CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY EDUCATIONAL TRUST

"The deeper you can access stillness inside yourself, the deeper you can access the person's system . . . and recognise the deep Intelligence at work which holds everything together."
- Franklyn Sills

Course Director:

Michael Kern

D.O, R.C.S.T, B.C.S.T., M.I.Cr.A., N.D.

Michael Kern is a Craniosacral Therapist, Osteopath and Naturopath with a practice in London. He has been teaching Craniosacral Therapy since 1987 and is a leading international exponent of the Biodynamic approach, regularly running courses in Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia and Spain. He is founder of the Craniosacral Therapy Educational Trust, a senior tutor for the College of Osteopaths, the International Cranial Association, the Centre for Professional Development in Osteopathy and the University of Westminster. He is also author of the highly acclaimed book 'Wisdom In The Body - The Craniosacral Approach To Essential Health', now available in ten languages. His other interests include travel and mountains. He spent a number of years in Asia studying with leading Buddhist teachers.

Tracy Evans

R.C.S.T., B.C.S.T.

Before becoming a Craniosacral Therapist, Tracy studied drama and was a founding member of the "How Absurd Theatre Company". She also worked as a Movement Tutor, and ran movement and spatial awareness workshops. She graduated with CTET in 2004, and since 2006 has been a Co-ordinator at the Trust's Teaching Clinic as well as tutor on the Practitioner Training courses. Tracy has two craniosacral practices in London and Reigate, Surrey where she lives with her husband and two children. She has a morning practice of meditation and stillness, and sometimes chanting. Hobbies include reading, walking, renovating her house, and being a general taxi driver and social secretary for her children.

Jim Feil

M.A., D.C., R.P.T., B.C.S.T.

Jim was a personal student of Dr. Randolph Stone, osteopath and pioneering founder of Polarity Therapy, and commenced professional practice in 1973. He taught holistic medicine at a number of universities in the USA and then graduated as a doctor of Chiropractic in 1987. He moved to Europe in 1992 and has become a highly regarded teacher in Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and the UK. His has worked together with Franklyn Sills, Michael Kern and others in Craniosacral Biodynamics, with Stanley Keleman in somatic psychology, with Dr. Peter Levine in Somato-Experiencing and trauma work, and with Dr. Ray Castellino in pre- and peri-natal therapy. He is keen to develop an integrated therapeutic approach using skills from different backgrounds. Jim brings a depth of experience and an infectious sense of humour to his seminars.

Sheila Kean

R.C.S.T., B.C.S.T.

While working as a science teacher Sheila became fascinated by complimentary therapies following a treatment that completely changed her lifestyle. In response to this she studied massage and then craniosacral therapy. Since 1986 she has had a busy practice in Stroud, UK. For many years she was a teacher for the National Childbirth Trust, working with couples prior to the birth of their children and practice reflects this interest and experience. Sheila runs a massage school with her partner and has been involved as a teacher of Craniosacral Therapy since 1992. She co-runs a Craniosacral Therapy school in the west of England and teaches internationally. She is deeply committed to using the wealth of information gleaned from her clinical practice to impart the simplicity and truth at the heart of this work.

Sally Nealon

R.C.S.T., B.C.S.T.

Sally has wide experience in the fields of business and further education. She trained in Therapeutic Massage and NLP in the 1980's and developed a passion for Craniosacral Therapy when it proved to be the catalyst for her own healing following a major accident. She runs a busy Craniosacral practice in London and is an active council member of the Craniosacral Therapy Association UK. She is an avid networker and creates balance through her love of her partner, friends, music, travel and a keen interest in physical fitness.

Sarah Nesling

B.Sc., M.A., C.Q.S.W., R.C.S.T., B.C.S.T.

Sarah is a craniosacral therapist with over thirty years of experience working with people in a variety of settings. She was originally a social worker working with emotionally disturbed individuals. She has a first class degree in Psychology, trained as a Gestalt Psychotherapist and is a qualified teacher having taught communication skills, self-awareness workshops and run her own trainings in massage, anatomy and physiology for many years. She has also taught anatomy and physiology for the British School of Complementary Medicine and the Association of Reflexologists. Sarah currently co-ordinates a Mother and Baby Clinic in London, runs workshops at 'The Active Birth Centre' and assists on the CTET Practitioner Training. She is passionate about supporting women into motherhood and especially interested in how our emotional and psychological world affects our health.

Colin Perrow

R.C.S.T.

Colin qualified as a Craniosacral practitioner in 1990. He has a busy private practice in West Wales where he lives with his wife and daughter. Colin brings great heart, creativity and humour to his teaching work. He also teaches at the Karuna Institute and internationally. His other loves include Zen Buddhism, gardening and poetry.

Jane Shaw

B.C.S.T., R.C.S.T.

Jane is a craniosacral therapist practising in Wiltshire having qualified with the Craniosacral Therapy Educational Trust in 2007. Her background is in business and finance but has now immersed herself fully in the cranial field, co-organising the Breath of Life Conference, running a busy clinical practice, holding retreats and being a tutor with the Trust. She has also assisted on the 'Living Anatomy' training. Jane is originally from Ireland and still loves to walk along the Irish beaches and in the mountains. She practises daily yoga and meditation.

Fatima da Silva

R.C.S.T., B.C.S.T.

Fatima Da Silva qualified as a craniosacral therapist in 1999. She works as a co-ordinator at the student clinic for second year craniosacral students and as an assistant tutor on the CTET practitoner training. She also assists on the Living Anatomy course and on advanced craniosacral courses in Italy. She is a qualified Chi Kung Teacher and runs her own Chi Kung classes and a busy practice in London. Her background also involves Swedish and Oriental Massage as well as much experience of working with people with learning disabilities (PWLD) and mental health problems.

Anne Stevens

S.R.P, M.C.S.T., R.C.S.T., B.C.S.T.

Anne qualified as a Physiotherapist in Denmark in 1995, and in Craniosacral Therapy in 2004 with the Trust. She has extensive experience in physiotherapy, having worked in the NHS (hospital and outpatient clinics) as well as in the private health sector. She is the lead physiotherapist of a busy private health clinic in North London, where she also practices Craniosacral Therapy. Anne is an active Committee member of CTACP (Craniosacral Therapy Association of Chartered Physiotherapists), and her other passions are her family, her garden and allotment, knitting and occasional drumming.

Katherine Ukleja

D.O., R.C.S.T., B.C.S.T.

Katherine graduated in osteopathy and then qualified as a Craniosacral Therapist. Her extensive craniosacral training began in 1987 and she is now a Course Coordinator for the Craniosacral Therapy Educational Trust. Katherine has many years experience of teaching foundation trainings, as well as advanced courses for qualified Craniosacral Therapists and Cranial Osteopaths. She has become an internationally respected and influential figure in the craniosacral profession, regularly giving presentations at conferences and running courses in Switzerland, Russia, India, Malaysia and the USA. Katherine is also an artist and paints textiles for interiors and designs for the theatre. She lives in Devon with her husband, daughter and a scruffy dog.

Erwin Van de Velde

R.C.S.T., B.C.S.T.

Erwin is an enthusiastic craniosacral teacher and practitioner with a broad and extensive training. He has a multidisciplinary background of more than 20 years and is co-founder of the Shiatsu Training Program, Belgium, as well as a graduate of the International Shiatsu School and Castellino Pre-Natal and Birth Therapy. He has taught craniosacral therapy courses in the UK and Belgium, and is currently a tutor at the University of Westminster in London. He also runs post-graduate workshops for qualified craniosacral therapists, and has a private practice in North London. For many years he served on the Council of the Craniosacral Therapy Association.

Guest Tutors:

Peter Levine

Ph.D.

Peter has spent forty-five years studying and treating stress and trauma. He holds a doctorate degree in Medical Biophysics from the University of California at Berkeley and in Psychology from International University. He is the developer of Somatic Experiencing®, a naturalistic approach to healing trauma. He has practised and taught at treatment centres, hospitals and pain clinics throughout the world and was a stress consultant for NASA during the development of the Space Shuttle Program. He is also the bestselling author of Waking the Tiger (published in 22 languages), as well as several other books and audio programs that teach people how to use the body as a tool in resolving trauma. Peter is the founder of the Foundation for Human Enrichment, based in Boulder, Colorado, which now has a membership 5,000 Somatic Experiencing® training practitioners worldwide. His current interests include prevention of trauma in children, for which he has published two books, his most recent being Trauma Proofing Your Kids: a Parent's Guide to Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience. In October 2010, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy for his contributions to the field of somatic psychotherapy.

James Oschman

Ph.D.

James has a background in academic cell biology and biophysics. He has published over 30 papers in leading scientific journals, and about an equal number in complementary medicine journals. He is a world authority on energy and complementary medicine, the author of Energy Medicine: The Scientific Basis and Energy Medicine in Therapeutics and Human Performance, and lectures internationally. Jim's investigations of the biophysics of the living connective tissue matrix provide the basis for new understandings of human physiology and biophysics and their clinical applications.

Dr. Stephen Porges

Ph.D.

Stephen is a professor of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois, director of the Brain-Body Center and author of numerous papers on physiology and psychology. His discovery of the "Polyvagal Theory" and "Social Nervous System" gives new insights into the functioning of the autonomic nervous system and has profoundly influenced the practice of many body-mind therapies. He is author of the critically acclaimed book, The Polyvagal Theory.

Michael Shea

B.A., M.A., Ph.D, B.C.S.T.

Michael has thirty years' experience in the fields of Craniosacral Therapy, Gestalt, Rolfing and several other mind-body modalities. He is one of the pre-eminent educators and authors in the fields of somatic psychology and craniosacral work. He is founder of the International School for Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, a founding member of the International Affiliation of Biodynamic Trainings and on the faculty of the pre- and perinatal psychology doctoral programme at the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute. He is the author of Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Vols. 1, 2 and 3, and Somatic Psychology.

Franklyn Sills

M.A., R.C.S.T., B.C.S.T.,

R.P.T.

Franklyn has been working in the cranial field for over 20 years and now focuses on the training of teachers and practitioners in the cranial concept. He is co-founder of the Craniosacral Therapy Educational Trust and director of the Karuna Institute in Devon. Franklyn is considered to be one of the innovators in the field, and is author of the pioneering books 'Craniosacral Biodynamics' and 'The Polarity Process'. He has a background in medical sciences and research, and his interest in orthodox anatomy and physiology has continued to grow every year. He is also a qualified psychotherapist and teaches on the professional training in Core Process Psychotherapy, a Buddhist oriented therapy form. Franklyn has a background in Buddhist teachings and considers them to be the foundation of his approach to being in the world. He is married and has two daughters.

Dr. Jaap van der Wal

Ph.D.

Jaap is a medical doctor and associate professor of Anatomy and Embryology at the University of Maastricht, Holland. After his medical education in 1973 he specialised in functional anatomy. He then taught Philosophy of Science and Medical Anthropology, and developed a passion for human embryology. He discovered that science and religion, matter and spirit, macrocosm and microcosm, creation and evolution all meet each other in the phenomenal process of becoming human. He teaches at institutes of Craniosacral Therapy, Osteopathy and Polarity Therapy around the world.