How is BCST different from Craniosacral therapy?
Both Craniosacral Therapy and BCST originate from the early twentieth century teachings of William Garner Sutherland, DO. Initially, because he was an osteopath, Sutherland used biomechanical methods to test his hypotheses about the subtle workings within the brain and spinal cord. Likewise, he used biomechanical language to describe his findings. Building on Sutherland’s osteopathic foundation, John Upledger, DO pioneered an approach to the work which he called CranioSacral Therapy. Since the 1970’s Dr Upledger has taught this biomechanical form of CST to thousands of people all over the world through the Upledger Institute. Those of us who are not osteopaths owe a debt of gratitude to Dr Upledger for his vision and courage in making Craniosacral therapy more widely available. The Biodynamic approach to CST is rooted in a transformative experience that Dr. Sutherland had in 1945. While at the bedside of a dying patient Sutherland had a direct experience of what he called the Breath of
