About Me

Whole body fascial unwinding week-end workshops is for craniosacral therapists, osteopaths, physiotherapists and massage therapists. This can be done as a Day of practice with myself now. The day practice is only for people who have done unwinding and to strengthen their skill of unwinding. It will be run in north London and depending on how many people will be attending. This is a day of CPD (6 to 7 hours).

Price is 95 pounds paid via bank transfer. Contact me directly for this. The day will be led only by me

The week end with in October 2023 is gone, but other opportunities can come.

The day will be only for therapists who already know the unwinding.

Below is the week end of October 2023 plan.

What therapists said about this course

“Thank you for the lovely healing weekend, I feel more confident with unwinding”

” Thank You and Douglas for this amazing week-end, I learned a lot, applied some techniques to my clients this morning”

What fascia unwinding will do for your clients and amazing Fascia unwinding can indeed be approached as an active form of meditation. Meditation is a practice that involves focusing the mind and cultivating a state of present-moment awareness. It can be done in various ways, and fascia unwinding can serve as a unique and engaging form of active meditation.

During a fascia unwinding session, the practitioner or individual actively engages with their body and the sensations that arise.

The gentle movements that their system will do naturally when they are engaged will allow their mind, to stop thinking and the movements will distract them from being in their cycle of thoughts.

Here are some aspects of fascia unwinding that align with the principles of active meditation:

1. Body awareness: Fascia unwinding encourages individuals to tune into their body’s sensations, such as tightness, warmth, or subtle shifts. This heightened body awareness brings attention to the present moment and helps anchor the mind in the physical experience. For the body this can be used for trauma, frozen shoulders, injuries once they are healed, to allow the fascia to let go of holding on, emotional and mental blocks and energetic toxic release. Somato Emotional Release of possible feelings and emotions trapped in an area of the body, joints, from childhood. Amazing on baby’s trauma and on children with anxiety.

2. Focused attention: During fascia unwinding, practitioners often concentrate on specific areas of the body, observing the sensations and changes that occur. This focused attention on the physical sensations can help still the mind and cultivate a state of mindfulness.

click here for a different person of head unwinding

3. Breath awareness: Conscious breathing is a fundamental aspect of many meditation practices. In fascia unwinding, individuals are often encouraged to engage in deep, mindful breathing, which can enhance relaxation, promote body-mind connection, and support the unwinding process.

4. Non-judgmental observation: In active meditation, the practice involves observing experiences without judgment or attachment. Similarly, during fascia unwinding, individuals are encouraged to observe sensations, emotions, and thoughts that arise without labelling them as good or bad.

This non-judgmental attitude fosters acceptance and cultivates a sense of presence.

click here to see 1st video of shoulder fascial unwinding on a person that worked with the arms a lot as an artist and stressed about study (Maria Esposito video), the unwinding is intense as their nervous system has been like that for many years.

Click here to see the head unwinding sample (Maria Esposito Video)

5. Release of tension: As fascia unwinding helps release physical tension and restrictions in the body, it can also contribute to the release of mental and emotional tension. By actively engaging in the unwinding process, individuals may experience a sense of letting go, relaxation, and a clearer state of mind.

Engaging in fascia unwinding as an active meditation practice can provide numerous benefits. It allows individuals to cultivate a deeper connection with their bodies, release stress and tension, and promote overall well-being.

Overall, fascia unwinding can serve as an engaging and beneficial active meditation practice, providing an avenue for cultivating mindfulness, body awareness, and emotional support.

Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) bio: Working from my heart is my main way of working, which opens up the heart of everyone I work with! I work with a sound scientific background with the healing and spiritual intuition within all my sessions, from nutritional NAET working with allergies, over-reaction to food, hay-fever and more, to craniosacral therapy for babies and mothers trauma, colic and more, adult trauma, tiredness and feeling out of space, to empowering my clients with Neuro Linguistic programming, Mindfulness meditation exercises (becoming present in your life at all times)!Mostly I connect with the heart of babies and people, to find the best solution for their problem, if my therapies are not enough then or the person needs to be signposted to another therapy I will. Quite often people already have seen many therapists and hence they manage to find me at the end.

“I know for the scientific background that our brain is capable of healing ourselves, and this is the greatest gift of being human, finding one of the many possible solutions for the person coming into my sessions, is part of that!” 

All practical workshop:

The entire workshop will be a deep and experiential way of healing yourself and your clients with various tools. Note down how you feel at least a day before the workshop starts eg: Physically, mentally, spiritually (if in tune with it), is your life stuck somewhere for work, family or play? note down as much as possible. As this workshop will be an amazing healing time for you as a person and therapists, you will be asked to note down how you feel at the end of it, and two weeks after.

Price for both is 95 pounds paid via bank transfer to Maria Esposito TSB  code 308472 account 24603860

Invoice and CPD will be emailed.

Payments via pay-pal is £ 5.00 extra, any request of payment in this way, just email me and I will email you an invoice through pay-pal.

New: Support Facebook craniosacral therapy group just copy and paste to see what is about, any craniosacral therapists including students can join: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1367031110649058/

Without movement, there is no growth

Without love, there is no peace

Without awareness, there is no true path

Without light, there is only darkness

Without peace, there is no healing

Without Earth, there is no human

Without soul, there is only physical body and no humanity

Without forgiveness, there is no peace

Without opening our mind, there is no awareness

When we open our eyes, mind, ears and heart and speak our truth to ourselves and others, there is understanding, awareness, forgiveness, peace and an INFINITE AMOUNT OF LOVE. Ariami Marpisa 08/11/2018

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapist – NAET for allergies – R-Craniosacral Therapist – NLP – Angel Guide Certified – Mindfulness Meditation teacher- Resilient heart (heart-Math) (trauma tools) – Certificate for Trauma –

New: Support Facebook craniosacral therapy group just copy and paste to see what is about, any craniosacral therapists including students can join: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1367031110649058/

I am now offering wellbeing days or half days for corporate companies, who would like to offer weekly or monthly well being days, where staff can ask questions about nutrition for themselves (20 minutes each) and mindfulness meditation of 45 minutes for lunch time or have a craniosacral therapy day, where stuff and managers can relax deeply for half an hour!

Prices for half day 4 hours (this include 3 hours of asking questions from staff and 45 minutes group mindfulness meditation). £ 400.00 to be paid in advance by bank transfer.

Full day 6 hours and 30 minutes (including 45 minutes of mindfulness group meditation at lunch time for stuff) £ 650.00 to be paid in advance of the day by bank transfer.

The above can also be a full day or half day of 30 minutes of craniosacral therapy for the entire stuff. click here to read more what craniosacral therapy can do for your people.

Contact Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) via email or phone to arrange the day.

These days will help priceless for the health of your staff health, as well as the company will benefit from their people being well looked after, with a reduction of stress (from the meditations) and support from their well being, their staff will become more efficient and productive. This is a win – win situation!

Maria Esposito TSB code 308472 account 24603860. Email me if you make this payment to esposito_m@yahoo.co.uk

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapists – NAET – R-Craniosacral therapist – PCI NLP Coaching programme – Certified Angel Guide – Mindfulness Meditation teacher – HeartMath meditation -Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) – Trauma certification (PESI) – MBant – M-CSTA – CHNC registered

• Delta wave (0 to 4 Hz). This is the wave of deep sleep and it is also found in people who are in touch with the nonlocal mind, even when they are awake. This is the brain of meditators, monks, healers and some therapists who work with any type of energy. In this state the eyes will not move as people will be in a deep state of calmness and/or in deep sleep.
• Theta wave. Theta is light sleep (4 to 8HZ). This is the wave when we remember our dreams, the time of waking from the deep sleep, usually and normally in the morning before we wake up. Theta is the time of rapid eye movement (REM) and the one that will be triggered when there is a recollection of good or bad experiences. Quite often during my sessions, many people go into a Theta wave time.
• Alpha wave (8 to 12 Hz) is the state of relaxed alertness. Alpha connects the thinking mind of beta and the associated mind of gamma with the two lowest frequency brain waves, Theta (4 to 8 Hz) and delta (0 to 4 Hz). Alpha waves, form a bridge between the high frequencies of beta and gamma and the low of theta and delta. When this is active then the brain is in perfect state with no monkey business, low anxiety and a state of presence and Awakened mind. Monks, healers, therapist who do healing have all high amount of alpha wave and are in a state of awakened mind. Alpha wave are the ones in the middle of the spectrum of waves. The alpha bridge creates a link between the high frequencies above and the low frequencies below. This might be also the wave most used by medium and people who channel energy that cannot be felt by most people, as high frequencies cosmic beings. Alpha bridge also connects the conscious and unconscious mind. In this state we see the reality as a false truth and the truth is all but what we think we know.
• Beta wave (12 to 40 Hz). Divided into two parts, the high beta wave is the monkey mind (15 to 40 Hz). This type is typically the mind of a person who is anxious, frustrated, angry and under stress. Usually connected to anger, fear, blame, guilt and shame. This type of high beta will shut down the thinking brain, the frontal cortex, the rational brain, memory and decision making.
• Low beta is the one that will make our body function automatically, the sensorimotor rhythm frequency (SMR, from 12 to 15 Hz). Normal level of this beta wave is good, as helps us to process information in a straight line. Stress will cause the high beta, above 25HZ.
• Gamma wave flow from the front to the back of the brain at 40 times per seconds (highest brain wave frequency (40 to 100 Hz). This is highest at times of learning, making associations from many different parts of the brains. Monks have a high gamma waves, especially after meditations. In one research when the monks added the feeling of compassion to their meditation, the gamma waves went very high. When the each wave starts flaring up, billions of neurons are shot and high levels of intellectual function, creativity, integration, and feeling in the zone. I remember one article that I read, where Richard Branson was interviewed and he mentioned that the most ideas came to him when he was in his hammock. In that state of relaxation but not completely asleep. Elon Mask is another one that has probably a natural state of bliss in some way and hence ideas come to him as well in similar way.

When I work with babies, I usually see them going into a state of bliss and brain wave that is a state where they will allow me to get to the point of hurt and unbalance, for the physical or energetic. This is an amazing way of healing for them, through craniosacral therapy and healing. From birth to adulthood. This is a gift of life as they will start their journey without restricted body and mind, there is a sense of going with on the river of life with a calm state of mind from the start. Quite often the parents that take their babies and children to have sessions of craniosacral therapy are already in the path of healing themselves!

From the Book “Mind to Matter” by Dawson Church (2018). Hayhouse publisher USA.

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapists – NAET – R-Craniosacral therapist – PCI NLP Coaching programme – Certified Angel Guide – Mindfulness Meditation teacher – HeartMath meditation -Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) – Trauma certification (PESI) – MBant – M-CSTA – CHNC registered

How do you get a baby to have a healthy gut bacteria?

We start from the beginning, from the mother if it is a vaginal birth and if the mother has taken good bacteria or made her own good bacteria from scratch and take it, such as kefir, and any other healthy method. Even though by making it yourself might stop the variety of bacteria itself to grow, hence tried and tested the one that are multi-billion and there is a difference, more of them stay in the intestinal tract. The vaginal once are different from some of the intestinal tract, hence a variety is best. Some mothers might have more yeast and hence that might be what the baby will get.

Lots of new research now have shown that the intestinal tract is involved and connected to the health of the brain, from birth.

The good bacteria, are connected to the health of: digestion, immune system, sleep, brain development; making Vitamin K , detoxification and much more that we do not know yet.

How do babies we acquire it?

• Mother Vaginal microbes if healthy.
• From mother skin bacteria.
• Taking extra Bifidus at birth after two weeks from birth, as intestinal tract starts to close the gaps, forming the tight junctions and making lactase enzymes to digest the lactose from the milk.

Baby receives food for forming bacteria, the colostrum for the first few days of feeding from mother orally via breast feeding . Studies now have shown that the first 2 years of life are essential for the colonization of the intestinal tract and that would be the permanent microbiome foundation for the rest of their life.

Intestinal bacteria have been shown to be connected with the healthy brain development and positive cognitive behaviour in a child and adult later on. So very essential for the healthy development of the child.

Human milk has complex sugars not absorbed by the gut, but its main function is to feed the bacteria and modify pathogens by adhering to them.

Probiotics –In healthy babies when the mother has taken probiotics and the birth has been natural and the baby has been breastfed, probiotics not as essential – I would suggest it with C-section babies due to antibiotics and no vaginal birth. Water birth as well and/or mother had to take antibiotics during pregnancy.

I use usually Optibac babies drops (Kosher as well) or sachets, Biocare Bifidus infantis or Solgar bifidus infantis. Bio-kult infantis

(picture from Nutrients 2019. Nutrition Gaps and Supplementation in first 1000 days of life. Katrina Beluska-Turkan et al).

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapists – NAET – R-Craniosacral therapist – PCI NLP Coaching programme – Certified Angel Guide – Mindfulness Meditation teacher – HeartMath meditation -Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) – Trauma certification (PESI) – MBant – M-CSTA – CHNC registered

I have worked with babies for the past 12 years with craniosacral therapy, and recently I have seen more babies with tongue tie than before. I am not sure if the problem has increased or there is more awareness now of the problem.

In 2019, I know that many mothers choose for some reason or another, to bottle fed their baby. So, it might be that mothers did not have enough support to understand or even check that the baby did not have a tongue tie.

Now the problem with the baby having the tongue tie, start with the baby, having more colic than others, with painful, explosive poos. The baby may start get rigid legs, wriggle a lot or trying to put their knees up to get a bit of relief from their bloating belly.

Tongue-tie (you see a frenulum, a white thick extra collagen thread) is considered genetic and or congenital. The image below is quite severe, the tie does not have to be that severe to cause the same problems. It is worse though as if the mother has got a very good supply of breast milk or the baby is bottle fed, that tie will stay there unnoticed, leading to the the baby not having a great movement of the tongue, cannot make the normal noise of the baby which will lead to baby talking eventually. Problems with eating and chewing, stomach upset and more. Cognitive behaviour might be different as the baby communication is stopped in some way.

Symptoms connected with tongue tie are:

• Difficulty in breastfeeding;
• Tongue might be heart shaped when stuck out;
• Increase frustration from baby as does not get enough milk in and fail to grow;
• Baby might chew instead of sucking. Painful for the mother when they breastfeed;
• Increase colic due to more air sucked in;
• If not resolved and bottle is given, then eventually problems might arise later on in life with speech and eating problems, this include the lip tie; doctors will not do anything for the lip tie till the age of 5 years, by then the child might have already a problems.

Tongue tie affects more boys than girls, reasons why not fully known; Usually tongue and lip tie come together, even though the lip tie has been given less importance. CST could be helpful in stretching the frenulum but it has to be done many times and it will never be the same as cutting it. The procedure is simple and pain free as the frenulum has very few blood and nerve supply.

Support can be given to the area with CST for any possible minor trauma and resettle the baby system into a normal state. The tongue is connected with the entire intestinal tract and any restrictions from the tongue will affect the entire digestive system and the straining from the bloating can also cause an increase chance of hernia and stiffness to the entire skeleton, due to constant straining and stiffness. Tongue tie could also case more reflux as well.

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapists – NAET – R-Craniosacral therapist – PCI NLP Coaching programme – Certified Angel Guide – Mindfulness Meditation teacher – HeartMath meditation -Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) – Trauma certification (PESI) – MBant – M-CSTA – CHNC registered

Pregnancy is where the health of the baby starts. In reality it starts before, with grandparents and the mother health. And as that is out of our control, we can do the best thing for the baby, have a great nutritional supported mother, that will give the best that she can for her baby.

The video course is for professionals, all researched and up to date nutrients that a mother needs for her baby to thrive instead of just do ok.

During pregnancy there are key essential nutrients for the baby optimum health. Low or deficiency in these key nutrients will affect the baby’s healthy development and health into their adulthood

If you are a professional working with pregnant mothers that a bit more knowledge to help the mother to make different choices might help them and the baby to thrive through pregnancy!

Email me if you are interested in buying the link to the video.

Payment is 15 pounds paid in advanced via bank transfer or Pay-pal, I will send you an invoice through them if you live outside UK.

Please note: Once you have been sent the link, there is no refund!

The video is very comprehensive and worth every penny.

Email esposito_m@yahoo.co.uk

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapists – NAET – R-Craniosacral therapist – PCI NLP Coaching programme – Certified Angel Guide – Mindfulness Meditation teacher – HeartMath meditation -Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) – Trauma certification (PESI) – MBant – M-CSTA – CHNC registered

I am always amazed of the results after just one session of craniosacral therapy on babies.

After birth for mothers and baby, even with a natural birth, there can be some problems. From being stuck in a bridge position during the last month before birth, to C-section and ventouse or forceps. From very relaxed mother to stressed out throughout the entire pregnancy. Craniosacral therapy is one of the best therapy to relieve tension and patterns, as well as trauma from birth for both the mother and the baby.

I had babies letting go of the shock of birth, to reducing colics and reflux, to sleeping better and even crawling after one session, when it was time for that and the baby felt stuck on one site.

Now the very subtle movement and stuck patterns of the body, neck, spine and sacrum is very difficult to spot for the main stream professionals, and even though it might go at some point, it can also get stuck and cause problems later in life.

It is amazing also that very simple suggestions of small things to deal with various issues, from breastfeeding to various positions of holding, can allow the baby and parents to relax a bit more and allow the baby smile and calmness to come through, and usually the mother feels like they have more time and space to do things for themselves and the baby.

Usually is 3 sessions if the trauma is not too integrated in the deep system. Often by the first session there is a change, by the second the old patterns as moved out and the new one settle a bit more, and by the 3rd session they are settled and ready to embrace the new beautiful life that the parents are supporting the baby for!

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapists – NAET – R-Craniosacral therapist – NLP practitioner – Certified Angel Guide – Mindfulness Meditation teacher – HeartMath meditation -Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) – Trauma certification (PESI) – MBant – M-CSTA – CHNC registered

Nutrition & craniosacral talk for Pregnancy and breastfeeding parents

New date in February 2024, enquire via email or by phone if interested

Venue: Life By Margot clinic 84 Park Road. Crouch End London N8 8JQ.

It is an hour. Cost is 10 pounds per person paid in advance only to Life By Margot, click here to book your place. Places are limited.

The talk will include what nutrition you and your baby will need extra during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Where you can find it in food and the extra supplements suggested for a healthier baby and mother.

What craniosacral can do for you and your baby while you are pregnant and post-natal, for colic, reflux, breastfeeding problems, after a tongue tie and for possible birth trauma of any kind, including in utero possible trauma.

This will be a friendly chat; question can be asked during the talk and answers. Email with the main essential nutrients and supplement suggestions will be sent after the talk to the participants.

Just a warning that there will not be chairs to sit on, but you are well to do some pacing if you need to and lean on the walls (or yoga ball are around).

I will do a moving breathing meditation so to keep moving a bit, and I will email the most of the information after the chat if we do not cover things up.

For Pilates and Yoga pregnancy and post-natal classes in Crouch End, click on Life By Margot click here

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapists – NAET – R-Craniosacral therapist – PCI NLP Coaching programme (health coach) – Certified Angel Guide – Mindfulness Meditation teacher – HeartMath meditation -Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) – Trauma certification (PESI) – MBant – M-CSTA – CHNC registered

I have talked in the past about liver and the detox. How important the liver is and how much we undervalue it for what we think about it.

The liver is the essential part of our body and organs, it is the one that protects you from the outside world in the food way. Anything that you eat will go through the liver first and than we pass through the blood and then where it needs to go.

The liver is the one that break down and make up things and compounds. Makes the protein that you need for everything that you do, and most of all detoxifies all the things that you absorb and gets read of everything that you need to let go.

There is phase I that I consider it as the adding the garbage into the bin. Quite often this phase of the liver can be more dangerous, especially if it is too fast compare to the Phase II, which is the garbage man taking the rubbish out, either through urine or through stools.

Genetically Phase I and II unfortunately can be slow in clearing things, which it means that if one of the 6 pathways in Phase II is slow or not working at all, then one of the other pathway needs to work much more.

For example if the pathway called glucoronidation does not work well or slow, if you drink too much or eat heavy food, or do not eat any food for more than 3 hours, you start getting a bit yellow or the jaundice. This is called Gilbert’s Syndrome. Luckily this pathway is supported by glutathione pathway, and if you take the extra glutathione then the jaundice reduces and you feel light and less tired and grumpy! However, if the glutathione pathway does not work well or is slow and the one of the methylation pathway do not work well, than the result could be headache, low mood, tiredness and feeling heavy. This is just a small sample of the possibility. The other coin could be that the phase I is too slow, then the coffee that you drink at 9am in the morning, will still be affecting you by midnight, or if you drink it at 3pm, than is an all night awake. If this is too slow, than it is advisable that you do not eat any Grapefruit, as this will slow down the phase I even more!

Then there the Methylation pathway, which is involved in any of the detox, and making things in our body, including getting rid of the homocysteine and hence affecting the heart and brain. This has also been connected to the epilepsy and autism. Methylation is also involved in making glutathione, this powerful antioxidant, as well as with arginine is involved in making nitric oxide, another powerful antioxidant.

You get the enzymes for the detox and methylation from both your parents, so usually you should get at least one that work, it is slower but it works. But if you get both of your parents SNP that do not work for any of the pathway and especially the methylation, than you are in trouble. And that trouble can start from when you are a baby, as you will not detoxifying any extra toxins that you would inject or ingest.

Ideally we should all have at birth at least a methylation test and the detox test, as it is a saliva test, non-invasive. It will save a lot of lives and quality of lives in the long run! Maybe there should start a research center to do that. How wonderful would be if someone will sponsor that, with craniosacral healing from birth for the mother and baby and see how the new generation of children will deal with life! It will definitely be money well spent!

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapists – NAET – R-Craniosacral therapist – NLP practitioner – Certified Angel Guide – Mindfulness Meditation teacher – HeartMath meditation -Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) – Trauma certification (PESI) – MBant – M-CSTA – CHNC registered

Monday to Friday we are open week day from 9am till 5pm as last session, for online and face to face therapies.

Working from North London N15 6HA. Full address given on booking.

One or two Saturdays available for working from 9am till 5pm.

Sundays closed.

Crouch end Life by Margo clinic only for craniosacral therapy and pregnancy consultation, for NAET is N15 clinic.

Life By Margot clinic address is 84 Park Road Crouch End London N8 8JQ.

Flexible time and weekdays, contact me directly to book an appointment for yourself as an adult or if you are pregnant and/or post natal for you and your baby or babies.

Price for 1 hour at the clinic is 75 pounds to be paid on booking via bank transfer to

Payment via bank transfer to Maria Esposito TSB  sort code 308472 account 24603860 at booking.

Please download the heath check for you as an adult if you are having a session, for your baby is the file below.

Baby form please download if your baby is having a session.

Email me for any problems downloading the form to esposito_m@yahoo.co.uk

Or Call 07956662954.

Maria Esposito BSc (Hons)

Working privately in Crouch End at the Life By Margot clinic 84 Park Road
Crouch End London N8 8JQ.

Flexible time and days, contact me directly to book an appointment for yourself as an adult or if you are pregnant and/or post natal for you and your baby or babies.

Price for 1 hour at the clinic is 75 pounds to be paid on booking via bank transfer to

Payment via bank transfer to Maria Esposito TSB  code 308472 account 24603860 at booking.

Please download the heath check for for you as an adult if you are having a session, for your baby is the file below.

Baby form please download if your baby is having a session.

Email me for any problems downloading the form to esposito_m@yahoo.co.uk

Or Call 07956662954.

Maria Esposito BSc (Hons)

• Elderberry syrup for the winter immunity. 1 tablespoon a day in your breakfast.
• Pick the berries, free in any elderberry tree.
• Use a fork and make sure you take yhe berries only of the little stem.
• Do not be temped to eat them raw as they contain cyanide and only when cooked for 30 minutes the juice is safe to drink or eat the berries.
• Wash the berries.
• Add them into a pan. Fill the water just above the berries. Add sugar or honey to sweeten them up as bitter otherwise. You can also add ginger or cinnamon stick.
• Once the water start to boil, simmer it for 30 minutes.
• Once cooked, let it cool down a bit.
• Use a sieve and sieve the juice into a container.
• If you have glass bottles, use them to pour the juice in and once is fully cooled down, store it in the fridge. It holds up to 6 months. Use it in your breakfast, smoothly, yogurt or by itself during the winter.
• Elderberry benefits:
• High in vitamin C
• High in Anthocyanins, powerful antioxidants protecting the brain
• High in fibres if you eat the berries after being cooked (add sugar as they are a bit bitter or honey or yogurt or even ice-cream).
• Anti-inflammatory
• Rich in flavonoids
• Due to the antioxidant and fiber may reduce cholesterol as well

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapist – NAET for allergies – R-Craniosacral Therapist – NLP – Angel Guide Certified – Mindfulness Meditation teacher- Resilient heart (heart-Math) – Trauma treatment certification

I recently listened to an anatomist and embryologist who in “Theory” very much convinced that we have a soul, that will stay from conception to death. After our conception our soul energy is helping that body and baby shape up and eventually connect to the baby and embody.

Now I was so excited about it that I decided to contact them, and to my disappointment, they have the theory but never experienced it in person with either healing or even craniosacral therapy. And by the way craniosacral therapy for many therapists is very much like the anatomist, it is about the body and that is it.

My own experience of craniosacral therapy, pretty much connected and connected with the healing. Hence the body is connected to the soul and any other energy field around it. The baby is connected with the umbilical cord till that is cut, but that connection is still there for a long time with the baby, probably till around 7 years or more, when the child realizes that they are very much separate person and that the mother or carer does not know everything that there is in the world.

I have been told that my soul comes from the planet Amber. And coming from the planet Amber means that your soul is wise and older than the body will ever be. People from Amber planets are always connected to other wise people and also they will always be connecting with that wisdom since birth. I know as a child, I pretty connected to that wisdom and I know that some of the baby that I treated have an amazing Light. It might not be from the Amber region, even though it could be Lights and colour that might shape their personality and way of dealing with life!

So for me, yes we have a soul that has been with us since birth and stay till our passing onto some other lives, or stay and help people on Earth. The choice is ours. Is that wonderful!

We have a choice, a “free will”, as you want to call it, so is our human self. Both our soul and human body, come together with an understanding, with respect and unconditional love that will never leaves us.

Connecting to it, will allow us to connect to the Universal energy and Lights. Everything that surrounds us is a living being, and depends on our flexibility of mind, of our asking for help, and our frequency, that we can get the help that we need! The key is to ask!

So going back to the anatomist, there are lots of people out there that can cope with a theory of it, and are ok with that, but as soon as they are presented with the true fact of actually it is like that, they run a mile on the other direction, scared of being judged, punished or even worse, “seen”!

• There is no judgement from the soul and all connection to that
• There is no punishment
• There is no shame or guilt trip
• There no fear or pain

There is only love and infinite source of it.

Connect to your soul, to that Light and love and see your true self with the eyes of unconditional love, see how your life can change and shape in the direction that you want it to shape!

Make your own tree of life to see the support that you have on earth, the strength that you have within your and the support that you have at the branches, leaves and more!

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapists – NAET – R-Craniosacral therapist – NLP practitioner – Certified Angel Guide – Mindfulness Meditation teacher – HeartMath meditation -Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) – Trauma certification (PESI) – MBant – M-CSTA – CHNC registered

It has been established from some research that trauma start from pre-verbal time, even in our womb, to adulthood. Quite often we forget if we had trauma, if it is from birth, as many times traumatic birth were not addressed. Now we know that birth trauma and pre-natal trauma can affect that baby into adulthood.

The beauty of craniosacral therapy/healing is to allow that trauma from birth to be acknowledge and let go.

“the old tale, if you pick up a baby or child when they are crying, they grow up spoiled”, we now know that is not true, you can never spoil a child with love and giving attention when they cry, they will learn that if they ask for help, they will get that help. If they ask for help they will be listened to and they grow confident and strong!

If there is a trauma at birth, then that pattern of trauma or unbalance can get stuck into the body, and the body may hold it during their life time, and hence cause a different path that they would have otherwise. This is not the case for every baby that had a traumatic birth, and also baby without a traumatic birth can still have a small unbalance in the body that can cause problems.

C-section, ventouse and forceps are considered birth trauma, and so are anxiety from parents or high stress during pregnancy.

And all of this can be re-balanced with craniosacral therapy from two weeks onwards, that include:

• Colic
• Reflux
• Sleep deprived babies
• High alert babies (babies do need their sleep to grow cognitively and physically)
• Helps with breastfeeding issues, when jaw is tight with or without tongue tie.
• After a tongue tie procedures to restore the movements and let go of the small shock
• Relaxes the nervous system
• Possible restrictions in turning the head left of right, which can still cause problems if at the smallest scale if not addressed (if baby prefers one side to sleep on and does not turn much on the other side, there is a possible small or neck and shoulder restriction)
• Hip restrictions

With craniosacral therapy there is no pulling or pressure in any points that we touch, we let the baby’s body lead the way, with no force of any kind and no upside down baby!

Adults also can still resolve some trauma from birth, it might take a bit longer but can make huge differences through each sections.

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapist – NAET for allergies – R-Craniosacral Therapist – NLP – Angel Guide Certified – Mindfulness Meditation teacher- Resilient heart (heart-Math) – Trauma treatment certification

Online workshop on “Dealing with trauma tools”. 6 Hours CPD 26/11/23 from 9.15am till 4.30pm

Often through craniosacral therapy session, people will bring up some childhood trauma. As a craniosacral therapist, you need to be able to hold the space, and also to make sure that the emotion that arise from that trauma are dealt in a gentle way for yourself and your client. Teaching also the client to be in a safe space at all time and give them tools to deal with whatever emotions come up when they are alone. The first suggestion is to ask the client if they want to be referred to another professional body. And not everybody wants to deal with that in a mental way, some wants the healing space of craniosacral therapy and they want to keep going with the therapy.

• In dealing with the trauma, do you have enough tools for yourself to stay centered and calm, while supporting your client?
• Do you have some simple tools to teach your client to feel safe while dealing with what is coming up?
• What universal tools can you bring to the table.
• What emotional and gentle tools can you give to your client?

This workshop will be online, will teach you how to stay centered and grounded while when your client comes up with a forgotten or suppressed trauma.

Meditations that you can do for yourself and teach your client, which heart-centered

NLP tools with timeline to deal with the emotions attached to the trauma in a safe space for the client.

Discussion of other possible way of helping your client through a challenges time if trauma arise, and a list of possible people you can suggest if they choose to see a more conventional therapist for trauma.

Payment via bank transfer of £ 75.00 to:   Maria Esposito TSB code 308472 account 24603860. Receipt will be send via email once payment received. CPD certificate after the attended course. If you would like to pay with pay-pal a 5 pounds extra cost will be added to the invoice. Let me know and I will send one when requested.

No refund for this one.

Recording is only for the meditations to the attendee.

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapist – NAET for allergies – R-Craniosacral Therapist – NLP – Angel Guide Certified – Mindfulness Meditation teacher- Resilient heart (heart-Math)

17.09.23 from 10am till 5pm – face to face – London – 6 hours CPD

Embrace your inner therapist, look after yourself as a therapist, checking, clearing and healing yourself as a therapist, is different from clearing the space your work in. It is essential that as a therapist, especially working as a craniosacral therapist, which deals with the physical, emotional and spiritual part of a person, can also look after your own issue, by checking the state you are between clients and at the end of the day, especially if you in your personal life, are going through something, or your friends, immediate family and family in general are also going through some life challenges, and naturally you are helping them to go through the challenges.

The first thing to do as a therapist, is looking after yourself!

Let go of other people challenges, emotional, mental and spiritual challenges. If you hold on to the challenges, or emotions, you end up holding on to anybody else challenges by allowing a door to stay open and accumulate all the garbage from your surronding.

If you do not let go, it is like having a garbage bin open, where everyone can damp their rubbish, with nobody taking that way or emptying it, which it means eventually it will overflow and become a mountain of rubbish that your your mind, body and soul cannot deal anymore.

• In this workshop, we will do few meditations to notice how our entire system feels;
• Looking at possible negative attachment to our clients or friends and separating your issue with theirs.
• Clearing our system and filling it with positive emotions and more.
• Grounding ourselves with more meditations.
• Hands on sessions on each other, in checking, clearing and filling the space with positive emotions, as sometimes, we need another person perception and intuition to make us see what we cannot notice within ourselves.

This will be in London, the venue is either at N15 6HA, or at Horsey Vale community center in Crouch end, this depends on how many people will sign up.

The price is £ 90 pounds payble via bank transfer to Maria Esposito TSB code 308472 account 24603860.

Pay-pal payments is £ 95.00, click on the link below and pay 95.00. Thank you

If you would like to pay via pay-pal the price is 5 pounds more, you can email me and I will email you an invoice from pay-pal. You will get an invoice either way from me and a 6 hours CPD certificate.

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapist – NAET for allergies – R-Craniosacral Therapist – NLP – Angel Guide Certified – Mindfulness Meditation teacher- Resilient heart (heart-Math)

Through our busy life, we often forget to reconnect to ourselves and out lives, even when we are pregnant.

In order to connect to your baby and be one with them, start re-connected to yourself and be present at all time.

The mindful meditation is online from 6.30pm for 4 consecutive Mondays (Monday August 28th, bank holiday, skipped to the next one), starting form the 14th of August 2023.

The mindfulness meditation is different from a normal meditation, we aim to be awake rather than asleep.

All meditations are done sitting down.

• 1st week breathing meditation, reconnecting to your breathing, expand your breathing. Breathing and connecting to the baby.

• 2nd week – Breathing and presence meditation, connecting to your baby.

• 3rd week – Breathing meditation, connecting to your own heart, inner calm, inner peace, connecting to the baby through your heart.

• 4th week – Bringing a calm vision into the breathing, connecting through your heart to your baby, intuition and feelings about your baby.

Meditations online, zoom link will be emailed it to you near the time of the first Monday.

Book in advanced only – £ 60.00 pounds for the 4 weeks, only in blocks of 4 as you need to make changes.

Payment via bank transfer to Maria Esposito TSB code 308472 account 24603860. You can request a pay-pal invoice if you would like the payment to be that way. 5 pounds extra will be added for pay-pal payments.

Meditations reduces anxiety, connects to your present time and your baby, you can do them when you have your baby to calm yourself and baby down, while breastfeeding and when you need to comfort them for any colic or reason that arise the first 8 weeks of their lives!

No refund- once you book there is no refund, you can take part in the next course of 4 weeks, even when you had your baby. Only the meditation will be recorded, any part with questions are not recorded, and only the people in the course will receive the link to recording.

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapist – NAET for allergies – R-Craniosacral Therapist – NLP – Angel Guide Certified – Mindfulness Meditation teacher- Resilient heart (heart-Math)

What is craniosacral and what will do for your baby/child and during pregnancy

It is called craniosacral because the of the spinal fluid going from the cranium to the sacrum is what makes everything function well and properly. All the nerves and nerve transmission from the brain to the body and from the body to the brain go through there and it is all connected like a tree with branches and roots.

What the craniosacral therapist does is listening to the rhythm of that fluid and feel if there is any blockage in the body, memory cells of the tissue and the mind as well as the energetic field around that body to see if it is breathing well and properly. If there is a blockage just our training and knowledge as therapists will help the mother, baby and child unblock the blockage and re-balance the system or body function. 

With CST, what we do, is free that blockage and stabilize the rod in the centre of the body again, so that your life is back to normal, with possible few changes. Life does throw challenges at us all the time, and it is a normal way of living, it is the you deal with them and how fast you get back to the centre, that is important. So, what CST teaches you is to get back to normality quicker and stronger. 

For parents it looks like we are not doing anything and sometimes for the first session nothing changes much, it depends on how deep that trauma or wound is and how the parents as well are dealing with that. It might take two to three sessions to see the difference. I usually suggest at least the mother to have a session so that they can feel how changes occur within their body and around them as well as the baby. 

I found that CST has also a strong spiritual healing power as well. It depends on the therapist and if they have themselves experience their own spiritual healing (this is nothing to do with religion, it is something to do with your inner soul and own spirituality in the way you see it).

Memory cells – my experience with Cranio-sacral therapy was amazing. My labor and my son birth were very traumatic. My son kept having colds and coughs from the time I stopped breastfeeding at 14 months. As I did not want to give antibiotics all the time I sought for  other ways of dealing with that. Homeopathy vitamin C and nutrition helped to get rid of the colds or reduce them when he had them but he still kept having more colds and coughs that he should have had. So, I took him to cranio-sacral and it took a while (about 1 year to fully be better) as I took him to the Student clinic but they got rid of his traumatic birth and finally his colds and coughs were reduced to once a year and now not even once a year.

He can now fight the colds very easily and usually gets over anything much easier than any other child that I know.

My own experience with CS was that even after 7 years since the labour my body memory cells still retained that trauma. I had epidural so I did not feel mentally any pain, but my body did. And all that pain and trauma was still pretty stored in my tissues. Finally I got rid of it with CST and it is amazing the difference it made even to my personal life physically and emotionally.

Some of the children and babies that I treated with CST had some traumatic birth or even without a traumatic birth and what some of the issues that were reduced were:

Starting life with a great balance system is one of the huge benefits that the baby will have in coping any of the issue that life brings. Babies treated with CST have a more positive and happier attitude in life and feel more confident of their journey.

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapist – NAET – R-Craniosacral Therapist – NLP Practitioner – Certified Angel Guide – Mindfulness meditation teaching

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This is a new workshop online on the 22nd of October 2023. 6 Hours CPD

Starts at 9.15am for registration till 4.30pm

What it will cover:

• Tips and tools to work with babies from 9 months to 12, 12months to 3 years and children from 4 to 8 plus years
• This will be online – How to work with the moving babies from 9 months to 12 months, some of the health that you might encounter then.
• Walking toddlers from 12 months to 3 years, how do you approach them and what health issues you might encounter.
• From 4 to 8 plus years, how do you work with them and some of the health issue you might encounter. 
• This is a 6 hours CPD workshop, questions and answers as well as meditations. From my experience working with different backgrounds of toddlers and children.

From 9 months old babies and toddlers are very suspicious of anybody else that is not part of their circle, as a natural instinct kicks in. Working with them in craniosacral therapy can be challenging at times and rewarding at the end. From 9 months old the issues that you might encounter are different from the baby stage. They might have more of sleeping problems, attachment issues, teething, ear problems and for some they might still have a trauma from birth if they have not dealt with it earlier.

This workshop will give you some of the tips to work with them, hands on and off, depending on the stage and trust that they will have. You need to be very flexible with your way of working, to allow the babies and toddlers to tell you their story. With children from 4 years onwards is a bit different, with various issues that they will come up. This has to be a collaboration between you the parents and the children.

In this workshop there will be some mindfulness meditations, to get you as a therapist in a state of stillness, inner peace, and calm that is needed to work with moving toddlers and children!

Questions and answers throughout the workshop is allowed.

The zoom link will be emailed to you near the time of the workshop.

Price for this workshop is 75 pounds paid via bank transfer. Once you pay you are booked. I will email you a receipt and a CPD certificate once you finish.

Payment via bank transfer:  (email Maria Esposito on the above emails if making payments in this way). Maria Esposito TSB code 308472 account 24603860

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapist – NAET for allergies – R-Craniosacral Therapist – NLP – Angel Guide Certified – Mindfulness Meditation teacher- Resilient heart (heart-Math)

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• Leaky gut due to various reasons, eg. Stress, medications, alcohol, viruses, bacteria overload, candida, allergens, low nutrients and more
• Low serotonin due to leaky gut, or damaged gut barrier, affect mood and positive thinking
• Low enzymes function
• Low liver function—unbalanced liver phase I & II
• Unbalanced TH1 & TH2 immunity
• Low gall bladder function
• High intestinal histamine
• High intestinal inflammation

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Gut health: gut barrier intact
• Leaky gut due to various reasons, eg. Stress, medications, alcohol, viruses, bacteria overload, candida, allergens, low nutrients and more
• Low serotonin due to leaky gut, or damaged gut barrier, affect mood and positive thinking
• Low enzymes function
• Low liver function—unbalanced liver phase I & II
• Unbalanced TH1 & TH2 immunity
• Low gall bladder function
• High intestinal histamine
• High intestinal inflammation

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapists – NAET – R-Craniosacral therapist – NLP practitioner – Certified Angel Guide – Mindfulness Meditation teacher – The resilient Heart (HeartMath) meditation and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) – MBant – M-CSTA – CHNC registered

Myths about how parents behave with babies:

• You will spoil a baby if you hold them all the time – this is not true. You will never spoil a baby when you hold them. They will grow stronger and feel safer at all times. They will develop a sense of security and be confident within themselves.

• When they cry, and you do not pick them up, they will fall asleep by themselves and stop crying. – This is not true. They will stop crying, but with that, they will learn that nobody will come if I cry or ask for help!

• You can start giving big babies finger foods at 4 months or any other foods rather than milk, they can handle it! False, even with big babies, their intestinal tract and digestive system is not formed yet and hence any food that you give that is not milk will cause big intestinal tract problems, allergies and inflammation of the intestinal tract, leading to more serious intestinal tract problems later in life.

• Babies do not lie, or pretend they are sick! They do not have that inclination yet. If they are crying, it means they are either tired, hungry, something is upsetting them or they are in pain.

• Babies do not feel pain. Wrong, babies do feel pain, they feel emotions from others, they do feel emotions.

• Babies do not smile in the first few weeks, it is gas! Babies do smile within few hours; they are happy to hear their parents voice, and they do smile!

• Babies do not feel your emotions. Babies do feel emotions, they feel your love when you touch the belly when they are inside the womb, they will feel that touch of love when they are born. They do feel love, sadness, grief, anger, and more from their parents and mum when in the womb and outside.

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapist – NAET for allergies – R-Craniosacral Therapist – NLP – Angel Guide Certified – Mindfulness Meditation teacher- Resilient heart (heart-Math

Many babies now have been diagnosed with tongue tie. I researched the reason for that, and it seems that is mainly due to more awareness from mothers and midwives and breastfeeding consultants. Even about 8 years ago the awareness was much less in the UK, or at least I did not see many, but at the same time, many mothers even about 3 years ago were bottle fed instead, due to problems of the baby latching. So it might be due now to mothers wanted to breastfeed more and hence the tongue tie and lip tie being the main issue for poor latch and painful mastitis, it is addressed more.

You might know already that a tongue tie or a lip tie, including posterior tongue ties, do cause and increase colic, reflux and explosive poos, as well as mastitis and poor latch. You also might know that most mothers might be told that a posterior tongue ties is ok, especially if the baby is growing.

Now if the baby is growing could be due to the mother having a very good supply of milk, or the baby being bottle fed instead.

A frenotomy as it is officially called is fairly quick and easy (no laser as it can burn the skin a bit to much, do research). It take about two weeks for healing completely.

I was very surprised though that here in the UK, even the private clinics do not recommend the post-procedure exercises for the parents to do. These exercises are as essential as the frenotomy. The reason for that is to avoid for the regrowth of the tie and also because the brain does not recognise that the tongue can move in different directions now, including up and sideways. And it is done once a day for at least 6 weeks after the procedure. Very simple exercises and easy to do, and again very, very essential. Here is a wonderful u-tube video that shows the exercises very clearly and easy. The baby is already the star and the therapist is wonderful too. click here to see it. As well as having a craniosacral therapy, afterwards to release any possible jaw tightness and maybe the trauma for the mother rather that the baby.

Remember that the baby will feel the emotions and feelings like a sponge of the parents and cares. If you react to the procedures with calm and love, they will feel it.

What happens if the tongue tie, even the posterior tie is not addressed?

• No new sounds learning as the tongue does not move all the way up or sideways, which it means the larynx and vocals muscles will be affected, with possible speech problem later in life.
• Constant colic due to inhale of more air, even with the baby growing remember, will cause a bloated belly and more reflux.
• A bloated belly will lead the baby to dislike having tummy time.
• No tummy time, means no crawling
• No crawling means no hand-eye coordination
• No hand-eye coordination, no eating much of finger food and fussy eater.
• No hand-eye coordination, strong connection with dyslexia.
• No crawling, no stretching of the intestinal tract, with possible digestive problems later in life.
• and the list could go on, with possible things that are not yet been researched on or had a connection with.

My suggestions for new parents or old parents, is that if you have been told that your baby or child now, has a tongue tie, and not to do anything because it will grow out of it, and as they are putting on weight because you have a really good supply of milk and you are still hearing the clicking noise when they are breastfeeding, or they are bottle fed and still have not yet made any sounds by the time of 4 to 5 months, then you might have a problem there. A little discomfort for the parents or the baby, it is worth a lifetime of bigger discomfort! Do research it and make your decision as soon as possible, private procedures are not too expensive now, and with the essential exercise and craniosacral therapy before and after, things will be great!

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapist – NAET for allergies – R-Craniosacral Therapist – NLP – Angel Guide Certified – Mindfulness Meditation teacher- Resilient heart (heart-Math)

I love chocolate, it is my favourite treat. The darker the better, I love the bitterness, and I love coffee for that reason. Now I try not eat as much or even buy any form of chocolate, as I will eat it all. So I avoid it as much as possible, apart when I go in a country where the chocolate is pure and thick, and when you ask for the hot chocolate you will need a spoon to actually eat it, rather than drink it. So when my friend suggested to go a check an Italian chocolate bar, I was very keen to go, and in the hope that I would not suffer of headache afterwards. I was prepared with my glutathione, liver support so that I could detoxifying the chocolate by the night time. Aheme, that did not happen, as when we got there, the chocolate was so divine, dark, triple chocolate, so I ordered a hot chocolate and we share a triple chocolate piece of cake, which was so big. Plus, there were complementary chocolate tear drops on the table for us to eat even more chocolate. Boy it was heaven for me! Till I got home, and night time and morning I had such a strong headache, I could not get up. It became a migraine and hence had to take up to 4 capsule of glutathione complex to detoxifying. I felt like I had drunk a bottle of Vodka and felt so sick with. So, yes it was my amazing treat, but obviously that cannot be repeated again.

Now I know that dogs will die if they eat chocolate or garlic and onions, and that is all about the liver detox, and mainly the second part Phase II liver detox, which is the rubbish bin collectors taking the rubbish from the bins away. Click here to understand the liver detox.

The reason I had such a hard time detoxifying chocolate is that I have Gilbert Syndrome, which is a defective or slow liver pathway that is genetic, my father has it and I am the only one in the family who has it. Many people have a liver snip either quite severe or mild. My one can be dealt with the glutathione pathway taking up extra rubbish to eliminate; others might have the Gilbert’s Syndrome with the glutathione snip as well, and that is where problems will be even worse, if they do not keep taking the liver support to support the other pathways of elimination.

Now in babies, quite often they have jaundice, which also with Gilbert Syndrome you would get, and that means that the liver is not functioning still in his full capacity. Remember that the mother’s hormones needs to be also detoxified by the baby, up to few weeks after birth, and also that the liver needs a bit of time to grow and eliminate more things.

So if you eat are a mother that is breastfeeding, and you eat a lot of garlic, onions, chocolate, coffee or normal tea, the baby might not detoxifying it very well and hence possible have a form of headache or inflammation which will cause them to cry and feel sick a bit. So do be aware if you also have a lot of cake and sugary food which you are breastfeeding as for some babies, they need more time for the digestive system to function at their optimal level.

I managed to deal with my Gilbert’s Syndrome and taught my father to do the same, since I went to started my Nutritional Therapy degree about 26 years ago. I remember that at that time, my liver had signs of lupus or the antibodies for that. I was referred to a liver specialist, and at that time I started also to take the glutathione. The specialist said that it was a placebo effect. Well sometimes specialist do not think out of the box, and hence look at alternative way of healing. My father often does get the total bilirubin test to check that it does not get too high. After taking the glutathione as recommended his bilirubin was back to normal more often than not, with the surprise of the medical doctors 25 years ago.

Breastfeeding mothers and pregnant women cannot take any high dosage glutathione, but asparagus has got some natural glutathione, and hence they can eat that.

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapist – NAET for allergies – R-Craniosacral Therapist – NLP – Angel Guide Certified – Mindfulness Meditation teacher- Resilient heart (heart-Math)

Babies reflux and colic are very common, and there is not always the need to give a baby anti-acid. There are ways of reducing the reflux and colic and re-balance the nervous system to get the baby healthy and well for his life! Craniosacral therapy is a gentle but powerful tool for the baby and mother.

Often mothers after a second session would say “It is like another baby, calmer, does not have a high pitch cry anymore, only small discomfort that goes away very quickly”.

 Symptoms of Reflux are spitting up milk, with or without a burp.

 Coughing

 Pulling away or arching during feeding

 Crying and fussing during feeding

 Grunting or gurgling and not calming after feeding.

Also the silent reflux can be notices when baby will look like they are licking their lips or tasting something.

When acid comes up, the baby will have a high pitch crying sudden or continuous, and some babies will not cry much.

Possible nutritional reason is due to allergies to milk protein if bottle fed or from mothers cow’s milk and cheese intake or other foods such as caffeine, chocolate, tea and other stimulants.

Breastfed and bottle fed babies have reflux, but bottle fed seems to have more.

Possible too much lactose in mothers milk and sometimes just giving Colief or lactase enzymes might reduce reflux and colic.

With colic, the baby will try to pull his/her legs up, will cry after 1 hour to 2 hours after feeding, more during the late evening feed as the milk is denser. This can be easily resolved with craniosacral therapy and baby probiotics.

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapist – NAET for allergies – R-Craniosacral Therapist – NLP – Angel Guide Certified – Mindfulness Meditation teacher- Resilient heart (heartMath)

Gilbert’s syndrome (GS)

GS is another possible reason for IBS. If you have this genetic predisposition, it means an enzyme in your liver is genetically lacking or impaired. Bilirubin is formed in the liver by the breakdown of hemoglobin cells, and is an orange-yellow color (commonly known as red blood cell breakdown)

Bilirubin needs to be conjugated with another component in the liver in order to be eliminated wither via urine or feces. If you have this genetic predisposition and you are on a diet that is not appropriate for you, as well as under stress and/or taking any extra medication, then you might get a build-up of bilirubin in the blood stream. If you have GS, then you may notice a yellowing of the white part of your eyes, or in some cases yellowing of the skin. This condition can be worsened by stress, drinking alcohol, eating too much sugar, too much caffeine, chocolate, too many nuts, fried food, junk food, fizzy drinks, having a menstrual cycle, or taking drugs or medications, paracetamol or the contraceptive pill, or any other form of hormones, can all increase your bilirubin level leading to a possible increase of allergies. This condition is usually non-harmful, if is controlled well with the diet and your diet is adjusted appropriately i.e. low in toxins.

It can, however, become a problem if there is an overload of toxins, with an increase jaundice and possibly brain fog. I have this condition in my family and it can become dangerous if not enough attention to the diet and lifestyle is paid. The mild hyperbilirubinemia can have an antioxidant effect, as it is a scavenger of reactive oxygen species. This reduces the oxidative stress in your cells and blood stream, hence reducing damaging of your cell, and vascular cell membrane, hence reducing arteriosclerosis, which is a problem in ischemic heart disease and diabetic vascular complications.  

GS can be diagnosed by a doctor who will test the total unconjugated bilirubin, and if it is high for no other medical reasons, then you know that you have it and if is higher than 25 might be causing your IBS symptoms.

My dietary suggestions with GS are to drink plenty of water (up to 2 liters a day or till your urine is clear in color instead of yellow), eat meals with lipid in that, as that will reduce bilirubin level, as it needs fats or lipid to be excreted. Do not fast for long. Eat something or another every 3 to 4 hours (fish is really good, eggs as well), with plenty of vegetables, olive oil, avocadoes, and glutathione supporting vitamins for the support of the liver detox, as well as take dietary supplements such as probiotics and glutamine to repair your intestinal tract. Sunlight breaks down excess bilirubin from your skin naturally so it is worth getting some sunshine as well.

In people with normal liver detox of bilirubin, sometimes that is achieved by given statins, which will inhibit the glucuronidation liver pathway and hence increase the anti-oxidant effect of mild hyperbilirubinemia

The above has been taken from my book “Clinical experience of Irritable Bowel Syndrome” by Maria Esposito – sold on amazon click here to buy

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapist – NAET for allergies – R-Craniosacral Therapist – NLP – Angel Guide Certified – Mindfulness –

Monday to Friday we are open week day from 9am till 5pm as last session, for online and face to face therapies.

Working North London N15 6HA. Full address given on booking.

One or two Saturdays a month 9am till 5pm.

Sundays closed.

Please note: Prices at Crouch End clinic is £ 75.00 for 1 hour venue:

The Life by Margot at Crouch End, 84 Park Road London N8 8JQ

£ 75.00 per 1 hour for craniosacral therapy or nutrition for pregnancy consultation for 1 hour. This needs to be paid on booking via bank transfer to Maria Esposito TSB  code 308472 account 24603860.

Home visits for babies available when possible in North London N15/ N16 or any other area reachable by underground nearby or for two or more sessions at extra £ 25.00 per session.

Please note that for new people now payments needs to be in advanced at booking to hold the booking, via bank transfer. See below for details.

The following prices are for online and face to face sessions from my home only (N15 6HA)

• Nutritional Therapy consultation with NAET testing and dietary suggestions and any first nutritional consultation is £ 120.00 (1 hour and half from N15 6HA) Add 25 pounds for Crouch End clinic)
• Follow up nutritional advice and NAET treatment 1 hour £ 60.00
• Craniosacral therapy for babies, children and adults 1 hour £ 60.00
• Neuro linguistic programming (NLP) 1 hour £ 60.00
• Distance healing online £ 60.00 (1 hour)
• 1st Consultation (1 hour and half) £ 120.00
• NLP and any follow ups online £ 60.00 (1 hour),
• Elimination of phobias and negative fears (1 hour) with NLP £ 60.00
• Support the elimination of smoking with NLP (1 Hour per session) £ 60.00
• Mindfulness 121 sessions £ 60.00 (1 hour)

Payment via bank transfer to Maria Esposito TSB  code 308472 account 24603860 at booking or the latest a day in advance.

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapists – NAET – R-Craniosacral therapist – NLP practitioner – Certified Angel Guide – Mindfulness Meditation teacher – The resilient Heart (HeartMath) meditation and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) – MBant – M-CSTA – CHNC registered

WORK SHADOWING for qualified Craniosacral Therapists:

The clinic is held weekly (only on school terms) and is held at the Hornsey Vale Community Centre, 90 Mayfield Road N8 9LP

It should be noted that the clinics will be led by Maria Esposito RCST only for the time being.

The clinic caters for babies, children and adults. Some clinics only adults show up and working with them is as rewarding as with babies for your experience.

It’s held on Tuesday mornings starting at 9.20am and finishes at 11.30pm, for the public but for the therapists to be there by 9.00am to help set up. We will have a hour or more / to discuss the morning work over a coffee, which is part of the CPD.

As a therapist you will work with me on a person or a baby or sometimes working on the adult and if you have enough experience with babies we might swap after I have worked on the baby. This is a community clinic and many issue may arise, trauma and more, as we have only about 20 minutes on each client, we tend to attend one small thing at the time and the majority is mainly grounding the person and allowing them to be present while addressing their life challenges.

Sometimes if appropriate I allowing two therapists at the time to attend the clinic now, when I am running it only, as this can be used for practicing on each other if no clients attend the clinic, which it will be still part of a CPD format as peer practicing. Either way you will have things to do and discuss as part of CPD. 

Email me if you would like to attend the clinic.

In the course of the morning we can see up to 5 people, which equates to about 20 mins per session – some good work can be achieved in this time.

The Clinic can be full within a short space of time, and usually it is.  But occasionally only 2 or 3 people turn up and no babies!  or to start with it might be no babies at all. It’s quite unpredictable.

We’ll usually ‘treat’ together. When the clinic finishes, we like to retire to a local café for an hour or so to discuss the morning’s work, this is part of the CPD, so please do allow this time if possible.

There is an attendance fee of £ 30.00 (to be paid on the day in cash), and you must have completed your diploma from a CSTA accredited college. In addition, you must be insured for practicing craniosacral therapy.

A receipt and attendance certificate for CSTA and up to 4 hours Primary CPD will be provided.

I encourage those assisting to book at least two Clinics for continuity, but this isn’t a precondition for attending.

Please provide the following information by Where you took your course, when you finished, your email address and phone number, evidence of your certificate and insurance. Email the information to me way before attending.

Payment on the day by cash or via bank transfer a day prior to attending my clinic.

Maria Esposito email: esposito_m@yahoo.co.uk  

Review from Rosa Ana and her experience of the clinic:

“When I finished the Craniosacral formation, I was not even considering the possibility of working with kids, it was totally out of my comfort zone. I do not have children of my own, which made it even more challenging. Having work shadowing  at the Hornsey Valley Community Centre in London with three highly experienced Craniosacral therapists;  Richard Kramer, Maria Esposito, and Zoe Rigby and seeing how the babies and adults were improving from appointment to appointment,  I was highly enthusiastic to give it a go at these two courses of “Healing Babies Trauma” by Maria Esposito”. See the rest of the review by clicking here

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© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapists – NAET – R-Craniosacral therapist – NLP practitioner – Certified Angel Guide – Mindfulness Meditation teacher – The resilient Heart (HeartMath) meditation and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) – MBant – M-CSTA – CHNC registered

The hay-fever seasons has started well been under way for sometimes now. Apart for NAET method that I used to reduce and eliminate the pollen and hay-fever reactions, which I do in the winter, I usually suggest the following supplement to reduce the histamine reaction. It works really well and within about 20 minutes of taking them.

To treat it in winter with NAET method, you need to put a little water outside the window every few days till you stop sneezing, and for some is for the entire summer, for others is till September and others is only for a month in the summer. This is because each react to different pollen or spore from either the flowers or the grass or weed, etc. Pour the water every 3 days in a bigger jar that can fit in your freezer and then bring it during the winter when it is time to have a session with NAET. click here to read more about NAET treatments, or pass my website and information to people who need the treatments.

• Vitamin C from 500 mg to 2000 mg a day in the worse time a day
• Vitamin E 200 iu to 4oo iu a day
• Quercetin follow the dosage suggested on the bottle
• Oily fish up to 1000 mg a day (mixed EPA and DHA) a day
• I would also suggest to have plenty of fruits and vegetables and healthy diet with non fried food or no take away food.
• Alcohol would increase the stress level in the body or the toxins and therefore worsen the symptoms of hay-fever.
• Vaseline inside your nostril to trap the pollen and spores.
• Saline Nasal spray are very helpful to reduce the pollen accumulation.
• Eye drops for the irritation of the eyes are also useful to reduce eyes symptoms.
• Reducing dairy products and wheat and gluten also reduces the allergy symptoms as the food is harder to break down for some people.
• Artichokes, chicory and any bitter green vegetables can help the liver to detox.
• Drink up to 2 liters of water a day, throughout the day to help the body to run smoothly and detox from the kidney, via urine.

WARNING: all the above supplements can thin the blood, if you are on any medication, consult your Doctor before taking them. 

Grounding and Healing Tools plus, for Craniosacral Therapists (6 Hours Primary CPD)  

Practical and theoretical workshop.

The workshop aim is to make the Therapists more grounded as well as teaching simple tools for our own clients, understand why we and others  might be ungrounded and work towards healing ourselves and others. This in our experience leads to a successful practice as well as safeguarding your own health and well-being.
The aim of the workshop is to give more knowledge to the therapists about grounding, healing and protecting themselves and their client.

• Introduction to different grounding techniques, including how to deepen your own grounding, and tools to pass on to our clients.
• Overview of chakras including their relevance in CST; how to use healing techniques to clear, cleanse, protect and balance themselves.  Again can be helpful tool to give clients to work with between sessions.
• Using the chakras to close down, desensitize and protect the human energy field, and their environment, therapy room and couch etc.
• Group discussion of unusual experiences, such as sensing or picking up information about the client empathically.
• Clients who are having unusual experiences and how to work with them.
• About 4 hours practical on tables and off table.

Here some of the comments from therapists who attended our workshops: Continue reading “Grounding and healing workshop for craniosacral therapists” →