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"Craniosacral Biodynamics" Volumes 1 and 2
By Franklyn Sills

Craniosacral Biodynamics is an approach to work in the cranial field which has its roots in the later work or Dr. William Garner Sutherland, the founder of the the cranial approach. These two volumes are geared to be text books for students and practitioners which outline a particular biodynamic outlook within the cranial field. The work within these volumes is different from most foundation course books currently available. Dr. Sutherland emphasised that the human system is not just a mechanism, but is ordered by the deepest spiritual sources. He called the Creative Intelligence in action within the universe, the Breath of Life. It is this Breath of Life which is the focus for a clinical understanding, even if we only perceive the forces it generates. This book focuses on the Breath of Life as the ordering and organising principle, not just of the human system, but within the world at large.

Craniosacral Biodynamics is an energy medicine which attempts to align us to the deepest wellspring of life. It takes a biodynamic approach in that the intentions are to clarify our relationship to the Breath of Life and its ordering processes, and to function clinically as a servant to the healing processes it unfolds. Our work is clearly seen to be one of supporting these intentions, we do not "do" the healing, we listen to and support its unfoldment. This work strongly de-emphasised the CRI level of action.

This book, and the course we teach at the Karuna Institute, focuses much more on the deeper tidal rhythms within the human system. These are called the mid-tide and Long Tide. It is within these slower and deeper rhythms that the resources of the system are found and within which our unresolved experience, be it traumatic or pathological, is centered. Our focus is squarely on the action of what Dr. Sutherland called the potency of the Breath of Life as it unfolds within our human condition.

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Volume 1 and 2 are now both available.

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Being and Becoming
Psychodynamics, Buddhism, and the Origins of Selfhood
By Franklyn Sills

To heal the mind, many seek psychotherapy. To heal the spirit, many seek religion. To heal the mind and spirit together, the practice of psychospiritual therapy is essential. In Being and Becoming: Psychodynamics, Buddhism, and the Origins of Selfhood, Franklyn Sills provides an atlas with which to incorporate the spirituality of Buddhism with secular psychotherapy. Being and Becoming reinterprets developmental psychology by integrating the self-exploration of psychotherapy and the mindfulness of Buddhist tradition.

Beginning with the origins of the self within the womb, Sills details the role of prenatal and birth experiences as the foundation of personality development, and the beginning of human suffering. Being and Becoming offers an interdisciplinary view of the development of selfhood and the process of “becoming,” drawing from Buddhist, Taoist, and Christian ideas. He applies the writings of Frank Lake, Martin Heidegger, William Fairbairn, Donald Winnicott, and Daniel Stern to this process as well, combining the theories of object relations, pre- and perinatal psychology, and Buddhist self-psychology. Sills unites these practices and ideas to uncover an all-encompassing process to the discovery of the nature of the self and selfhood.

Through the journey to selfhood, Sills presents the opportunity to understand personal development, while also allowing for the healing of personal suffering. By following the process of becoming, an understanding of what it is to “be” arises. Being and Becoming explores and explains this healing path of self-discovery and offers a way to overcome suffering through the use of psychodynamic practices and Buddhist traditions.

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