For the past 48 years, mother nature has slowly unfolded some of her secrets to me.
A 15-year-old boy presented with the “shakes.” His mother said they started when he was three and have been getting worse ever since then.
The family had taken him to the full spectrum of healthcare providers, and no one had an answer. I felt that it could be a form of nervous system dysregulation, an imbalance between the parasympathetic and sympathetic modes.
The goal is balance where a body is in parasympathetic mode, can immediately go into sympathetic, and quickly go back to parasympathetic. The Gillespie Approach can be an effective treatment in this realm.
Since he had a zero-second brain cycle, I knew his fascial web was restricted resulting in some form of dysregulation. The brain has to breathe well and the fascial web needs to be free for the craniosacral fascial system to function optimally.
Wherever you held him, his body shook slightly. I had his mother feel it with me before I did any therapy.
I hypothesized that we were feeling the vibration of the superficial fascia—the layer directly below the epithelial cells or skin. If you have a sliver in a finger and carefully pick the skin away, you will reach the superficial fascia by feeling pain from free nerve endings and possibly bleeding from piercing a small blood vessel.
His craniosacral fascial system was so tight that I just started some cranial work to jumpstart the system. His brain cycle opened to a nice 60 seconds by the end of the visit.
Something amazing happened—his shaking stopped. Mom confirmed it with her touch. But would it last?
When I saw him two weeks later, his mom said he was doing great. Not only that, but his brain cycle had opened to an amazing 210 seconds—on its own!
The Gillespie Approach just allows the body to heal itself most effectively. I am not trying to adjust, manipulate, or fix him, but to just help free up his system and let God take over. Some patients will release on their own and come in with a higher brain cycle at the next visit.
When I worked on him during his second visit, his strain went deeper into the core of his body. His brain cycle finished at an astounding 700 seconds—something I had never seen before.
When you are pioneering this work, things happen that you cannot wrap your head around. This case will be floating around my cranium for a while looking for an answer.
The work continually amazes me. Gillespie Approach Training can be an important key to unlock the door of health.
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