Biodynamic CranioSacral with Philip Kampfer

What is Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy?
An introduction to the mechanics

Craniosacral Therapy(CST) is an off branching of Osteopathy. Biodynamic CST is a further division of the field of CST into biomechanical and biodynamic approaches to healing. CST is a therapy that aims to assist the healthy flow of cerebrospinal fluid in the sacrum, spinal cord, and cranium, by facilitating release in the bones and membranes of the central nervous system, thereby bringing more health to the body as a whole. In biomechanical CST the body is approached with an allopathic intent to attune to the cerebrospinal fluid, diagnose the lack of mobility or irregular mobility in the craniosacral system, and treat accordingly. Biodynamic CST evolved because it was found CST with a different emphasis can open up deeper connection with the body as a whole, and its organizing and healing forces. In biodynamic CST, among other things, we tune into what is known as fluid tide and long tide. These tides are generated by the craniosacral system, and express as guiding forces in the body. In biodynamic CST we approach the client with the intent to listen to these forces, foregoing the intent to diagnose and treat the body from a limited perspective of what we know. With the safety and attention this gives, those forces can guide the practitioner towards the root issues presenting themselves connecting to our symptoms, and address or resolve them.

How does it work, and what can I expect?

“I get a lot of questions about what I do, and how it works. I spend a lot of time talking about the mechanics of it; the endless possibilities of shape and form, tissue and function, and what release and transformation can look like. I talk about these things because they’re important, but mainly because they give people a sense of comfortability, something they can grasp in order to commit to a session and therefore their growth. Talking only about the mechanical expressions of healing is not being completely true to form though about my practice, what I do, or how it works.
Healing is about making space, allowing what wants to arise, to arise. The soul is always speaking to us, trying to guide us forward, expanding on our expression by driving new experience. The issue is we keep such a tight lock on our reality for a sense of security, we aren’t holding space to hear about the changes it wants to make. And so what happens is the experience of the soul oscillates between feeling expansive when heard, and contracted when not. Both the contracted and expansive state express in the physical body. Soul experience and physical form are synonymous. It’s not one before the other, they are happening simultaneously, and spirit is the current or bridge binding one to the other, ensuring unity.
We can think of symptoms as the soul’s way of demanding to be heard, but truthfully there is no option but to hear it. Symptoms and discomfort aren’t a demand, but the expression of a function designed to produce a certain outcome— I believe it to be the expression of our wholeness, our unity.
So what I am doing in a session is listening. I’m listening to the communication that is being expressed, by the soul, through the body and its symptoms, about which direction it’s trying to take my client, and what needs to be let go of in order for that to come into form. A session will always entail physical, emotional(energetic), and mental change because they all need to happen in order for whatever new experience the soul is moving towards to be had.
So what do I do? I translate for something very deep, and I believe very profound, and overwhelmingly worthy of our devotion and service, time and time again— because really, our fulfillment depends on it.”
-Philip Kampfer

How long are sessions, and what can come up?

Sessions are 90 minutes, although always booked for 2 hours in the event more time is needed. Philip holds space for healing on many levels during a session— physical healing, emotional experiences and release, and gradual cognitive clarity of the issue(s) at hand are common outcomes. Also available should the session be guided there is embryological trauma, childhood family dynamics, generational trauma, ancestral patterns, soul fragment retrieval, akashic records, and more. While it’s good to get an understanding of the possible depth of the work, it’s important to go into every session with an open mind and without attachment to a certain unfoldment. If we knew entirely what was underlying our symptoms, the healing would have already naturally occurred. Every session is a process that brings a unique journey of discovery and the unknown. Energetically, you’ll be held and supported by Philip every step of the way.

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You can read more about Philip and his personal history here

Philip is currently offering sessions remotely, and in person in El Salvador.