My 10-month old son loves visits with Cari. We brought him to see her due to having torticollis, his neck was noticeably better after the first visit. She has also helped our breastfeeding journey as he now latches better. Cari is very gentle and my son is always so relaxed after each visit.

“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….”