At the Still Point of the Turning World examines and explores both the art and the science of osteopathy through the eyes and approach of a devoted teacher and practitioner. The true value of holism, vitalism and osteopathic principles are discussed as part of the approach that each practitioner brings to the patient/practitioner relationship.
Principles
- Osteopathy: an overview
- The Vital quality of Motion
- Holism and the osteopathic ‘lens’
- Reciprocity, Relationship, Spaces
- From Mainstream to ‘Cranial’: continuum or quantum leap?
The Art of It
- Subjectivity and ‘the dance’
- The Intelligent Fulcrum: palpation and thought on the move
- The Healing….’if it comes at all, it comes from within’
- Beyond Technique: meeting the lesion
- Placebo and Ritual
- R and D, Safety and the ‘Evidence’ myth
Philosophy and the Practitioner
- The Human Spirit: adaptability, self-correction and survival
- Divine Chaos: direction, meaning, mystery and the healing state
- The exquisite nature of Paradox
- Epilogue: tying it together: Spirit, humanity and the art of practice
