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Biodynamic Osteopathy involves no manipulation of any kind. It is a gentle treatment method, that can be explained in terms of finding and opening doorways of potential already present within the human body. It is not uncommon for a person's inner light to not be shining as bright, when a history of physical, emotional and spiritual trauma blocks a person's true potential. Each of our unique life stories are important, but eventually take a back seat to our own deepening relationship with the Health (or mystery) within - since it is the Health itself that awakens our inner spark, reconnects us to our regenerative natural breath, empowers our self-healing capacity, and transmutates a history of trauma held deep within. Biodynamic treatment begins when the Health itself enters a treatment room as a palpable Stillness - something that we seldom pay attention to in our modern lives. The osteopath is surrendered by this Stillness (and becomes neutral), and so shifts into a deeper level of consciousness. The rational thinking mind goes to sleep, and a deeper mind awakens. Treatment further deepens in therapeutic potential, as a patient also surrenders and becomes neutral. Through surrender an osteopath is guided and supported during treatment, and a patient is freed to be shifted and transformed by the Health.
If you are wanting symptomatic relief but don't want to look within, you will likely find that a structural/mechanical treatment method is better suited to you. If you are seeking wholeness and a deepening relationship to your own self-healing capacity, then Biodynamic Osteopathy is likely your best option. Biodynamic treatment often takes place beyond the reach of our linear rational thinking mind - and as such, cannot be truly explained or understood. It is an experience of being completely immersed within wholeness and an unfathomable mystery, and looking beyond a person's problems, pain and suffering into the light and perfection of the Health within. Therapeutic change then arises from the health itself, not the Osteopath.
Osteopathic Medicine works with the natural forces of the human body.
Through the gentle laying on of hands, Biodynamic Osteopathy involves feeling the Health (blueprint, perfect potential, silence, spiritual light & mystery) within every human being. This Health is hidden and often forgotten beneath complex layers of intergenerational, family and personal trauma, cultural and educational imprinting, metabolic, chemical or emotional stress and protective compensations - all of which deviate an individual from their originality, natural calmness, inner organisation and self-healing capacity.
Biodynamic treatment doesn't attempt to solve these complexities directly. What it does instead (with hands upon a patient and feeling their health within) is to wait for a patient to begin feeling their Health within also. In this way the treatment accesses a deeper therapeutic capacity. When the body re-orients to the Health, an instinctive feeling of safety and a capacity for deeper surrender (or letting go) emerges. As the physical body begins to unlock and soften from the inside, layers of embedded history (of a physical, emotional or spiritual nature) are made available to the body's self-healing mechanism. An Osteopath then becomes an integral part of an equally complex therapeutic process as it emerges from within. Therapeutic changes occur through Biodynamic Osteopathy, without the need for external force or direct intervention.
Openness and trust are essential ingredients in Biodynamic Osteopathy. Treatment effectiveness is firstly influenced by a patient's own genuine interest in seeking holistic treatment (rather than a quick fix), and secondly a practitioner and patient's own willingness to surrender (or become neutral), and be shifted by therapeutic forces greater than our individual selves. Through surrender we discover how deeply integrated into nature and the mystery of life we all are - and how a self-healing capacity emerges from this mystery. An intimate relationship with the Health (the mystery that animates and supports all of life) has been a natural state of being for indigenous cultures throughout time, and likewise provides the essential foundation for Biodynamic Osteopathy.
It is important to understand that Biodynamic treatment works best when the rational thinking mind goes to sleep, and a deeper mind awakens. If our linear rational mind awakens during treatment, the treatment itself grinds to a halt. This deeper mind can relay information; however it can come across a bit hazy, unfiltered, occasionally too honest, and potentially confronting to those unfamiliar with holistic treatment. I trust that patients will understand my desire to prioritising treatment effectiveness, and accept my apology for any imperfect communication.
New patients please read 'about your appointment' below. If you are seeking treatment for yourself and baby, please choose a paediatric booking and ensure that you arrange a helper to accompany you to your appointment.
"The objective of the doctor is to find health, anyone can find disease"
~ Dr. Andrew Taylor Still (founder of Osteopath 1874)
If you live near Dunsborough and are experiencing lower back pain, and would prefer a decompressive mechanical treatment method - I am willing to see you at the end of my working day. A practitioner's own nervous system will naturally tighten up when using a more vigorous (and naturally riskier) treatment method - and this tension significantly reduces the effectiveness of gentle biodynamic treatment. For this reason any mechanical treatment used at this clinic will be at the end of the day. If mechanical treatment is what you are seeking, please get in touch for a chat.
Healing Tree Osteopathy has designed a posture cushion, that supports the lower back and opens the chest for an elongated spine. It is a not-for-profit venture. Please get in touch if you need help avoiding posture related health problems.
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About your appointment
NEW PATIENTS: please note that Biodynamic Osteopathy is NOT a mechanical treatment method with spinal manipulation. You will be fully clothed, and get to relax on the treatment table during your session. Treatment times can vary, so please allow 60 minutes for your initial and subsequent appointments. Please also ensure you have completed your online health survey before your appointment (this can be found in your initial booking confirmation and reminder emails). Please complete your survey at least 24 hours before your appointment - this will give me a head start, and allow us to get the most value from your treatment.
If your appointment is for your BABY, please be sure to bring either your partner, grandma or a helper along with you. Through treating mum, it is common to achieve more significant change for baby - and this works best when mum is able to take a break, and deeply relax.
To CANCEL an appointment, please select the link in your confirmation or reminder emails. Please note that at least 24 hours notice is required - an 50% cancellation fee will apply if your appointment time cannot be filled (so that we can cover expenses).
EPTPOS and Private Health Fund HICAPS payment facilities are available. Sorry, this practice does NOT offer government subsidised Medicare Chronic Disease Management Plans.
Why Biodynamic Osteopathy?
Biodynamic treatment is suited to preconception care, pregnancy, babies and family inter-generational health. Wholistic healthcare for adults. Complex trauma history. Seeking relief from painful symptoms - whether they be of a physical, emotional or spiritual origin. Preventative healthcare - preparing your body for the challenges of life. Head, jaw, neck, thoracic, lumbar, pelvic, arms and legs symptoms. Mood, stress, breathing, circulation, digestive and reproductive health etc.
ABOUT
Hi, my name is David and I've been in Osteopathic practice since 1998. I was originally inspired by and studied Architecture, because a well designed building fulfils our physical, emotional and spiritual needs. The human body performs this same function. So why was I drawn to the spiritual foundation of Architecture and Osteopathy? I had emergency brain surgery immediately after my own birth, and a residual intracranial cyst affects my hearing, reading and general sensory processing. I rely upon a stable foundation of stillness to function at my best - and this has become my gift to share. Biodynamic Osteopathic treatment has helped me find deep rest, fulfilment and healing in an overstimulating world. I love helping people of all ages, and especially around the time of birth.
Osteopathic Medicine originated almost 150 years ago in the United States. American Osteopathic Physicians are registered medical doctors and receive university training with internship, and the option of specialist training within Osteopathic hospitals. Unfortunately today, many in the US use Osteopathy as a pathway to becoming a general physician or specialist, with little interest in the profession's original foundations. Osteopath's utilise their understanding of body structure and function, and the application of manual therapy to improve the expression of health and self-healing capacity of the human body. Australian Osteopaths have 5 years of university training, and work in private practice - and unlike their American cousins, do not prescribe drug therapy or perform surgery. The Australian Osteopathic profession remains committed to Osteopathy's original foundations of manual medicine; of treating the human body as an integrated whole, and seeking people's greatest potential through preventative healthcare.
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