My journey to becoming a bodyworker started with the study of Zen and Shiatsu. Zen opened up a whole new worldview for me and immersed me in a rich tapestry of philosophies and new ways of approaching the world, birthing a fascination with the idea of ‘non-doing’.
Now, as a bodyworker, and as someone who teaches the art of touch, the term ‘non-doing touch’ is one of my favourite ways to talk about craniosacral work. One of the things that makes cranial work so attractive to me is that the less you do the more that seems to happen.
In lockdown I enjoyed revisiting non-doing as I put together my Touch is Really Strange book – a distillation of decades of experience as a bodyworker. The deep study and exploration I undertook to write this book has since informed my new biodynamic craniosacral training – The Art of Touch.
(We’re a couple of months into the 2-year programme and the feedback has been excellent so far. If you’d like to join the next cohort, you can apply here).
In a recent podcast, I explored many of the core principles we work with in The Art of Touch, including Taoist and Zen models of non doing and modern research into flow states.
You can listen here: Non Doing in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy – Steve Haines (scroll down to podcast #8)
Upcoming Trainings:
Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST):
The Art of Touch 2 Year Training: London – starts Oct 2023
The Art of Touch 2 Year Training: Galway – starts Mar 2024
Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE®):
TRE Certification Training ONLINE:
Module 1 Online: 8-9 Jul
Module 2 Online: 13-14 Apr, 20-21 Sep
Module 3 Online: 15-16 Apr, 28-29 Aug, 11-12 Dec
TRE Certification Training LONDON:
TRE Intro Day London: 31st Mar, 22nd May, 11th Sep
Module 1 London: 25-26 Feb
NEW TRE Certification Training IRELAND with Susan Porter:
TRE Module 1 Dublin: 18-19 May 2023
TRE Module 2 Dublin: 10-11 Jul 2023
TRE Module 3 Dublin: 13-14 Nov 2023
