How To Do DIY Craniosacral Therapy

Craniosacral therapist Suzanne Rath has a number of self-release techniques she uses to manage clients' stress and anxiety. The first one she introduced in a YouTube video is breath work. Begin your DIY session with deep breathing to promote grounding. Place your hands on your ribs to ensure you're breathing from your belly rather than your chest, and breathe in for a count of six before breathing out for a count of eight. According to Rath, long exhales are key to calming the autonomic nerve system. 

Moving forward, in order to confirm you're using the right amount of pressure with your CST work, Rath recommended placing a coin on the back of your hand. The pressure you use from now on should be even less than that of the coin. With that in mind, place your finger tips on your forehead and gently rest them on your frontal skull before drawing them slightly away. 

"Try to imagine your hands are fans," Rath explained. "Direct the energy, or fans, toward your forehead." Continue with this imagery of turning the fans off, reversing the energy and repeating the cycle. The aim here is to decompress the frontal bones.