"A thorough description of the evolution of cranial osteopathic medicine into a new form available to many health care providers, this book presents a technique of touch therapy that is extremely gentle and subtle and gives practical exercises to be proficient in healing physical, spiritual, and emotional conditions"--provided by the publisher.

Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Section I: Repairing the fluid body -- Chapter 1: Dealing with poor intestinal health -- Chapter 2: The problem defined -- Chapter 3: The solution defined -- Chapter 4: Comparison with other diets and conclusion -- Section II: Biodynamic practice -- Chapter 5: The zones of perception -- Chapter 6 Definition of attunement by leading researchers and clinicians -- Chapter 7: Interpersonal neurobiology: knowledge, skills, and abilities -- Chapter 8 Disengagement and self-regulation in biodynamic practice -- Chapter 9: Ignition -- Chapter 10 Holographic touch: Engaging the continuum of consciousness -- Chapter 11 Ten steps to client participation in biodynamic practice -- Chapter 12: Meditations on Ignition -- Section III: Photographic text-atlas of biodynamic skills -- Chapter 13: Preliminary instructions and first contact -- Chapter 14: Lower extremities -- Chapter 15: Abdomen and pelvis -- Chapter 16: The spine, trunk, and neck -- Chapter 17: The face -- Chapter 18: The cranial vault and base -- Chapter 19: Anterior midline -- Chapter 20: Ready reference to photographs -- Chapter 21: Biodynamic therapeutic processes -- Appendix A: Seven levels of motion in the cranium -- Appendix B: Recommended reading in visceral manipulation -- Glossary of biodynamic -- Resources -- Bibliography -- About the author.