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Craniosacral Biodynamics, Volume 2 By Franklyn Sills ( North Atlantic Books )
Release Date: 2004-03-31
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In this book, Franklyn Sills extends the concepts and skills covered in his first volume to the specific structural membrane and tissue dynamics of the human form, demonstrating the connection between craniosacral therapy and osteopathic healing. Volume Two shows students and practitioners how to relate to the major tissue structures within a wide perceptual field and a craniosacral biodynamic orientation. A thorough survey of the major body areas, including motility, structure, and anatomical relationships, offers practical applications throughout the book.
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 Careless quality
The book arrived water damaged.
Craniosacral Biodynamics: The Breath of Life, Biodynamics, and Fundamental Skills
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 Sills has amazing vision, yet cluttered writing
I am new to the work of Craniosacral Therapy. I'm in the beginnings of a training program, doing some required reading, and this is one of the books.
Franklyn Sills is in love with what he does, there is no question about that. He writes with lucidity and sheer reverence for the forces of Life and how they unfold within is. At times his writing is quite moving and can actually take your breath away.
I believe he wrote this book with the intention to simplify and consolidate many of the concepts within Craniosacral Biodynamics and the Osteopathic work of people like Will Sutherland and Rollin Becker, and while that intention does come forth, it isn't executed all that well. This book ends up feeling much like an old textbook that needs lots of revision by someone other than the author yet with his supervision.
I say that because the concepts brought forth by Sills, some of them difficult to comprehend from the beginning, are cluttered and made more obtuse by his writing. Some of the content feels as if Sills thought of 20 different ways to say the same thing and simply listed them all sequentially. I think the book would be much shorter if those '20 ways' were simplified into one or two.
Also, much of the terminology in this field could stand to be simplified, there are too many words used for the same thing or very similar concepts, and that isn't by any means Sill's fault or doing alone, but it certainly shines through in the text, creating further confusion.
I would still suggest buying this book, as it creates a depth of discussion that few others in Craniosacral do, but I would also suggest picking up Michael Kern's 'Wisdom in the Body'. It explains the same concepts in a much simpler way, appealing more to the layman and explicating with out being obtuse or excessively flowery with language.
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 The Book all Craniosacral Therapist should own! ( oneangel4u )
If you are trained in Craniosacral Therapy, especially under Upledger's model, this book is for you! If you found Upledger's book a bit dry or difficult to plod through and not an easy resource or want more information ont how CST and restrictions relate to all of the organ sytems,glands,tissues and diseases this book is a must have. It is very,very informative and difficult medical concepts are broken down to an understandable level. It made the lightulbs go off in my head. Once you can feel the CS pulse you can use this book to learn how to heal more than you ever imagined. You do not need the first volume,if you are already a CST. If you are not, but are any type of energy practioner the first volume would be a good resource to have, but this second volume can stand alone. I love this book.It is well worth every penny it costs!
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A real gem
I love this book and the way Franklyn Sills expresses the osteopathetic and craniosacral principles with holographic theory and trauma skills. He very effectively interweaves models and principles associated with the Breath of Life and new models of working with shock and trauma. The emphasis on the fluids and fluid tides brings a balance to the more structurally oriented craniosacral texts. I am a psychotherapist and find the principles articulated in this book extremely helpful in working with shock and trauma as well as accessing more vibrant health and creativity.
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Disappointing...
Being a strong believer of Cranial Work, I was very excited to see a new book on the topic. However, I was disappointed that this book is basically just Sutherland's Cranial Osteopathy and Upledger's CranioSacral Therapy repackaged. It's very disappointing that as Cranial work is getting more and more accepted, so many authors are simply reinventing the wheel and calling it their own. The initial work of Sutherland and the subsequent developments of Upledger have yet to be substantially changed or enhanced by any other authors in the cranial field that I have found. Until then, my recomendation is to stick with works by Sutherland and Upledger.
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