Natural Health Resources Center ~ Cranio-Sacral (craniosacral, cranial-sacral) Training and Therapy with Ursula Popp, L.Ac., VCST, Cranio-Sacral Practitioner, Counselor, and Educator. 12252 2nd Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98177. 206-783-3922

What to Expect

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What to Expect
Joining Ursula for a session, you walk into a world that is quiet and beautiful, infused with gentle compassion. Ursula herself is a profoundly intuitive healer, who listens deeply and actively but also knows when to offer a suggestion or provide a treatment. You find yourself speaking, maybe words that you had never expected to say, and in her presence and through following her suggestions, you are able to view the world in a new way. And to be a new way in the world. Thank you, Ursula, for your wise and loving guidance. ~ M.C. Seattle, Feb 09

You will enter Ursula’s office through a wonderful, calming Zen garden that she created for her clients. This is also a waiting area, should you be early for your appointment. There is a small entry area for you to take off your coat and your shoes before Ursula invites you into her treatment space. Before your first session begins, Ursula will have you complete a one-page information sheet.

During your first session Ursula will sit down with you in comfortable chairs as you explain your history and experience of your discomfort. Ursula will listen to what you say and also have an ear for what is not said. She will be fully present with you, trying to understand you and the different facets of your situation. She will look at your goals, for both the first session, and for the long term. In follow-up sessions you will again have a therapeutic conversation about how you have changed since the previous last session and what your situation is like now.

Sometimes this initial conversation provides the healing you are seeking, and can take up the whole session. More often though, after having framed and understood your story, and the goals you have, Ursula will have you move to the massage table. You will be fully clothed, and made as comfortable as necessary. Your nervous system recognizes the safety of the space it is in, and will begin to let go of its usual tension. This allows you to move into a deeply relaxed space within, in which deep wisdom can come forth. Both of you will be listening to this wisdom, whether it comes in images, in words, color or other forms.

Through deeply “listening” to your body—its tension, subtle movements and its expression of health and dis-ease—Ursula will be guided in her work with you by your body's “inherent treatment plan.” Unique to this approach is the reliance on the body’s innate wisdom as opposed to a pre-determined, impersonal protocol.

Treatment sessions last 1 hour and 15 minutes and cost $125.

NHRC accepts cash and checks, and payment is expected at the time of service.

Most frequently, Ursula will use cranial-sacral work, but often draws on other techniques she has learned. Throughout the session, you will both work toward the healing goals you have articulated. Your migraines will loosen their grip, your lower back pain will lessen, you will gain energy for your life, your emotions will become more understandable and informative, and you will see your decisions at hand with greater clarity and meaning.

After the hands-on work is completed, you will find your way back to ordinary consciousness and have some time to integrate your experience. You may want to leave yourself some time for yourself, to write about your insights, to cherish the new freedom and flexibility in your body, or to reconnect to nature.