Finding Your Stillpoint and Craniosacral Techniques for Your Body, Mind and Spine

Stillness is not withdrawal. It is a return to the body’s natural intelligence.

Robert F. Harris, Canada’s leading teacher of Craniosacral Therapy (CST), will introduce participants to the direct experience of the “stillpoint.” A stillpoint is a gentle craniosacral technique that interrupts habitual tension and allows the restorative nervous system to come forward naturally.

In ordinary life, the body becomes overextended. We push, tighten, speed up, and disconnect from ourselves. Strain, exhaustion, anxiety, insomnia, and subtle forms of holding can begin to feel normal.

This retreat approaches healing differently. Rather than forcing change, we learn how to create the conditions for release. Through gentle craniosacral methods, therapeutic stillpoints, and practical self-care tools, participants will discover states of rest, balance, and reorganization.

The workshop includes hands-on instruction, spinal and thoracic release exercises, and methods for working with the neck, lower back, and nervous system. Participants will also learn how to work with Becalm Balls and BackBalls as supports for ongoing practice at home.

This retreat emphasizes direct experience rather than theory.

YOU WILL GO HOME WITH:

• A direct experience of profound calm and nervous system restoration;
• The ability to create therapeutic stillpoints for yourself and others;
• Practical methods for working with stress, pain, insomnia, and spinal holding patterns;
• An experiential understanding of Craniosacral Therapy;
• CST-based release techniques for everyday life;
• Your own therapeutic Becalm Balls (retail value $30 CAD) and BackBalls (retail value $45 CAD).

Robert will also be leading a Craniosacral Practicum at DDL from September 17 to 19 for students who have completed Craniosacral Training Programs Parts 1 to 3, or Robert Harris’ 11-day taped or in-person training program.

This practicum is an opportunity to deepen experience through direct application and refinement of the work.

Participants attending the Practicum are invited to remain for the Finding Your Stillpoint retreat at the cost of room and board only. Tuition for the retreat is complimentary for Practicum students.

For further information, please contact programs@dorjedenmaling.com.

Who May Attend

This retreat will be valuable for therapists, bodyworkers, yoga and meditation practitioners, creative artists, and anyone interested in health, balance, and rejuvenation. Everyone is welcome.

Cost

PRICE RANGE depends on lodging choice.

Participants may pay in full or place a 30% deposit to hold their spot.

Generosity Policy

We want everyone to be able to attend retreats at Dorje Denma Ling.

NEW! 30 & under and monastic discounts available during registration.
~When early bird pricing is in effect, the higher discount will take precedence.

This retreat offers a chance to slow down, listen deeply, and rediscover the body’s natural capacity for balance and healing.

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