Cranial Sacral Therapy: Gentle Release for Deep Healing
An extraordinarily subtle, hands-on approach that evaluates and releases restrictions in the craniosacral system to relieve pain, restore balance, and unlock your body’s deepest healing potential.
What Is Cranial Sacral Therapy?
Cranial Sacral Therapy (CST) is a gentle, hands-on approach that works with the craniosacral system — the membranes and cerebrospinal fluid that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord. Using a touch so light it’s often described as no heavier than the weight of a nickel, the therapist detects and releases restrictions in this system that can cause pain, dysfunction, and a wide range of health challenges.
The craniosacral system has a profound influence on the functioning of the central nervous system. When restrictions develop — from injury, stress, chronic tension, or trauma — they can compromise the performance of the brain and spinal cord, which in turn can affect nearly every system in the body. CST gently releases those restrictions to allow the body to self-correct and heal.
This is one of the most subtle and sophisticated therapeutic modalities in bodywork. It requires an exceptionally trained practitioner with refined palpation skills — someone who can feel the subtle rhythms of the craniosacral system and respond with precision. At Dia-Well Clinic in Davie, FL, Maria brings the expertise and sensitivity this modality demands.
Who Is Cranial Sacral Therapy For?
CST is effective for an extraordinarily wide range of conditions because it works directly with the central nervous system. It’s especially beneficial if you experience:
Benefits of Craniosacral Therapy
Headache & Migraine Relief
Releases cranial restrictions that contribute to chronic headaches, often providing relief where medication has failed.
Nervous System Reset
Calms an overactive nervous system, shifting you from fight-or-flight into a deep state of rest and restoration.
Chronic Pain Resolution
Addresses the root cause of chronic pain by releasing deep-seated restrictions in the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
TMJ & Jaw Relief
Gentle release of cranial and fascial restrictions that contribute to jaw tension, pain, clicking, and teeth grinding.
The Dia-Well Difference
Cranial Sacral Therapy demands a rare combination of refined sensitivity, extensive training, and deep clinical experience. Not every therapist can perform CST effectively — it requires the ability to feel subtle craniosacral rhythms and respond with precisely calibrated touch. Maria Eugenia Aceituno, LMT, brings over 15 years of hands-on expertise to this delicate modality.
Maria’s approach to CST is deeply intuitive and profoundly patient. She takes the time to feel what your body is communicating, following the subtle cues of your craniosacral rhythm to find and release restrictions that other therapists might miss entirely. This is not a technique you rush — and Maria never does.
As an AMTA member, CE credit provider, and a pioneer of the oncology massage program at UHealth/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Maria understands the nervous system at an expert level. When she performs cranial sacral therapy, you’re receiving care from a therapist whose hands have been trained to listen as much as they heal.