Description
Craniosacral III: Body Dialogue
Deepen your understanding of trauma, healing, and whole-person care in this advanced CranioSacral Therapy seminar. Designed for practitioners ready to expand both clinical skill and therapeutic presence, this training blends current trauma theory with practical, hands-on tools you can immediately integrate into your sessions.
You’ll learn how to create a safe, supportive environment that allows for emotional release while maintaining clear professional boundaries. Through guided practice, you’ll strengthen assessment skills, refine therapeutic listening, develop appropriate and compassionate dialogue, and explore the role of somatoemotional release as a powerful support in trauma resolution. The course also addresses how to recognize and triage emotionally intense situations and determine when outside referral is appropriate — helping you work with confidence and integrity.
As the culminating class in a three-part series, CranioSacral Therapy Level III integrates the full range of skills developed in earlier trainings. Building on CST II, this seminar focuses on advanced palpation and techniques for identifying the origin of restrictive patterns. You’ll explore how craniosacral therapy can support healing on all levels — mind, body, and emotions — while learning to apply your existing tools more effectively in real clinical scenarios.
The training combines lecture, demonstration, and extensive hands-on practice, including a supportive multi-hands learning format that enhances both perception and collaboration. Throughout the weekend, you’ll refine subtle palpation skills, deepen energetic awareness, and gain practical strategies for managing complex treatment themes that arise in practice.
Learning Highlights Include:
- Advanced palpation & multi-hands evaluation
- Trauma physiology & body-memory release
- Energetic assessment & treatment
- Somato-emotional dialogue techniques
- Mid-tide & long-tide palpation
Prerequisite: CST II – Cranial Connection
This seminar is ideal for practitioners who want to integrate advanced clinical skills with deeper emotional and energetic awareness, creating a more comprehensive and confident approach to craniosacral therapy.
Date: May 30-31, 2026
Location: Seattle, WA
Cost (WA Sales tax of 10.55% is included in total): Professionals 608 Students 443 Retake fee 221 ( for students who have taken CST III with Dr Faith before)
Class Format: 3 days
One day online lecturing— prerecorded videos will be available a week to 10 days before class starts
Two days in person generally 9-5:30 with a break for lunch.
Please note: Confirm that you meet the prerequisite requirements before registering — we want every student to arrive prepared and get the most out of this course. Students who register without meeting the prerequisites will receive a refund less a 5% credit card processing fee.
If prerequisites are not met and this was not disclosed at the time of registration, the instructor reserves the right to dismiss you from class without a refund. When in doubt, please reach out before registering — we are happy to help you determine if this course is the right fit.
Dr Faith Christensen graduated from Bastyr University in 2001 and practiced in Seattle, Chicago, Central Utah, Colorado Springs and now resides in Brooklyn, NY. She began teaching Craniosacral Therapy in 2000 with Integrated Bodywork Institute, as an adjunct faculty at Bastyr University, and through Vita Vis. Dr. Christensen has studied with Alain Gehin, DO, Nancy Soliven, MD, DC, Nancy Patterson, ND, LM, Upledger Institute, and Claudia Kohn, DO. She has published six manuals for various Craniosacral classes, gemstone therapy, Surviving Cold and Flu Season Naturally, Honoring The Wisdom In Nature: Messages From The Plant Kingdom and lectures on health and bodywork.
Dr Faith brings both scientific precision and deep reverence for the body’s innate intelligence — rooted in the belief that when the body is supported to truly integrate, the whole person becomes free to heal.
Registration Policies
A minimum enrollment of 8 students is required for each course and must be met 6 weeks prior to the start date. If this minimum is not reached, Vita Vis reserves the right to cancel the course. In the event of cancellation, a full refund will be issued minus a 5% credit card processing fee.
Refunds are available for cancellations received at least two weeks prior to the start of class, less a 5% credit card processing fee. No refunds will be issued for cancellations made within two weeks of the start date. If you become ill the day of class, please contact Dr. Faith directly at [email protected].
