Birthjoy CST & Lactation Counseling
Helping Healthy Humans
Craniosacral therapy is a gentle, hands-on healing approach which promotes deep relaxation and relieves pain and tension from within the body.
It is ideal for supporting optimal physical and emotional health and settling of the nervous system.
The combination of lactation counseling with craniosacral therapy provides a unique pathway to healing for babies and their families.
Craniosacral therapy is a gentle, hands-on healing approach which promotes deep relaxation and relieves pain and tension from within the body. Everyday stress can affect the balance of our bodies and our state of well-being. When we experience physical or emotional trauma, our bodies can manifest variable states of distress. Craniosacral therapy can be incredibly helpful and… Continue reading Craniosacral Therapy
Becoming a parent is one of the most profound and joyous moments of life! For many it can also be exhausting and daunting. Even the most natural events, like feeding, can sometimes pose a challenge. Since ancient times, mothers around the world have had built-in support from their mothers, grandmothers, sisters and aunts. They did… Continue reading Lactation Counseling
After enjoying my practice in the Berkshires, I am now living and treating clients in southern Portugal! Please email me to birthjoy@gmail.com for rates and availability. _____________________ My passion for helping people, especially babies and children, goes back many years. While earning my undergraduate degree in psychology, I also studied herbal medicine and energy healing with… Continue reading About Cari
“My experience of craniosacral therapy with Cari Naftali was at once extraordinary and the most natural thing in the world. I’m not sure I can convey the level of trust I felt, putting myself in Cari’s hands. It was like the trust of a child who had always been well-loved and cared for. I had no anxiety whatsoever, just a quiet eagerness to be in her capable and loving hands. Perhaps Cari’s midwifery background telegraphed itself invisibly to me. Perhaps it was her great and palpable human warmth. Perhaps I was just ready. Or all these things and more.
The work itself is quite subtle. I knew something was happening because I felt light energies open up, not because there was any heavy-duty pushing, pulling or kneading. A sense of well-being began to spread through me, like a mist or a finely woven net. Memories and realizations did arise with this balancing attunement, and I chose to speak them aloud. So glad I did: Cari’s responses were affirming, comforting, and illuminating. Trust built on trust. I felt not only freed and loved, but also grateful for my own ability to be with what arose and understand it in a profound and releasing way.
Afterwards, I felt bright, like I was no longer holding in the light within me, but letting it radiate quite naturally. I felt happy, peaceful, centered, released-like my real self. My body felt great-but my heart also felt at peace, and my mind felt spacious; and my sense of well-being was so pervasive that I couldn’t have pointed to it and said, ‘There, that’s where it feels so good.’ Because it was everywhere….”
Cari is a wonderful craniosacral therapist. She immediately made me feel relaxed and at home in her presence. She’s a natural caregiver and a true healer. I came to her with chronic migraines that medication and relaxation techniques were not helping. After just one session she identified the cause of my migraines and helped me relieve the migraine both in session and ways to relieve it at home. After multiple sessions I saw not only an elimination of my migraines but she also helped me to deal with my anxiety issues in new and productive ways. I HIGHLY recommend Cari!!!
-Kate St.Germain
