What is Biodynamic Cardiovascular Therapy, Part 1

Over the next couple of weeks I will be posting questions and answers about the new direction of my teaching: Biodynamic Cardiovascular Therapy.  I invite you to explore and reflect.  

Question:  Michael, the heart and cardiovascular system is becoming popular in the field of craniosacral therapy, already A. T. Still the founder of Osteopathy had mentioned treating the cardiovascular system (CVS), but it was nearly forgotten for some time. You have been reviving it. Where lies the big potential of this wonderful concept?

Answer:  Traditional models of Craniosacral Therapy (CST), and even the different styles of biodynamic practice, tend to interface with the physiology of the body and its fluid systems. The contemporary client however is suffering from a disturbance at a deeper lever in the body. This level is the metabolic level. The metabolic level is where substances especially from the immune system travel across and through the membranes of the body, especially through the walls of all cells, the blood vessels and in the blood itself. By applying the principles of biodynamic perception of both Primary Respiration (PR) and Stillness while in contact with an artery, excess pressure in the cardiovascular system (CVS) can start to relax which allows the immune system to reduce its transport of inflammatory chemicals. New research points out that trauma survivors have inflammatory conditions in the vascular system of the brain. So traditional trauma resolution skills need to be supplemented with metabolic skills.

This is one reason for the shift in focus towards the cardiovascular system in my work. It is where we can get our hands on the client’s metabolism. Another good reason to work with the CVS is that the blood is a carrier of water. Contact with the fluid body and normalizing its tone with Primary Respiration and Stillness can also happen with arterial work. As I use the term fluid body it means the sum of the biological water in and around us. This means the natural world that is inside us and around us connected through living water.