CRANIOSACRAL & SOMATIC THERAPY
ABOUT BIODYNAMIC CRANIO SACRAL THERAPY
Biodynamic craniosacral therapy (BCST) and somatic therapy are modalities that support your body to heal itself from its infinite wisdom. ​
Biodynamic craniosacral therapy is gentle, often though not always including light touch and quiet hand placements. Through the presence and guidance of the practioner, BCST invites your tissues (muscles and fascia) to relax, your fluids (especial cerebral spinal fluid) to flow, and your energies to expand. ​
During a session, you may experience deep rest or relaxation states, which support your body's finding the optimal pathways for its own wellness. You may also experience other physical sensations — sometimes aches or pulsing. Should that happen, I'm there to support / hold you in the experience, SOMETHING SOMETHING SOMETHING.
— Nervous system regulation
— Learning a felt sense of safety
— Practicing / learning how to co-regulation
— Support pre- and post-surgery
— Support for recovery from accidents
— Psychadelic integration
— Exploration of subtle sensation and energy
​
Explore greater ease in the present moment!
With the right conditions, your body orients to and experiences increased health, you find ease in the present moment. Craniosacral and somatic therapies encourage systemic integration of past wounding.
ABOUT ME
Ri Dym, BCST.
SERVING THE EAST BAY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
The lively presence and embodied intelligence of my BCST teachers and therapists brought about a wonderful change in my embodied experience of reality. Where in the "before times" I routinely experienced the world as hostile or dull, I now find that it is welcoming, sparklingly alive, and delightfully mysterious.
​​
WORKING WITH ME​
I'm here to welcome and genuinely appreciate whatever arises, and invite whatever is wanted in response — lightness, slowing down, spaciousness or proximity, attunement, curiosity, play, reflection, and more. Our sessions may be serious or playful and funny. By simply "being with" what's here in a co-regulated space, together we open the possibility for transformation.
​
BACKGROUND
I discovered biodynamic craniosacral therapy during personal explorations into body-mind-spirit interconnections. Working with craniosacral has brought me a deep and complete felt sense of self-connection — and became a key part of healing from early childhood trauma.
​​
​
QUALIFICATIONS
— BCST, Colorado School of Energy Studies, 2023. 750 hours
— Polarity Coach, Colorado School of Energy Studies, 2024
— Foundation Training (ongoing), Castellino Training, expected 2026
— BA Art, Yale University — MFA, Columbia University​​​
INTERESTS / NON-CERTIFICATE STUDIES
— Meditation (formal Buddhist and informal other practices)
— Non–violent communication (& other forms of authentic communication)
— Contact improv
— Aikido
— Dreaming and dream work (lineages of Jung / von Franz, Robert Moss)
​
I look forward to speaking with you! I genuinely enjoy a chance to connect, and to hear what you're ready to share about your life and journey.
From both sides, I know the benefits of a nourishing and fruitful client-practitioner fit. During or after our conversation, if I sense I can't offer what you need, I'll gladly refer you to trusted colleagues who can better support you.