CranioSacral Therapy for Grief and Loss

CranioSacral Therapy for Grief and Loss by Diego Maggio provides practical support for the trauma of losses, from large to small.

Explaining how CranioSacral Therapy (CST) and SomatoEmotional Release (SER) can assist through the common traumas of the life cycle, from birth to death, this book shares techniques and exercises to help process emotions and experiences. It offers guidance on assessing the functionality of the body's systems and energetic framework and recognising and transforming destructive energies into constructive processes.

The book also explores how to enhance CST techniques with other protocols, including the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s stages of grief.

Loss, abandonment, separation, and grief—many of life’s most challenging experiences—are also the most common. However, the trauma created by these experiences does not need to hold us back in life. As Maggio demonstrates, we can use CST and SER techniques to understand, address, and overcome the stress caused by traumatic events, transforming painful experiences into opportunities for growth and expanded awareness.

Sharing Dr. Upledger’s techniques and his innovative applications of CST and SER from 20 years of practice, Maggio presents tools and exercises to facilitate inner self-healing mechanisms, supporting both yourself and others through the stages of grief and bereavement following a loss, whether large or one of the "small deaths" like losing a job or ending a relationship.

The author explores all the biological and energetic evolutionary stages of the life cycle through the lens of CST and shares manual therapy techniques and self-help exercises. These help process emotions, assess the energetic framework of the body and chakras, and recognise and transform destructive energies into constructive processes. Maggio looks at how to combine CST techniques with other protocols for managing the grieving process, as well as exploring how CST and SER techniques can support the dying and those around them during transition.

Revealing how CranioSacral Therapy can help integrate challenges and traumas, whether recent or long past, Maggio shows how our experiences can offer opportunities to evolve and grow as we journey through the beautiful cycles of life.