“Blending” is described in the book, Touch the Ocean: The Power of Our Collective Emotions.

For the possibly miraculous and for fun, from the documentary, The Fire Yogi — an example of blending?  Rather extreme — don’t try this at home, folks!

Here, the Yogi will call it, “union.”

Another example also from the Autumn 2009 CraniOcean.Calm Newsletter, by visionary poet, Mary Oliver:

Wild Geese

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting–
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.

© Mary Oliver

There are many examples of her poetry related to the environment as a participant in her work. Please visit this link for more of her poetry, Modern American Poetry, online. Mary Oliver, a very popular visionary poet in the American tradition of Whitman, Emerson, and Emily Dickinson.

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Another example from the Autumn, 2009 CraniOcean.Calm Newsletter, Charles Bukowski’s “Bluebird,” from, THE LAST NIGHT OF THE EARTH POEMS.

what does this have to do with the environment, or with blending?  is there an inner environment as well as an outer environment?

This example of the art and lifestyle of Georgia Okeefe from the Autumn, 2009 CraniOcean.Calm Newsletter, also offered as a contemplation.

what is a life lived on purpose?

This example of the art of Andy Goldsworthy from the Autumn, 2009 CraniOcean.Calm Newsletter, from the film, RIVERS AND TIDES

what is it to blend with the environment?  can the environment respond?  and what is the experience of blending with another living being?

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Book of John 3:1 – 3:5

We might dream of a home on the ocean, we might have such a home, but when we have acheived such a dream, how often do we interact with the ocean?  We look at the views, we smell the salt air, and might there be something that we are missing?

If you have been lucky enough to find a copy of Touch the Ocean, and have read it, and gotten its message, the Audio Book for Touch the Ocean, by Early Audio Productions with background music by Rusty Crutcher (Macchu Picchu Sunrise, Chaco Canyon, Ocean Eclipse)  and vocals with the Author, authentic, will be available from November 23, 2009.

It was recorded in the Author’s rented cottage in West Palm Beach on Garageband, with “all the ambient sounds of the Palm Beaches, dogs barking, airplanes flying overhead, rain storms, and ocean sounds …”

Notes from the Production Crew:

The listening is engaging.  Not only is it good storytelling, there’s perfectly timed humor within a very serious subject.  And he delivers on each of the characters!

Alex Early, Early Audio Productions

Engaging!  He really gets into it and this gets you into it.

Robert Dean, musician, Star People

Enjoy.

The newest book published by West Palm Beach, CraniOcean Media, Journeys: Stories Our Bodes Can Tell, follows Touch the Ocean but was written first.

For a more clinical approach to case histories that no less lyrical or easy to read, one would do well to go to the second book in the Trilogy, Journeys: Stories Our Bodies Can Tell. The newest book in the Trilogy has just been released so if you happen to come across it, feel free to give it your own online reviews to assist others in their seeking.

In Journeys we go deeper in the science behind craniosacral therapy, deeper into  allied modalities, and into the benefits, case by case.

Both books are designed for clients, beginning AND advanced practitioners of all approaches to craniosacral, and those who love them, both books are also designed for the average educated reader.  Both books are intuitive, lyrical, and poetic, and yet gently demonstrate that both science and intuition are required for any appropriate approach to healing art – Journeys in a blend with the holistic clinic environment in the city, Touch the Ocean in a blend wild nature and the environment.

The information will also support you in your therapeutic process if you are already working with a practitioner of any of the fine schools available.  And there are a few very fine schools, or approaches out there.

Touch the Ocean shows us what is possible in healing art.

If you have found this page. congratulations! There is a lot to get lost in on the Internet, and your visit is most appreciated.

Published by West Palm Beach, CraniOcean Media, as part one of the CraniOcean Trilogy, the award winning Touch the Ocean: The Power of Our Collective Emotions imparts comfort and joy to anyone who is lucky enough to find a copy.  And there is nothing like the smile of a dolphin in an authentic healing session!  Although this book might not inspire you to seek craniosacral therapy for yourself, it is a good read, and will certainly inspire you to discover and uncover the healing response within yourself.  It will also alert you to another way when loved ones are ill at ease and bewildered.  There are no pop quizes!  We learn from this special book in our falling awake with it in our hands.

It can take some time to get used to a new idea.  And so to give you some context, here are some of the benefits, clinically proven  Non-intrusive, and non-surgical Craniosacral gently unlocks fluid passageways within the spinal cord and meninges of the brain to relieve and treat:

• Neck and Lower Back Pain
• Domestic and Work Related Stress
• Fatigue
• Cluster Headaches
• Migraines
• Fibromyalgia
• Infant Seizure Disorders
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Autism
• Astma
• Endogenous Depression
• Learning Disorders (ADD/ADHD)
• Scolisis
• Sciatica
• More.

This stuff works, and the touch is so gentle it not only works with all ages, from infants to the elderly, it also works for domesticated pets.  Horses, dogs, cats.  And it has been largely overlooked or ignored.  Few know about it, or get distracted by the glitter out there, and there is a lot of glitter, as You know!

All sound too good to be true? Although not to be mistaken for a cure-all, this is one reason these and many other books have been written on this fascinating approach to Health Care, an approach that can not only save you and your loved ones a great deal of time and needless misery, but can save you a lot of good money. With a competent practitioner, every dollar is money well spent, and you know exactly on what. Why?  Because this is what works.

To touch a little deeper, all approaches to this light touch healing art derive from the findings of one man, Dr. William Garner Sutherland, dating back to 1901. Touch the Ocean and Journeys: Stories Our Bodies Can Tell additionally explore many of the findings of the more recent, Dr. John Upledger, and other schools of craniosacral or “cranial” are mentioned in both books.

Touch the Ocean, describes the history and development of craniosacral, past and present, in a delightful chapter entitled, “Sutherland and Upledger.”  Touch the Ocean pioneers  heart-centered work with dolphins and with ocean healing. James is the Founder of CraniOcean and of the Mini-Intensive Format, a pioneer in Dolphin, BioAquatic, and Ocean healing.

With Touch the Ocean: The Power of Our Collective Emotions, we learn not so much from the words on the page, but from the white spaces between the lines, from the silences, and the spaces among the silences.

This Facilitator considers each visitor to the site and to the treatment room, as a guest.  Thank you for the privilege of your attention here.

James Nemec LMT, CST-D

http://www.craniocean.com

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