Bruce Elliot MEd, LMT
In the process of healing and growing from my own physical and emotional injuries, the approaches that helped me most were Craniosacral Therapy and Spacial Dynamics. I have since devoted years of study to both of these disciplines, and my hope is to help others move forward, finding greater comfort, ease, wholeness, and self-awareness—just as I was helped when I needed it most.
Since moving to Vermont six months ago, I have been inspired by the rhythms of this landscape—the flowing rivers, the mountains, and the lake. This place has given me new perspective and context for some questions I love to ask:
“How do I live in and with this body? What have I been ignoring? What will I accept and what will I transform?”
and
“How does what is outside of me relate to what is inside of me?”
The movements of water, the spirals and eddies, the growth patterns of plants and trees, and the subtle rhythms of the natural world continue to be sources of fascination and ongoing study for me. They inform the way I guide clients in somatic and craniosacral work, supporting both physical and emotional release, and helping people—especially those navigating life’s later stages—reclaim clarity, presence, and ease.
MY TEACHERS
I want to gratefully acknowledge Jaimen McMillan, the founder of Spacial Dynamics®. From the moment I was exposed to this approach to movement back in 1995 I felt like I was home and I have been studying, practicing and exploring it ever since. In 2017 I began training directly with Jaimen at the Spacial Dynamics Institute.
The depth of Jaimen’s insight and mastery is vast. His courses are all top notch and full of humor, wisdom, joy and intense work. He teaches around the world and has brought insights into human movement that I believe have changed the world. I know it has changed my life, and the way I move.
In 2014, I had the good fortune of taking a class with Don Ash. I had been on the look out for an exceptional teacher to take me beyond what I knew as a massage therapist; someone I could trust and was a master of what he taught. After that first class, I knew I had found what I was looking for.
Don is a generous teacher who brings a meticulous knowledge of human anatomy as well as a delightful sense of humor to his classes. Don has written his own text books and made his own illustrations. He has a created a curriculum for training Craniosacral therapists that is thorough, clear and effective. Don teaches and lectures around the world and I am so lucky to have him accessible to me here in New Hampshire.
THE LIGHTEST TOUCH
Good poetry begins with
the lightest touch,
a breeze arriving from nowhere,
a whispered healing arrival,
a word in your ear,
a settling into things,
then like a hand in the dark
it arrests the whole body,
steeling you for revelation.
In the silence that follows
a great line
you can feel Lazarus
deep inside
even the laziest, most deathly afraid
part of you,
lift up his hands and walk toward the light.
-- David Whyte
from Everything is Waiting for You
©2003 Many Rivers Press