C1 is a four-day introductory training that establishes the analytical and intuitive foundations of Visionary Craniosacral Work® – a modality sometimes described as Sacred Cranial for its respectful, reverent approach to the head and nervous system.

In C1, you will learn to:

• Work with gentle, non-invasive, presence-based touch

• Listen with your hands to the body’s subtle rhythms

• Understand the anatomy and function of the craniosacral system

• Create safety, trust, and grounded presence in client sessions

You’ll explore key structures including:

• The 22 bones of the skull

• The vertebrae and sacrum

• The brain and central nervous system

• Cerebrospinal fluid dynamics and protective membranes

Curriculum highlights:

• Introduction and history of Visionary Craniosacral Work

• Client empowerment and practitioner evaluations

• Still point and dynamic stillness

• The cranial wave: flexion/extension, inhalation/exhalation phases

• The access channels

• Practitioner preparation and embodied presence

• Listening to the intelligence of the body

• Sensing and guiding the heart to the midline

• Introductory anatomy of the sacrum and cranium

• Techniques for working with the sacrum, occiput, sphenoid, parietal, frontal, zygoma, temporal, maxilla, and mandible

• Opening and closing techniques for each session

C1 provides a comprehensive, experiential foundation for the entire Visionary Craniosacral Work® training pathway.

This class offers 32 NCBTMB-approved CEs and is open to experienced practitioners and those starting out on their healing journey (some healing or bodywork experience is necessary- please contact us for more details)

C2 is a four-day advanced training that builds directly on the foundations of C1, guiding you into deeper sensitivity, clearer perception, and greater confidence in working with the body’s innate intelligence. Through guided practice, precise techniques, and expert support, you will learn new ways of interacting with the conscious medium of the body while strengthening your inner stillness and intuitive capacity.

In C2, you will refine your skills through:

• More precise palpation and subtle rhythm assessment

• Holding space for emotional and somatic release

• Deepening presence, clarity, and grounded therapeutic awareness

Curriculum Highlights:

• Working with the Heart

• Waiting, listening, sensing, following, and unwinding

• Unilateral arm and leg contacts

• Mandible and sub-occipital work

• Advanced supine pelvic techniques

• Pelvis and lumbosacral muscle dynamics

• Sacral skill development: coupled contacts & the dreambody

• Cranial skill development: occiput, frontal, sphenoid, temporal

• Coupled, compressive, molding, directed energy, and ipsilateral contacts

• The Four-Chambered Heart Meditation

• The Four Birth Matrixes

C2 is where Visionary Craniosacral Work becomes more embodied, personal, and spacious—supporting you in becoming clearer, more grounded, and more able to stay present with what arises in others.

(C2 requires completion of C1 and offers 32 NCBTMB-approved CEs.)

C3 is a four-day intermediate training that advances the work begun in C1 and C2 by integrating craniosacral techniques with meridian, energetic, and structural awareness. This module deepens your ability to perceive and work with the conscious medium of the body, blending physical anatomy with subtle-body intelligence.

In C3, you will learn to:

• Integrate craniosacral touch with energy-body and meridian awareness.

• Refine subtle palpation and intention-based contact.

• Work with deeper body patterns such as tension, armouring, and stagnation.

• Strengthen inner stillness, presence, and energetic clarity.

• Hold space for multi-layered physical, emotional, and energetic release.

You’ll explore key structures and systems including:

• Craniosacral skeletal and membranous systems

• Meridian and energy pathways

• Muscular and fascial patterns, including characterological armouring

• Hara, ming men, posterior sub-occipital muscles, and vertebrae

• Energetic flow, fluid dynamics, and subtle-body intelligence

Curriculum highlights:

• Windows to the Sky (WTTS) Protocol: acupressure-inspired points on shoulders, neck, chest, upper arms, and cranial base; techniques to support insight, release stagnation, and open energetic pathways.

• Governor & Earth (GE) Sequence: structural release techniques to clear internal “bottlenecks” and restore fluid energetic flow.

• Refined Structural & Energetic Contacts: blending skeletal, membranous, fluid, and energetic systems in unified treatment; tracking shifts across multiple layers of the bodymind.

• Practitioner Presence & Energetic Grounding: deepening stillness as a foundation for subtle touch, expanding perceptual clarity, and supporting transformation across physical, emotional, and subtle realms.

By the end of C3, you will be able to:

• Confidently blend structural and energetic craniosacral skills.

• Support deeper levels of healing and release in clients.

• Perceive and respond to subtle shifts in energy, fluidity, and consciousness.

• Work holistically at the intersection of anatomy, physiology, energy, and presence.

C3 provides a comprehensive, intermediate experiential training that prepares you to engage the bodymind at a deeper, integrated level, bridging foundational craniosacral skills with refined energetic and structural awareness.

This class offers 32 NCBTMB-approved CEs and is designed for practitioners who wish to refine both technical skill and intuitive perception.

C4 is a four-day advanced training that deepens your Visionary Craniosacral Work® practice by refining perceptual sensitivity, intuitive diagnosis, and embodied presence. Sometimes described as the “high-art” of craniosacral work, C4 integrates technical, structural, and energetic awareness with subtle perception of posture, gesture, and inner resonance. 

In C4, you will learn to:

• Develop refined inner-eye and inner-ear perception to detect subtle cranial, energetic, and postural cues.

• Apply cranial and TMJ protocols for headaches, TMD, and muscular patterns.

• Integrate anatomical, energetic, and symbolic awareness into client sessions.

• Work from embodied presence and clarity, allowing the client’s system to guide the session.

• Recognize and support subtle reorganizations and healing patterns in the nervous system.

You’ll explore key structures and systems including:

• The cranial bones and temporomandibular joint (TMJ)

• Brain and central nervous system dynamics

• Muscular patterns affecting posture and cranial function

• Cerebrospinal fluid dynamics and subtle motility patterns

• Energetic and symbolic cues in posture and gesture

Curriculum highlights:

• Psychometry, diagnostic visualization, and inner‑eye/inner‑ear perception

• TMJ, cranial, and headache protocols

• Integrating structural palpation with intuitive and energetic assessment

• Working with posture, gesture, and symbolic resonance

• Subtle observation of system coherence, tension patterns, and spontaneous reorganization

• Full-session practice integrating refined touch, timing, and presence

C4 provides a comprehensive, advanced experiential training that bridges technical craniosacral work with perceptual mastery, preparing you to work with clients from a place of clarity, subtlety, and deep presence.

This class offers 32 NCBTMB-approved CEs and is open to practitioners who have completed C1–C3.

C5 is a four‑day advanced training that deepens your Visionary Craniosacral Work® by working specifically with the sphenoid, facial bones, jaw & TMJ, cranial nerves and associated cranial architecture. This class is for practitioners who have completed C1–C4 and met certification‑track prerequisites, offering an opportunity to integrate subtle perception with detailed anatomical and functional cranial work.

In C5, you will learn to:

• Work deeply with the sphenoid bone, facial bones, and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) — applying craniosacral principles to the skull’s “core.”

• Perceive and treat cranial nerve function and cranial nerve–related patterns through gentle, precise contact.

• Apply a 16‑technique cranial‑nerve protocol, combining structural analysis with subtle, vision‑based craniosacral work.

• Use non‑verbal perception and diagnostic sensitivity to sense how brain, nervous system, and cranial architecture express stress, dysfunction, or imbalance — responding with minimal force and maximal effectiveness.

• Embody presence, stillness, and reverence — allowing the cranial system to guide the session rather than imposing technique.

You’ll explore key structures and systems including:

• The sphenoid bone and central cranial base architecture.

• Facial bones, jaw (mandible), TMJ, and associated soft tissue structures.

• All relevant cranial nerves associated with cranial nerve protocol work — integrating neurological, structural and energetic dimensions of the craniosacral system.

• The interplay between cranial structure, nervous system function, and subtle energetic / perceptual body intelligence.

Curriculum highlights:

• Detailed study and hands‑on work with the sphenoid, facial bones, cranial base, and TMJ.

• Training in a 16‑technique cranial nerve protocol, combining anatomical precision with subtle, non‑verbal listening and response.

• Non‑verbal diagnostic and perceptual work: listening to subtle nervous‑system and cranial‑structure signals with sensitivity and clarity.

• Integration of visionary craniosacral principles — minimal force, deep listening, reverence for the body’s intelligence — with analytical cranial work and nerve‑focused protocols.

• Practice sessions emphasising stillness, presence, reverence, and patient‑led unfolding — letting the cranial system “speak” before intervention.

By the end of C5, you will be able to:

• Confidently work with sphenoid, facial bones, TMJ and cranial base with structural and energetic awareness.

• Employ a full cranial‑nerve protocol, integrating subtle perception, cranial structure, and nervous‑system sensitivity.

• Read and respond to cranial nerve and cranial‑architecture patterns with presence, minimal force, and maximum effectiveness.

• Merge detailed anatomical/functional knowledge with the visionary, intuitive dimension of craniosacral work — listening beyond the physical, into the field of cranial intelligence.

C5 offers a specialised, advanced experiential training that bridges deep anatomical‑functional cranial work with subtle perceptual and energetic awareness, preparing you to work with the head, face, and nervous system with clarity, sensitivity, and reverence.

This class offers 32 NCBTMB-approved CEs and is open to practitioners who have completed C1–C4.

C6 is a four‑day advanced training that deepens and refines your Visionary Craniosacral Work® by focusing on cranial sutures, sinus structures, asymmetry correction, and subtle structural/energetic articulation. Students entering C6 are expected to have completed C1–C5 (or equivalent prerequisites per Milne Institute requirements) and to be ready to work with more intricate cranial architecture and subtle, three‑dimensional techniques.

In C6, you will learn to:

• Apply asymmetric techniques to the skull — working with sutures and cranial bones in three‑dimensional, non‑uniform patterns rather than symmetrical holds.

• Work therapeutically with the cranial sutures, sinuses, and associated structures, using protocols designed for cranial base, sinus, and suture dynamics.

• Use visual and tactile diagnostic practices; pre‑visualizing target structures, sensing cranial architecture, and mapping the relationships between sutures, sinuses, membranes, and energies.

• Develop refined perceptual clarity and subtlety: tracking changes in structure and consciousness with minimal force, supported by conscious presence and deep listening.

• Understand the potential for asymmetry, restriction, and imbalance in the cranial system — and how to approach these with care, respect, and sensitivity to the body’s own intelligence.

You’ll explore key structures and systems including:

• Cranial sutural architecture — sutures connecting cranial bones, suture mobility, overlapping suture dynamics.

• Cranial sinuses and air‑filled spaces, their structural relationships with surrounding bones and membranes, and how sinus dynamics interface with craniosacral rhythms.

• Cranial base, internal membrane system, dural membranes, and their relation to sutures and sinus structures.

• The interplay between structural asymmetry and subtle‑body dynamics — including how asymmetry may reflect or influence energetic, fluid, and nervous‑system balance.

Curriculum highlights:

• Introduction of three‑dimensional asymmetric hold techniques and protocols tailored to sutures, sinuses, and cranial base architecture.

• Suture protocol work: precise, gentle contact to assess and support suture mobility, cranial vitality, and structural balance.

• Sinus protocol work: working with cranial sinuses — anatomical awareness, subtle palpation, and energetic–structural integration for sinus health and cranial fluid dynamics.

• Combined visual and tactile diagnostic training: pre‑visualization of internal cranial architecture, mapping subtle structure and energetic flow before contact.

• Emphasis on subtlety, presence, and consciousness tracking: refining the practitioner’s capacity to sense shifts in structure, energy, fluid and consciousness as touch quality and location changes.

• Practice sequences integrating sutures, sinuses, asymmetric holds, and subtle‑body perception, allowing you to work with complexity, delicacy, and respect for the client’s inherent intelligence.

By the end of C6, you will be able to:

• Confidently apply asymmetric cranial techniques, suture and sinus protocols with precision and sensitivity.

• Read and respond to subtle cranial‑architecture cues, balancing structural, fluid, and energetic dimensions.

• Support clients through imbalances, asymmetries, and structural restrictions, guiding toward balance and integration using minimal force and maximum presence.

• Deepen your ability to hold space and track consciousness, energy, and structure — integrating the visionary approach to craniosacral work at a sophisticated structural level.

C6 offers a specialized, advanced experiential training that bridges intricate cranial anatomy and structure with subtle perception, energetic awareness, and therapeutic presence — enabling you to work with the full complexity of the head, skull, and cranial system with clarity, respect, and efficacy.

C7 is a four‑day advanced training that brings together the technical, energetic, and spiritual dimensions of your craniosacral work — creating space for deep unwinding, transformation, and integration. This class is intended for students on the Certification Track who have completed C1–C6 (plus required supervision and sign‑offs).

In C7, you will learn to:

• Facilitate deep unwinding sessions, using extended, meditative, presence-based work that supports profound release and transformation.

• Work primarily with the mandible (jaw / TMJ) in a “shamanic‑style” unwinding protocol — allowing structural, emotional, and energetic layers to unfold over time.

• Engage the cranial venous sinus network, supporting venous and fluid dynamics in subtle, holistic ways.

• Create and hold sacred therapeutic space — learning various ways to cultivate presence, ritual, and container for deep healing.

• Integrate all previous craniosacral, anatomical, energetic, and perceptual skills into a cohesive, intuitive, and spiritually informed practice.

You’ll explore key structures and systems including:

• The mandible, temporomandibular joint (TMJ), and jaw structures, as a gateway for deep unwinding work.

• The cranial venous sinus system — supporting fluid, venous, and energetic flow through the sinuses and cranial vasculature.

• The whole cranial architecture and subtle-body field — integrating bones, membranes, fluid, and energetic/psychospiritual layers.

Curriculum highlights:

• Three‑hour, multi handed, deep unwinding sessions focused on mandible / TMJ work, allowing sufficient time for deeper layers of release and life changing transformation.

• A sinus‑venous enhancement protocol, addressing cranial venous sinus function in subtle, respectful, visionary craniosacral style.

• Small‑group and dyad work to learn and practice different ways of creating sacred space, including ritual, intention, and meditative presence.

• Integration of previous cranial levels’ skills — structural, energetic, perceptual — into a mature, holistic, body‑mind‑spirit approach.

• Emphasis on inner stillness, presence, and compassionate witnessing, supporting clients through deep unwinding and transformation.

By the end of C7, you will be able to:

• Confidently hold extended, deep‑unwinding sessions, especially working through jaw / TMJ and cranial venous-sinus dynamics.

• Facilitate profound physical, emotional, and energetic release within a held, sacred therapeutic space.

• Merge anatomical, structural, energetic, and intuitive perception into a spiritually oriented craniosacral practice.

• Serve as a present, grounded container for your clients’ deeper transformation — integrating body, mind, and spirit with clarity, care, and reverence.

C7 offers a culminating, integrative, spiritual experiential training in the Visionary Craniosacral Work® sequence — bringing together all previous levels into a coherent practice of presence, subtlety, and transformation. Once complete, students may elect to take the final exam sequence.

C7 offers 32 NCBTMB‑approved CEs.