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Transformation by Maria Esposito in the Fulcrum for craniosacral therapy

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(taken from) The Fulcrum, Issue 82 January 2021 click here for original article

I find that the more I follow my intuition and connect to the heart, serving everything that makes my client whole and integrated, the faster they heal and in so doing transform their lives and mine.

Having held CST workshops on how to deepen one’s practice for the past five years, I was recently invited to write about the journey that led to teaching. Hesitant at first about how to put my thoughts and experiences in words, I was reminded that there seems to be a hunger to understand ‘grounding’ more deeply and learn to apply it to our daily lives, and a desire to develop a more intuitive, heart-centred connection with ourselves, our work and our clients. In recalling my own efforts to learn these things, and the wonderful transformation when I was finally able to apply them to myself and my practice, I’d like to share my journey.

A massage course led to further qualifications in sports massage, reflexology, nutritional therapy, muscle testing and Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Techniques (NAET). I found that I loved helping others to resolve their problems and pain and have been a holistic therapist for more than 28 years.

Informed by anatomy, physiology, nutrition and Eastern approaches, I spent many years helping clients and yet I still felt a need to meet them more holistically. My first experience of CST was when cranial-osteopathy was recommended for my son’s recurring colds and coughs. The process that led to the release of his birth trauma made me so curious that I eventually enrolled to study CST at the College of Cranio-Sacral Therapy (CCST).

My scientific and therapeutic training was comfortable with the physical focus of cranial-osteopathy but I found myself unsure about the whole-system approach that was taught at CCST. Nevertheless, during treatments and practical sessions, I felt much-needed changes occurring within me and experienced profound results. Whatever it was, it was working. Still, it was challenging; I was very good at the physical and scientific aspects of CST but not as good at grounding and working off-body. I became increasingly conscious of being ungrounded, of not being fully present in my body, especially in the mornings and evenings, which led to exhaustion. Not able to ground well, I did not pass my practical exam. It was the first time that I had not succeeded in something that I had put effort into and it was difficult to accept. So, as a positive and stubborn person, I set out to understand everything I could about grounding.

‘Just Ground’

A healer brought a fresh perspective on grounding that helped me understand the concept of being fully present and embodied, and why I was ungrounded in the first place. At the same time, Octavia Kelly, a CST colleague, brought her experience and insight to my training. I am very thankful to both and for my failure to pass the practical part of my final training assessment, as my journey would have been completely different otherwise. I would not have understood the concept of grounding as deeply as I do now and how essential self-healing is to our work.

I realised that the more grounded I was, the more I felt calm, focused, alive and less tired throughout the day.

Developing Intuition and Heart-Connection

My interest in intuition and heart connection first began when I started to practise CST in combination with the NAET method of treating allergies. Many clients began sharing what they saw and felt during treatments, which was often beyond my wildest expectations of what was possible or logical. My natural curiosity led me to explore this. Hence, when I tuned into and followed a client’s whole system during a treatment, I often saw images, for example, a femur or tibia or fibula in an incorrect position, and sometimes I would feel pain in my own leg, knowing that it was not mine. This would lead me to ask if there was a problem with the limb that presented to me, and I found that the answer was always ‘yes’ when I worked this way. So, I started to mention more of what I felt or saw during treatments and the answers often confirmed where a problem that affected their body and sometimes their mind had started. If my hands felt something hot or cold, or if my clients spoke of seeing images and/or colours, I would follow and see where it led.

I began to attend healing classes to become more grounded. The technique that helped me become more embodied and less stuck in my head (with my logical, scientific mind) was to visualise that my legs and feet were weighed down by anchors. Thai Chi and Qi Gong classes, where grounding and body awareness were practised in every class, and swimming and Pilates classes, also helped me to become more embodied. After a few months, I was grounding well enough to pass my practical exam, and a door opened to a new experience of life, professionally and personally.

I realised that the more grounded I was, the more I felt calm, focused, alive and less tired throughout the day. I could see clearly what I wanted to do in my life, and I experienced inner peace for the first time. Reaching a steady state of inner peace is not an easy thing to achieve; it takes time, especially when life challenges you. Still, the more whole and grounded I became, the lighter I felt, and when life ungrounded me I recovered my grounding and balance more quickly.

‘Just ground’ became my personal mantra and after a few years of experiencing the benefits of this amazing change and self-transformation, I wanted to share this simple way of being. This led to developing my CST workshop ‘Grounding and Healing Tools’ and, judging from its popularity, it seemed to fill a gap for many therapists.

This workshop is a reminder of how far I have come on my own journey in grounding and in my own life, and it is a privilege to pass on what I have learnt to others who are ready to understand the concept more fully and embrace their potential. Through teaching grounding techniques I hope to remind, reconnect and deepen practitioners’ understanding of why grounding is so powerful, transformative and important for ourselves as individuals and therapists, and for our clients.

I have also found healing tools useful in my practice. Healing, defined as ‘the process of making or becoming sound or healthy again’, resonates with me and I feel that my work is part of a healing process. The danger is that we can become vulnerable to our clients’ issues, and if not careful, can internalise them. As part of my toolkit, healing techniques help to protect me from holding on to my clients’ emotions and feelings. I find that I feel much more exhausted if I do not combine CST with these tools, and my hope in sharing them is to help others stay protected, resourced and energised in their work.

I found that the more I followed my intuitive sense without fear or judgement, the more accurate my treatments became.

Fascinated by this process, I started consciously to develop my ‘right brain’ – thought to be the most creative and intuitive part of our body. Inspired by John Upledger’s experiences in the ‘Inner Physician’ and ‘Somato-Emotional Release’, I found that the more I followed my intuitive sense without fear or judgement, the more accurate my treatments became. I then read ‘The Biology of Transcendence’ by Joseph Chilton Pearce in which he describes the heart as the fifth or highest brain. As a result of this study, I now practise CST with intuition and heart-connection.

Developing heart-connection transformed my practice. The first time I understood this profound power I was treating a client who shared something I was simply not able to understand. Beyond my comprehension, the only way I could follow and support my client was to let go of judgment, fear and worry and connect to unconditional love for them and their journey. I focused on just being there, trusting and allowing the whole system to do what it needed to do, following where it led. This, of course, is the principle of CST – observe, listen, allow whatever needs to unfold and integrate. Yet, in my experience, we all come to a profound recognition of this truth in different ways.

As I deepened my intuitive perception, following where the client’s system led, it felt natural to share with colleagues, to help them strengthen the intuition that many already experience. I felt that some just needed guidance or reassurance that whatever they were experiencing needed to be followed and taken into consideration for the benefit of their client’s whole system, health and deep healing. The workshop ‘Integration of the Self, Strengthening Your Inner Intuition,’ grew out of this desire to help therapists grow further in their knowledge and awareness to push beyond their comfort zone while remaining sensitive to their boundaries.

Thanks to my inner curiosity, my therapy practice has evolved far beyond my expectations. As I have sought ways to deepen my connection to clients, I have come to realise the power of working from our hearts is essential to serving them in the best way possible. Focused by grounding and guided by intuition, the unconditional love and peace that is inherently present when we are led from the heart enable us to grow both personally and professionally. It is this truth that I wish to share with others.

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

Becoming Fearless: The Journey to Self-Healing by Maria Esposito from the Fulcrum

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The Fulcrum, Issue 84 September 2021 click here for the full link to the fulcrum

When I first started working with a heart-centred connection, my practice was transformed. I found that working from the heart enabled me to connect with my higher self and strengthen my intuition. Clients commented on the treatment experience and the more I nurtured my heart connection, the more effective my work became.

Yet, developing heart connection was not easy or straightforward. There were times when the connection was open and grounded, spacious and flowing. Other times I resonated with painful emotions and experiences. Questioning why this could be so led me to recognise my own emotional pain and unconscious fears and accept my need to heal.

The self-healing journey takes many forms and different paths. Each one of us will need to find the best way to acknowledge, recognise and heal from our emotional pain and fear. Here, I will share my own journey, experiences and observations before recommending useful tools and techniques that may support self-healing.

A Healing Dynamic

From personal experience and from talking with others, I believe that quite often therapists attract clients who have experienced similar pain. It seems a case of ‘like attracts like’ and the resulting dynamic seeks resolution for both client and therapist.

Around ten years ago, clients began coming to me with symptoms and experiences rooted in childhood pain and trauma. I found that I often resonated with their emotional pain and, as I began to explore this, I realised that I carried similar experiences. My acknowledgement and awareness of this allowed space for my own early trauma and, as the memories returned, I accepted that I too needed healing.

Acknowledgement was the beginning of my own healing journey and as it unfolded I recognised and accepted the fear that had been part of my life since early childhood.

Freedom From Fear

During the past ten years of treating clients, including babies and parents, and myself, I have become aware that fear is one of the most prevalent emotions, often hiding behind others. Fear can stem from emotional or physical pain that we have suffered in the past. It can be unconscious, buried so deeply that it influences our thoughts, feelings and actions without us really being aware of it.

The more I healed the more my true self emerged

Feelings of anger, deep anxiety, depression and overwhelm, and behaviours like lashing out, withdrawing, addiction and self-harm, can all stem from fear. They can stem from childhood experiences, our early relationships, our upbringing, our education, our society, from the way we were taught to deal or not to deal with emotions, and be triggered by the things we watch, books that we read, from family, friends, colleagues or people we admire.

Expressions of fear are seen now more than ever. For the past year and half of the Covid-19 pandemic, global fear of the unknown and the stress of uncertainty has impacted many lives, including our own. Throughout, fear and worry about the mental and physical health of loved ones and friends, about jobs and finances, have been pervasive. In some, isolation from and/or loss of loved ones have left deep emotional trauma. In others, fear and worry converted into anger and frustration with devastating impact for partners and families. These experiences may impact not just the people directly affected but also future generations

The Question is How Do We Move Forward, Individually and Collectively?

I grew up with parents who were born at the time of the second world war and fear was a constant factor in their lives; fear of not getting enough food, fear of getting hurt, fear of not having enough money to support the family.

In myself, I believe that this legacy of fear manifested primarily as self-reliance. I became a ‘doer’, generally resilient and solutions oriented when dealing with my worries, and proactive about controlling my life and pursuing my interests in health and healing without dependence on others. However, as I shared in my previous article “Transformation’ (Issue 82), it wasn’t until I started my CST training that I realised how ungrounded I was, and how easily fears and worries unbalanced me.

So, part of my healing journey has been to free myself of inherited and acquired fears, unconscious and conscious. The more I healed the more my true self emerged – a more grounded and positive individual, searching for ways to deal with life and emotions. I supported this new self-awareness with personal craniosacral sessions, energy healing, and meditation, ultimately leading to a different level of being that has enabled me to move forward with a greater sense of energy, direction and focus.

Growth Through Healing

The experience of recognising and accepting my need of healing taught me that as therapists we are still vulnerable and need to deal with all that we carry and hold; without doing that, there is no growth or expansion as a person or as a therapist. When we think that others are in more need of healing than ourselves, and shut our hearts to our own pain, we deny our own healing.

This is not to say that we can’t help others until we have healed ourselves. Yet, with self-healing, I believe we become more effective therapists.

It is my belief that the very act of opening our hearts to serve and help another person creates a healing dynamic. When the therapist connects to their heart first, acknowledging their emotional pain and fear, self-doubt and insecurities, the treatment becomes a powerful healing tool for both them and their client.

HEALING STRATEGIES AND THERAPEUTIC SELF-HEALING TOOLS

The self-healing journey is different for everyone, but it shares the same starting point – an intention to heal yourself of conscious and unconscious emotional pain and fear, and then finding the best support for that process.

My own journey to self-healing taught me that a mix of therapeutic and practical tools are useful. Some of the techniques that have helped me include:

Treat yourself: I found craniosacral sessions and energy healing helped me connect with the resources I needed to heal. And, I found that even during the worst times of the pandemic, when I myself had Covid-19, CST and meditation were the best tools that I had to resource myself and let go of personal fears and worries. My suggestion for therapists is to have regular CST treatments. And, if you become aware of or triggered by a reflected pain and/or fear during a treatment, it is worth exploring that in supervision or with another therapy.

Meditation: Learning to meditate is almost an essential part of a therapist’s growth and development, helping to ground, be centred and present. Through meditation, I learned to connect to my true heart; by breathing into it with intention, I can access and feel the infinite love and peace that is there for us all at any time. In this space, the solution for resolving your fear might come up easily. Also, meditative breathing techniques down regulate the nervous system, calming the mind from worries and fears. If you find it difficult to meditate at stressful times, there are many apps that provide guided meditations and breathing techniques.

Cultivate self-awareness: A type of self-healing is to recognise your own emotions and thought patterns and how they shape the way you think and behave towards yourself and others. A talking therapy can help you understand yourself and equip you to deal with any painful or traumatic emotions and memories that may come up.

Feel the fear: About 20 years ago, I read a book by author Susan Jeffers called “Feel the fear and do it anyway”. While I no longer remember the specifics, the title has stuck with me, reminding me about the importance of intention and readiness in letting go of fear; about how empowering it is to acknowledge fear and choose to overcome it.

This is relevant in our present situation where many feel strong anxiety about returning to work or social environments, and a question that you could ask yourself is, ‘what would I rather do, live my life with a job that I love, or freeze and stop living for the next few years?’.

It might sound obvious but just asking it of ourselves – of our system – can help us see, understand and choose to overcome what is blocking us. Once we can see, feel and name our fears, we can apply our therapeutic tools to let go of them, freeing us to move forward.

NLP: As a neuro-linguistic practitioner, I offer some NLP techniques for certain CST clients who I feel may benefit from it. I often use a technique called “time-line technique”, where the client makes a guided journey to the first time they encountered a specific emotion, e.g. fear. Usually, it is a formative emotion that has been present from birth to six years old, and I ask the client to suggest different resources for dealing with the event that triggered the specific emotion. This technique can be profoundly empowering and the resources can be accessed at any time the original emotion returns. It has had a major impact on many of my clients, and can be done online or face to face when treating, or as a self-care technique once it has been learned.

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

Craniosacral – NLP and mindfulness changing how you see things to move forward – Connect to your higher brain!

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After reading many books and articles about the brain and mind, I found that there is so much in common with the healing of the brain, and how much you can the brain do, if given the opportunity. While healing babies and children with craniosacral therapy, I realized that what I am doing, is given their brain an opportunity to heal the body and find another way of developing that works for them, hence healing themselves. The common things is also with adults, the difference with adults is that their own resistance, beliefs and upbringing, might stop them or delay the quick healing that the therapy would otherwise do. With the combination of NLP and Mindfulness the person is empowered to find another way of thinking and doing things that works for them, in order to heal, past and present trauma, or even blocks to their own being and being of themselves. The brain is an amazing healer, it can do miracles, if you allow it!

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Try now with craniosacral therapy, or the combination with NLP and mindfulness meditation and living that you will be given if needed, as well as starting by changing your diet, or allergies. With the method NAET the over-reaction to food and the environment might diminish or go completely, as the brain reset to recognise what it has perceived as the enemy as part of itself. click here to read more about all the therapies.

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

Healthy Weight Loss & Healthy Life Coaching Programme

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One-to-One NLP Coaching and Craniosacral Therapy

Transform your relationship with food, yourself and your life.

This is not a diet programme.

This is not an exercise programme.

This is a one-to-one transformational coaching programme designed to help you understand and change the deeper patterns behind unhealthy eating habits, weight gain and behaviours that may no longer support your health and wellbeing.

The programme focuses on the mind, emotions, behavioural patterns and your deeper connection with yourself.

Using a combination of NLP Coaching, Craniosacral Therapy, mindfulness and personalised health coaching, we work together to explore the triggers and unconscious patterns that may be keeping you stuck.

Weight is often not simply about food.

Sometimes, unhealthy eating patterns can be connected to emotions, stress, habits, past experiences, beliefs and unconscious responses.

This programme is designed to help you become more aware of these patterns and begin creating healthier ways of responding to yourself and your life.

The Focus Is on the Mind and Emotional Patterns

Many people know what they should eat.

They may know which foods are healthier.

They may even have successfully lost weight before.

Yet they can still find themselves returning to old patterns.

Why?

Because changing behaviour is not always simply about willpower or knowing what to do.

Sometimes there are deeper emotional triggers, beliefs and unconscious patterns behind our behaviours.

This programme focuses on understanding those patterns.

Together, we will explore:

  • What triggers unhealthy eating habits
  • Emotional eating patterns
  • Stress-related behaviours
  • Habits that have become automatic
  • Limiting beliefs about yourself and your body
  • Your relationship with food
  • Your relationship with your body
  • Feelings connected to eating
  • The reasons behind repeated unhealthy patterns
  • What may be preventing you from making lasting changes
  • Your motivation for becoming healthier

The aim is to help you understand yourself more deeply and develop new, healthier patterns.

NLP Coaching for Behavioural Change

Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) coaching is a central part of this programme.

Our thoughts, beliefs, language and internal patterns can influence how we feel and behave.

Sometimes we develop patterns without consciously realising it.

For example, you may automatically reach for food when you feel:

  • Stressed
  • Lonely
  • Anxious
  • Bored
  • Overwhelmed
  • Unhappy
  • Tired
  • Frustrated

Food can sometimes become an emotional escape or a way of managing difficult feelings.

Through NLP coaching, we explore the patterns behind these responses.

The coaching process can help you become more aware of your internal dialogue, beliefs and habitual reactions.

Together, we work towards identifying patterns that no longer support you and developing new ways of thinking and responding.

The goal is not to control you.

The goal is to help you become more conscious of your choices.

When you understand your patterns, you can begin to change them.

Craniosacral Therapy as Part of Your Personal Journey

Craniosacral Therapy can also form an important part of your individual journey.

The body and mind are deeply connected.

Our experiences, emotions and stress can affect how we feel physically and emotionally.

Craniosacral Therapy provides a gentle therapeutic approach that can support relaxation, awareness and a greater connection with your body and inner experience.

Within the programme, this can complement the coaching process by giving you space to slow down, listen to yourself and become more aware of what may be happening beneath the surface.

The combination of NLP Coaching and Craniosacral Therapy offers a more holistic approach to personal change.

Rather than focusing only on food or weight, we look at the whole person.

Mind. Body. Emotions. Inner wellbeing.

Mindfulness and Your Relationship with Food

Mindfulness is another important part of the programme.

Mindfulness can help you become more present and aware of what is happening within you.

You may begin to notice:

  • When you are genuinely hungry
  • When you are eating because of emotions
  • What triggers cravings
  • How stress affects your eating habits
  • How your thoughts influence your choices
  • When you are acting automatically rather than consciously

There will also be mindfulness practices specifically connected to eating.

The purpose is to help you create a more conscious relationship with food.

Instead of automatically reacting to emotions or triggers, you can begin to pause and ask yourself:

What am I really feeling?

What do I really need right now?

Is food the answer, or is there something else behind this feeling?

This Is Not a Physical Exercise Programme

This programme does not provide a structured exercise or fitness programme.

The focus of the 1 hour and 30-minute sessions is on:

  • NLP coaching
  • Behavioural change
  • Emotional awareness
  • Identifying unhealthy patterns and triggers
  • Mindfulness
  • Your relationship with food
  • Your relationship with yourself
  • Craniosacral Therapy, where appropriate
  • Personal growth and inner wellbeing

However, a healthier lifestyle may also include becoming more active.

Depending on your individual circumstances and preferences, general lifestyle suggestions may include activities such as:

  • Daily walking
  • Swimming
  • Open-water swimming
  • Yoga
  • Pilates
  • Dance
  • Joining local activity or wellbeing classes
  • Spending more time outdoors
  • Finding a form of movement that you genuinely enjoy

These activities are outside the coaching sessions and are suggestions for you to explore according to your own interests, health, ability and lifestyle.

You are encouraged to find activities that bring you enjoyment rather than seeing movement as a punishment.

A Deep Commitment to Yourself

This programme is about much more than losing weight.

It is about understanding why you have developed certain patterns and what may be keeping those patterns in place.

Together, we will explore the reasons you want to change.

We will look at your individual triggers and behavioural blocks.

Every person is different.

Your journey is personal.

This is a collaboration between Maria Esposito and you.

You remain in control of your journey.

You decide your goals.

You decide the pace.

The coaching provides support, guidance and a space for deeper exploration, but meaningful change requires your own commitment and willingness to engage with the process.

Small Changes Can Create Lasting Transformation

There will be an initial consultation followed by 10 weekly sessions, creating a total commitment of 11 weeks.

Each consultation lasts 1 hour and 30 minutes.

During the programme, we can work towards small, realistic changes that support your larger goals.

Each week gives you an opportunity to reflect, become more aware and work through the challenges that may arise.

The intention is not simply to create a short-term change.

The intention is to help you develop a new understanding of yourself and build healthier patterns that can continue beyond the programme.

Reconnecting With Yourself

Sometimes we become disconnected from our bodies, emotions and inner needs.

We may eat without thinking.

We may use food to escape uncomfortable feelings.

We may repeat the same behaviours while feeling frustrated that nothing changes.

This programme gives you the opportunity to slow down and reconnect.

Through NLP Coaching, Craniosacral Therapy and mindfulness, you can begin to understand your patterns from a different perspective.

You can become more aware of your emotions.

You can recognise your triggers.

You can question old beliefs.

You can begin to make more conscious choices.

This is about moving away from automatic patterns and towards a healthier, more aware and empowered version of yourself.

Your Success Is a Personal Commitment

Your coach will guide and support you throughout the programme.

However, lasting change comes from your own commitment to the process.

The programme can give you tools, awareness and support, but you are the person who makes the choices in your everyday life.

Your progress will depend greatly on your willingness to:

  • Be honest with yourself
  • Explore your patterns
  • Recognise your triggers
  • Challenge old habits
  • Practise new ways of thinking and responding
  • Commit to your own wellbeing

You have the opportunity to take back your power and create a healthier relationship with yourself and your life.

Once the programme has started, fees are non-refundable.

Available Online and Face-to-Face

The programme is available:

  • Online
  • Face-to-face in North London (N15 6HA)

Please note that the suitability and format of therapeutic elements may depend on whether sessions are held online or face-to-face.

About Maria Esposito

Maria Esposito BSc (Hons)

Maria is a Registered Nutritional Therapist, Craniosacral Therapist, NAET Practitioner, Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) Health Coach and Trauma-Informed Practitioner, with more than 35 years of professional experience.

Maria also has a background in:

  • Reiki Usui
  • Angelic Reiki

Her holistic approach brings together an understanding of nutrition, health, behaviour, emotions, the mind and the individual’s personal journey.

Your journey towards a healthier life starts with understanding yourself.

Change your patterns.

Understand your triggers.

Reconnect with yourself.

Create healthier choices from a place of awareness.

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Price for the entire programme is £ 1045.00 to be paid in advance at the booking of the first consultation. Once you start your programme no refund.

Payments either via bank transfer to Payment via bank transfer to Maria Esposito TSB  sort code 308472 account 24603860 at booking. If paying from the UK.

Possibility of paying via Revolut or pay-pal if from another Country. Email me for the paypal and Revolut payment for more information

Healing Yourself, Healing your Children, Healing the World

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For the past 11 years I have learned that healing ourselves, our inner child, our babies trauma, our children trauma, will eventually heal others. The most essential part of what we need to heal, are conditioned beliefs, stories from where we were children, physical/emotional and mental trauma that made an imprint into our body tissue, history of war, fights and conflicts from our external and internal world. There are lots of things that we can do to make our lives much lighter and easier, if we choose to. If you feel that you are stuck and not moving at all, or you know someone that is stuck and not moving at all, then it is time to suggest to choose to get better and heal, rather than stay in the mud for a long time, till you cannot breathe anymore. This is a conscious decision that you need to make in order to get better. Some of the things that you are carrying with you from childhood might not serve you anymore, or they might not be yours to keep! 

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START HEALING TODAY! The world will be a better place to live when you take the first step to going back to being yourself and who you really are!

Craniosacral therapy, NLP and Mindfulness meditation will also lead you to have a healthier lifestyle, with different choice of eating, doing more physical movements and relaxing more at the same time!

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

High-Pitched Crying, Colic and Reflux in Babies: What You Can Do?

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Mother’s comment after a session of craniosacral therapy and nutritional suggestions that I make is from one session to another “He is another baby!”

Colic, Reflux and Craniosacral Therapy for Babies

For the past 17 years, I have had the privilege of working with babies using craniosacral therapy. I have always loved working with infants, and it is an honour to support families during what can be a challenging time.

Many of the babies I see experience excessive crying, colic, reflux or appear unsettled. These difficulties can begin within the first few days after birth or develop during the first six weeks of life.

Every baby is different. Some babies may have experienced a difficult or traumatic birth, while others are simply adjusting to life outside the womb as their digestive and nervous systems continue to develop. Both breastfed and bottle-fed babies can experience colic and digestive discomfort.

A high-pitched cry can sometimes indicate that a baby is in distress or discomfort. In my clinical experience, some babies who cry persistently also appear to have digestive issues such as constipation, trapped wind or reflux. While there can be many possible causes, I believe it is important that persistent crying or signs of pain are assessed by an appropriate healthcare professional to rule out any underlying medical conditions.

The early weeks with a newborn can be emotionally and physically exhausting. Many parents I have worked with describe feeling overwhelmed, sleep deprived and anxious about taking their baby out in public in case they begin crying uncontrollably. Some parents gradually withdraw from social activities because they worry they will be judged. This can become an isolating experience at a time when support is needed most.

My aim is to provide a calm, gentle space where both baby and parent can relax. Many families report that their babies appear more settled and comfortable following craniosacral therapy, and that the sessions help support the bond between parent and baby. While experiences vary from family to family, I believe that supporting the baby’s nervous system can be a valuable part of a holistic approach to care.

If you would like to explore whether craniosacral therapy may be suitable for your baby, you are welcome to book an appointment. I also offer a donation-based 20-minute drop-in clinic in Crouch End during school term time for families who would like to experience a short introductory session.

Nutritional Considerations

As a Registered Nutritional Therapist, I believe that nutrition plays an important role in supporting both mother and baby during the early months. Every baby is unique, and while there is no single diet that prevents colic or reflux, optimising maternal nutrition can help support both maternal wellbeing and breastfeeding.

If you are breastfeeding and suspect that certain foods may be affecting your baby, it can be helpful to keep a simple food and symptom diary for two to three weeks. This may help identify any consistent patterns. Before eliminating foods from your diet, I recommend discussing this with your midwife, health visitor, GP or a registered nutritional therapist to ensure both you and your baby continue to receive all the nutrients you need.

Some babies may be sensitive to proteins that pass into breast milk, such as cow’s milk protein, although this is different from lactose intolerance and should only be investigated where symptoms suggest this may be the case. If a food sensitivity is suspected, it is important to seek professional guidance before making significant dietary changes.

I encourage mothers to eat a varied, nutrient-rich diet that includes quality protein, healthy fats, colourful vegetables, whole grains (where tolerated) and adequate hydration. Looking after your own nutritional status is just as important as caring for your baby, particularly during periods of sleep deprivation and recovery from birth.

Specific nutrients that are important for new mothers include omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin D, iron (where required), iodine, choline and B vitamins. These nutrients support maternal health and contribute to your baby’s development during breastfeeding.

Some families choose to use infant probiotics. Research into probiotics for infant colic is continuing, and certain probiotic strains have shown promise for some babies, particularly those who are breastfed. If you are considering probiotics, choose products specifically formulated for infants and discuss their use with your healthcare provider or nutritional therapist to ensure they are appropriate for your baby’s individual needs.

For babies who are formula-fed, feeding technique, teat flow, avoiding overfeeding and ensuring the formula is prepared correctly can also make a difference. If symptoms persist, your GP or health visitor can advise whether a specialist formula or further assessment may be appropriate.

Nutrition is just one piece of the puzzle. Alongside appropriate medical care where needed, I believe that combining nutritional support with gentle craniosacral therapy can help support both baby and family during this important stage of development.

Supporting Babies with Reflux

In my practice, I often use craniosacral therapy to help babies relax and release tension throughout the body. Many parents tell me they notice improvements in their baby’s comfort and settling after treatment, although individual results vary and further research is needed into the effectiveness of craniosacral therapy for infant reflux.

There are also some practical measures that may help some babies:

  • Burp your baby thoroughly during and after feeds.
  • Hold your baby upright for a period after feeding if advised by your healthcare professional.
  • Always follow safe sleep guidance. Babies should be placed flat on their backs to sleep on a firm, flat mattress. Current safe sleep recommendations do not advise raising the head of the cot or placing pillows underneath the mattress because this can increase safety risks.

If your baby’s reflux is severe, they are not gaining weight, have green or bloody vomit, are unusually sleepy, or you have any concerns about their health, please seek advice promptly from your GP, midwife, health visitor or paediatrician.

To book a consultation with me or a treatment email me or call me: esposito_m@yahoo.co.uk (sometimes email go into spam, do call me or text me if you do not hear from me)

Tel. 07956662954

Emotion or physical trauma from before birth to adult time. What can you do to let it go?

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I have been a therapist for 28 years and more. Starting to treat the physical trauma with massage and reflexology to the chemical trauma through nutrition and allergies and for the past 11 years trauma from birth or before birth to adult time with craniosacral therapy/healing.

It always amaze me when an adult can manage to let go from their body, their childhood trauma through their painful muscle or body.

If you are like me, that grew up long time ago, when children were not considered teachers, like they are now, then you still have some trauma, from family beliefs, religion and society.

This is not about blaming any of your parents or other people that raise you, as they did the best they could with the resources that they had, and some had none, or had a really tough time too.

All stems from that unconditional love that was given to your parents and your parents to you.

Emotional trauma and physical trauma are connected to each other, one might cause the other and vice-versa.

If you birth was traumatic for you and your mum, than the physical scar stay there, unless you deal with them from the start.

If you are an adult you can still deal with the trauma, through craniosacral therapy. If you have had a baby, than this is the best time to treat them and have a more positive life paved for them.

Step-by-step back to yourself!

If you have toddlers and older children, there is plenty of time to still treat them. Craniosacral therapy is one of the best treatment from babies to adults, as it is gentle but very powerful.

Depending on the trauma, for babies might needs up to 3 treatments only. For adults it might take some more time, but worth your money and time to heal yourself, as you will see your life, changing positively, treatment by treatment.

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

This winter we are fighting more colds and flu viruses! what can you do?

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This winter we are fighting way more colds and flus. There reason for that, is last winter we were all self-isolating and not mixing up at all. So all the colds and viruses that were not related to COVID 19, this winter are back!

As your immune system did not have any challenges last year, well, guess what, this year has been challenged a lot, so you get one cold after another, as your immune system is now fighting things that is meant to fight!

Children when they start nursery, as you know if you have children, will start getting ill every week, as their immune system start to build up a resistance of soldiers to fight the same colds and viruses over and over again. This is called inner immunity, when you fight something twice, usually the immune system will keep a record of that virus in its memory, so that next time it encounters it, it will know what to do.

Did you know that some inland indigenous tribe can die of the simple cold? That is because their immune system has never encountered it. Now for the elderly and vulnerable people and children, that immunity does not work well, so they need as much help as they can, they are like the indigenous people who have never encountered the cold virus. That is because their immune system does not work as well. Hence all the precaution for the always new variant of the COVID 19, till at least there is a better solution that we have now.

For any other person to strengthen your immunity, or help your immune system to fight well, the solutions is a healthy lifestyle, with extra supplement when needed and nutritious food to get the vitamins and minerals, proteins and fats, as well as carbohydrates, to support your immune system in their fight. It is like feeding your soldier and nourishing them with food and warmth.

In times of illness, also the soul and mind needs that support, before, during and after. Craniosacral therapy resets the body system into balance, by centering your body and mind back to health and allow the breath of life and the energy to run through your body after the illness.

Here is the link for strengthening your immune system click here

COVID19 support during and after to avoid long COVID fatigue and get back to your center click here and more COVID 19 help click here

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

Loss of taste and smell, with or without COVID-19

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Olfactory sensory and gustatory both to function well depends on the nerve receptors, the G protein that are found in our mouth and nose and they are both connected to the brain function through neurological connections.

A healthy person has got more than 10.000 taste buds and about 100 million of receptors for the sense of smell.

  • Both the sense of smell and taste are connected to the nerve brain function and in particular to certain cranial nerves. And both need certain nutrients such as sodium and energy production to make up either the smell or the taste that we need.
  • So, lots of vitamins and minerals from our diet, including some sodium or salt.
  • The main sensory tastes are five: sour, sweet, salt, bitter and umami taste, which taste of meat. Any other taste is usually made of the combination of these five primary ones.
  • If we eat a lot of salty foods though, our taste of salty food will be more developed than any other taste and if we eat more of the sweet food than our sweet taste is more. The good news is that if you avoid too much of the salty foods or sweet food, the taste changes within two weeks, and hence you might be craving less of too much salt or too much sweet, this goes for meat or any of the primary tastes.
  • In a healthy person, any food that does not taste good will be avoided, this is part of our survival mechanism. I wonder if with allergies, many people avoid certain foods after they reacted once with them as part of the survival mechanism. This mechanism is the connection with the neurological part of our brain.
  • Usually with NAET method, that brain connection to a certain allergen is rebooted and hence a healthy food or food group can be reintroduced without the brain giving the signal to attack it through the immune system.
  • New olfactory receptors (neuron receptors) are replaced every month, and they are the only mature neurons receptors that would do this in our body. The smell receptors and neurological pathway are connected also to the tear glands, hence when there is a strong odor usually will lead to crying.
  • Did you know that women often have a higher sense of smell than men, especially during ovulation?
  • Did you know that smoking reduces the sense of smell strongly, and in long term smoking will damage the olfactory receptors permanently?
  • Age also reduces the sense of smell, from 65 years old onwards.
  • Did you know that zinc deficiency can lead also to loss of sense of smell and taste?
  • Head injury can reduce or destroy your sense of smell and taste and certain drugs, Parkinson disease, Alzheimer and anti-histamine, steroids, will all reduce the sense of smell.
  • Did you know that emotions are also connected to the sense of taste? Hence it is possible that when we crave certain foods, might be due to the state we are in. Recognizing that state of emotion can also stop craving and eating certain unhealthy foods.
  • Eating sweet foods evoke emotions of pleasure and bitter ones can cause expression of disgust even in newborn babies. It is because of this link that humans and animal learn to avoid certain foods to avoid having an upset digestive system.

© Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapy – NAET – R-Craniosacral Therapy – NLP practitioner – Certified Angel Guide

Happy Healthy Holidays seasons

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Holiday seasons are near and this year there are a lot of changes and a time when we need to be aware of others more than ever. Hope that you are all well in some way or another and that you are ready for a new year of hope, moving forward with awareness that life is unpredictable and we need to do what we want to do in life, to live a fulfilling life! Whatever that might be. Most of all be yourself, connect to your inner heart, and go with the flow of life!

Nutritionally, be aware of what you can do in your power to be healthy, have moderate meat, have a bit more sustainable oily fish or fish in general, plenty of vegetables and fruits and a varied diet.

If you do drink a bit more this year for some reason, be aware of drinking water in between alcohol, so that you do not dehydrate.

  • Eat a healthy fatty meal the next morning, such as eggs, mushrooms, avocadoes and salmon, with spinach; as that will get rid of the hungover, as well as pure water.
  • During the holidays take a good walk outside in fresh air; breathe! Do not wait till the new year to do the walking or running or exercise, do them even during the holidays!
  • Relax more by doing diaphragmatic breathing during the day; breathe by using your belly instead of your upper chest. While you are breathing let go of worries and concerns; Click here to listen and download a short meditation from me.
  • This year, instead of eating till your pants unbutton naturally, or your tracksuit stretches even more, eat just a small meal at the time, and use the leftover for the next day. There are so many recipes for leftover Christmas meals on the internet right now.
  • Use the following food to support your liver and get more nutrients: red cabbage (cooked), kale (slightly cooked), carrots (cooked), squash, pomegranate, orange juices (freshly squeezed), mandarins, fresh nuts, especially walnuts and almonds (no salt), hazelnuts, beetroot (cooked or raw), artichokes. Use turmeric, rosemary, thyme, oregano, basil, and all the fresh herbs that you know, include ginger, cinnamon and more fresh herbs and spices, if you can add onions (raw and cooked), garlic (raw and cooked). All the above helps with the immune system.
  • By avoiding anything that you might be allergic too, you reduce the inflammation, which usually might lower your immune system. Stress is part of it.
  • Make sure you have a deep sleep of at least 4 to 5 hours. Use magnesium before bedtime, about 1 hour, or melatonin to support that, or relaxation tapes. Avoid any stimulants, including chocolate after 2pm in the afternoon. Avoid eating too late at night, leave a space of at least 3 hours before your bedtime.
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If you are allergic to some foods, and you have not seen me yet, then give NAET a try, as it has changed the life of many adults and children alike, from babies too. Click here to read more about it.

In order to move forward in this time and age, and let go of the shock of this year and fears, one of the best ways, is through craniosacral, combined with the NLP, which is amazing to get you rid of old emotions or trauma that are holding you back or stuck. Most conditional thoughts and beliefs are learned in childhood, and through some of the tools through NLP and CST, we visit the times, without going into the actual emotion or traumatic event. You are going to learn to use your own resources as an adult that you have, to give yourself another way of dealing with the same situation that you went through as a child! This will empower you, to deal with present and future events that would have caused the same old destructive emotions in the past, and to deal with them in a more resourceful positive way. Remember we can never change the past, but we can change the present time in dealing with the same situation in a different empowering way.

This is the unconscious mind, which drives your life, unknown to you, that you are aware of it or not!

NLP is also ideal to have a clear plan or goal towards what you need to do. click here to read more

I know that most people want this year to be over, and it is almost over; just notice what your learnings for this year have been and keep them in mind for next year. Keep moving forward, instead of going back to the past, and see what life will bring you!

Go with the Flow of Life!

Most of all, enjoy your Holiday seasons with your family even more this year, pay attention to your loved ones.

Best wishes and Light healing from me for this year ending and the new year coming 2021!

Maria Esposito BSc (Hons) R-Nutritional Therapist – NAET – R-Craniosacral Therapist – NLP practitioner – Certified Angel Guide