In the cranial sacral system there is a ‘technique” know as the stillpoint, and is very different then the stillness that happens after the holistic shift. In the mechanical model of cranial sacral therapy, the practitioner asserts the need for the stillpoint based on an assumption. In the functional model of craniosacral therapy the therapist asked in a much more gentle, and non-demanding fashion. In the biodynamic model of craniosacral therapy a question is posed to the system, the most subtle of inferences. When the system responds and moves into the stillpoint in the Biodynamic model, it is as close to magical as one perceives in bodywork.

So why use the stillpoint technique? The cranial stillpoint is used to facilitate greater potential in the fluid system, a deeper coherence with the Divine Ordering Principle. It is part of the entire self-healing aspect of the cranial sacral system. The motility and motion of the system moves into stillness on its own as part of its “built in” homestatic response mechanism. The tidal phenomenon becomes still. Here is where the potency of the creation is more accessible. Potency is the inherent resource of the system, so when the practitioner asks the system to move into the stillpoint, we have essentially accessed the level of primary respiration and the Source. In doing so we have helped the system to access potency which functions as the inherent balancing principle for our well-being. A still point may last from a few seconds to a long time. So make sure you have spaced your clients adequately, you never know how long a stillpoint may last.