“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….”

“mee-ah want to feel better…mee-ah want to go see cari”
~Grace, age 2, quoted by her mom