During the course of our lives our bodies become patterned, shaped and conditioned according to how we can deal with stresses or traumas. If we are unable to dissipate the effect of these experiences, they become locked in the body as sites of inertia - until a time that we become able to process and resolve them. These sites of inertia create distortions in the natural rhythmical movements of the Breath of Life [life-force], leading to a sense of fragmentation and hindering the ability of our essential health to manifest at a cellular level.

Due to an accumulation of these stresses, tissues can become imprinted with the memory of unresolved experiences and so act like video tapes which may keep replaying whenever stimulated. We may then cycle around in repeated patterns of physiological and psychological behaviour, as our responses to situations become conditioned by experiences already held within us. These patterns are commonly caused by factors such as physical injuries, emotional and psychological stresses, birth trauma and toxicity.

The emphasis in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy is to help resolve the trapped forces that underlie and govern patterns of disease and fragmentation in both body and mind. This involves the practitioner developing finely-tuned skills of palpation and perception to sense the body's subtle rhythms and any patterns of inertia or congestion. Through the development of these skills the practitioner can read the story of the body, identify places where issues are held and then follow the natural priorities for healing as directed by the patient's physiology.