craniosacral therapy

craniosacral therapy
a system of manipulation by light touch whose purpose is to facilitate the body's self-healing capacity by finding and correcting cerebrospinal fluid blockages and imbalances within the craniosacral system (the dura mater of the central nervous system and the cerebrospinal fluid within it) that are supposed to cause sensory, motor, or intellectual dysfunction.

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