs were or how to access them. Maybe I didn't have any?

Over time and as I persisted with the numb feeling, I came to fear that what was hidden deep inside me was a lot of pain and anguish. I felt it would be monstrous if it ever came out and I was scared that it would overcome me.

With a lot of gentleness, support and holding from both the college and my own Craniosacral Therapist, I learnt how to become resourced enough to have find the courage to visit whatever might be deep inside of me. I felt that if in the future, I was going to want my clients to 'lay themselves bare' in my clinic, I had to be prepared to do it first.

It was a profound time for me and it led to a masses of self discovery (not all that I discovered was easy). Life had taught me that I didn't matter and the invitation was that I did. What's more was that someone grounded and caring would be there to see/hear and hold my pain with me.

Such the power of Craniosacral Therapy and feel so blessed to have provided a similar opportunity to many others in my clinic since then; creating a safe space one client a time.



Image courtesy of CSTA

09/08/2026

SOME IMPORTANT OBSERVATIONS I HAVE MADE

Often my clients talk as though they hope to get to a place where they have everything 'sorted'. As though they think one day they will be 'shiny' as I like to describe it.
Sometimes they assume that I am shiny.
After a couple of decades of receiving therapy myself, I can honestly say that I do not believe there is a shiny place of complete enlightenment.
We are all on a journey, just some of us are further down the road than others.
Some people have stopped for a break, some are refusing to go any further, or refused to get on board at the start.
Those who think they have all the answers maybe need more help than most (some therapists fall into this category, be wary).
I hope to keep growing. I stumble a lot, even now. But life is richer now that I am more aligned with my authentic self than it ever has been. Therefore it is happier. Greater inner peace.
And that is what I wish for you too I think.

06/08/2026

So the lovely Sue Pritchard came to see me today and here she explains her experience and how CST is often helpful for tinnitus. Also how, given the right circumstances, your spine can click itself back into position, no force required! Thank you Sue for helping more people know about this amazing therapy which I am so blessed to practice.

I'm treating myself to a quick coffee after feeling grateful for another craniosacral treatment with Sarah Johnson from Cranio Kent this morning.

I thought I was feeling okay today, just slightly irritated by the tinnitus. But this intriguing form of therapy never fails to amaze me - every single time.

My body is obviously still plagued by that hit and run accident I unfortunately experienced a few years ago, and today my neck performed its own clicking manoeuvre to help rectify this!

And agreeing with my audiology assessment at the hospital earlier in the week, that the tinnitus was likely brought on by distress of the accident, Sarah told me at the end of the session: "You need to ask your tinnitus what it wants you to know."

Admittedly, this may sound silly to some people but it must have struck a chord with me, because it brought tears to my eyes!

So now I'm off to befriend my tinnitus and listen to it with a new mindset.

Our bodies are so much wiser than we believe. When and why did we stop listening to them?

And if you want to find out more about craniosacral therapy, I'll put the link to my article about it in the comments and on my stories.

05/08/2026

Love this….

04/08/2026

"Worry pretends to be necessary, but serves no useful purpose." —Eckhart Tolle

02/08/2026

When someone makes a judgement about you, it usually says more about them than it does about you. It took me a lot of years to fully understand this and I still have to reign in my judgements sometimes. Cultivating compassion for yourself I believe is key to putting aside that judgement.

31/07/2026

What does the latest evidence say about umbilical cord clamping?

A new scientific paper highlights that, where clinically appropriate, waiting before clamping the umbilical cord can improve newborn outcomes - including allowing up to 30% of a baby's blood volume to transfer from the placenta.

📖 Read the full paper: bit.ly/RCMcordclamping