Frequently asked questions
Explore the answers to frequently asked questions about Craniosacral Balancing, Access Consciousness® and Bars.
Please don’t hesitate to contact Kerry if you have a specific question or would like to make an appointment.
Craniosacral Therapy FAQs
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Your craniosacral system was the very first system to develop when you were forming as a fetus in your mother’s womb.
Encompassing your brain, spinal cord and sacrum, the rest of your bodily systems were gradually formed around this.Craniosacral therapy is particularly helpful as a holistic healing approach to injury, trauma, nervous system, and physiological-emotional issues. It aims to facilitate the expression of health and relieve pain or tension that are held in the body as a result of physical or emotional stress and trauma.
As a craniosacral therapist, Kerry works gently and intuitively with the whole system to facilitate change across your whole physical, mental and emotional landscape. -
When a craniosacral therapist puts their hands on a person’s body, they feel the restrictions in the system that may have been caused by physical or emotional trauma.
The body is always orientating itself toward ‘health’ or potency. The cranisacral therapist actively supports our body’s own capacity for healing and repair and acknowledges the interconnectedness of mind, body and spirit by working with the whole
Through gentle and appropriate holding,and allowing space and time, the inherent ordering principle throughout the body begins to resolve physical, mental and emotional issues – as they are all intrinsically linked.
As a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist, Kerry follows this movement with no pre-conceived idea of how the body should be, or how it will heal. -
When you come to a craniosacral therapy session with Kerry for the first time, she will first ask your about your specific history. This will include questions about any ongoing health problems, accidents, or trauma you have experienced – at any time in your life.
Then, without removing any clothing, you will lie on the treatment table. Blankets and pillows will be provided to ensure you’re as comfortable as possible.
Kerry will then lay her hands upon the area of your body that requires the most support.Although the touch is extremely light during a session, craniosacral balancing introduces a sensation in the body that encourages you to enter a deep relaxation.
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It really depends on why you are going for a cranisacral session and what you are hoping to achieve.
Although you are very likely to feel a difference after the first craniosacral balancing session, it is usually recommended to attend at least three weekly sessions so that a more lasting change can be facilitated.
Kerry’s approach is not to suggest that clients keep coming back indefinitely.
She is happy when the presenting reason for coming is resolved. Many clients come back monthly or bi - monthly to maintain the feeling of well being which craniosacral therapy creates.
Get in touch with Kerry for specific advice related to your treatment needs.
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A session costs $120 and lasts 90 minutes.
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Access Consciousness & Bars FAQs
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Simply put, Access Consciousness is a set of processes and tools designed to facilitate more consciousness for every body.
As the pioneers of Access say: “It is the willingness and capacity to be totally aware, totally present in all areas of your life. Consciousness is the ability to continually awaken to more possibility, more choice and more life.”
As an Access practitioner for many years, Kerry incorporates Access style questioning and clearing statements into a craniosacral treatment with ease. She also offers Access Bars as a separate treatment in itself.
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A modality devised by Access Consciousness founder Gary Douglas, the Bars are 32 points on the head that are gently touched by a practitioner in a systematic way.
By running someone’s Bars a person starts the process of dissipating the electrical charge of polarity as it is stored in their brain. These are the places where you have stored all the thoughts, beliefs, feelings and emotions that you thought were important.
A session of Bars is sometimes compared to a defragging of a computer to remove the files that are no longer serving us. Instead of being on auto-pilot, it can allow you to function from a place of awareness. It can also open you up to be in a place of receiving.
Learn more about Bars, including a short video introduction to the modality, on the Access Consciousness page.
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“At worst you’ll feel like you’ve had a great massage. Best case scenario, your life will change into something greater with total ease!”
You lay fully clothed on a massage table or reclining chair. Pillows and blankets are provided for warmth and comfort.
Kerry will then gently and systematically touch various points on your head that can help to release limited points of view.
You may wish to talk, or to be silent and many people fall asleep during the session. If required, Kerry will use other Access Consciousness techniques to contribute towards you overcoming any limitations you are struggling with, which can empower you to live life with more ease and joy.
A Bars session with Kerry lasts 90 minutes and costs $120.
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Yes, there are two separate scientific studies that demonstrated the validity of Access Bars.
Decreasing depression & anxiety
Dr Terrie Hope PhD, DNM, CFMW published an article in the Journal of Energy Psychology: Theory, Research, and Treatment in November 2017.
Dr Hope described how the results of one 90-minute Access Bars session indicated a significant decrease in the severity of depression and anxiety.
Watch the video interview with Dr Hope about her research.
Positive neurological effect
In another study in 2015 Dr Jeffrey L. Fannin, a leading neuroscientist, carried out a study with 60 participants.
Dr Fannin discovered that Access Bars had a positive neurological effect on the recipient, similar to those experienced by advanced meditators
– and it produced results immediately.Watch the YouTube clip of Dr Fannin explaining what happens to the brain during an Access Bars session.
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An Access Bars session costs $120. Allow 90 minutes for the whole session.
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As a Bars Facilitator, Kerry runs one-day Bars Pracitioner classes to share the techniques and positions to ‘run’ someone’s Bars. The class is also a great introduction to Access Consciousness and the very pragmatic tools which are part of it.
Once you have completed this one-day class, you can share this incredible practice with family, friends or even paying clients. You can also attend Bars swaps which are help mostly weekly in Albany.
Classes are often run in Albany. If you have a small group, Kerry may be available to run a class in your area.
There is also a strong network of Bars Facilitators that Kerry can connect you with.
Get in touch for more details.
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As a Registered Bars Facilitator, Kerry facilitates classes for people who would like to learn how to run Bars and learn the very useful Access Consciousness tools. She runs almost weekly Bars shares for those who have completed the one-day class.
When demand is there Kerry will arrange for the four-day Access Foundation Course with an Access Consciousness Facilitator. Other workshops and courses are held periodically.
Please contact Kerry if you’d like to be notified about future classes, Bars shares or events.
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