Jill Fraser Therapies

A wonderful, gentle yet powerful way to support your health and wellbeing. If you’d like to know more about whether craniosacral therapy may be right for you, please message or call me for an initial chat.

An excellent introduction to a body-based approach to understanding and managing anxiety.

There is an epidemic of anxiety - studies consistently indicate more that 1 in 4 people regularly experience anxiety. In teenagers it rises to 1 in 3.

It is devastating for many people to live with constant worry and fear. Anxiety that becomes panic attacks can be severely limiting.

Anxiety is rooted in protective gestures of speeding up to survive. It is much more a psychological problem.

In my upcoming FREE Anxiety is Really Strange webinar on April 27th we will explore embodied approaches to managing anxiety, such as appreciating how the hidden stories and protective reflexes (like excessive rumination) are working hard to protect you - this can transformative for many people.

I’ll teach simple, practical, research-based embodied approaches to managing anxiety, as well as how you can support others to find agency and choice in meeting their anxiety. You can register for free here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/bodycollege/656062

We can use three statements to help understand working with and overcoming trauma;

1. 'There is trauma' - terrible things happen to human beings.

2. 'We can overcome trauma' - we are wired to survive. We would not be here as a human species unless we had evolved ways of recovering from that lion attack (or sudden loss of a loved one, or being abused, or being in an accident...).

3. 'Healing trauma is about meeting the body' - in trauma, old parts of the brain change how the body works. By paying attention to feelings in the body and learning to self-regulate we can reboot the brain.

The central message from trauma research is that humans are very resilient. We can, and frequently do, emerge stronger and wiser after being overwhelmed.

It was my experience of living with chronic pain which first led me to receiving craniosacral therapy 14 years ago. And it was the transformative impact of this gentle hands on form of bodywork that inspired me to train as a craniosacral therapist.

Craniosacral therapy for chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31892357/

Looking forward to getting back to supporting parents and carers develop their baby massage skills ❤️

A 2013 study by University College London and the University of Hertfordshire, UK, confirmed the importance of human touch to healthy brain development. Researchers found that loving touch, such as a slow caress or gentle stroking increases the brain's ability to construct a sense of body ownership and plays a big part in creating and sustaining a healthy sense of self.

"As affective touch is typically received from a loved one, these findings further highlight how close relationships involve behaviours that may play a crucial role in the construction of a sense of self," said researcher Laura Crucianelli.

We all need human touch and loving affection at every stage of our lives for healthy emotional and neurobiological development.

Gentle touch-based therapy supporting your whole system. Appointments available Mondays in Feet Retreat Biggar.

Gentle craniosacral touch offers a powerful way to support the body in letting go of the tensions which can contribute to our experience of pain. Safe, negotiated hands-on care for your whole system ♥️

As we move out of what’s felt like a very long time in lockdown, I’m very happy to be returning gradually to hands-on bodywork.

I’ll be offering Craniosacral therapy sessions at Feet Retreat Podiatry & Wellness Clinic in Biggar on Mondays from 10th May, with a view to getting back to Ambacare Clinic in Moffat in the not to distant future.

For many of us, the past year has presented many challenges to our wellbeing. Craniosacral therapy offers a very gentle, safe and non-invasive approach to supporting your health at many different levels.

If you'd like to book a session in Biggar, please give me a call on 07719 641050 or message me via this page.

If you're new to craniosacral therapy or to bodywork generally, and you'd like to find out more, I'm always keen to have a no-obligation chat before you book - it's important to me that you find a therapy and a therapist which are a good fit for your individual needs ✨