In 2009 I founded the Sacred Yew Institute in honor of the yew tree and of the Yew Mysteries. The Sacred Yew Institute is committed to the direct teaching of the healing, perceptual and shamanic practices of the Yew Mysteries as well as to the teaching of contemporary healing modalities such as Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy.
Biodynamic Craniosacral Foundation Training
Michael began the study of Craniosacral Therapy with Donald Howitt D.O. in Edinburgh and has been in practice for 20 years. He has attended workshops with the embryologist Jaap Van der Wal as well as with the late Dr Alan Pelowski, founder of the South African Institute of Cranial Studies.
Michael's understanding of, and commitment to the biodynamic model of craniosacral therapy continues to be inspired by his work with the Yew Mysteries. He is currently teaching a two - year Biodynamic Craniosacral Foundation Training in Northampton, Western MA.
In Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, the forces that hold the potential to heal us throughout life are regarded as the same forces that create us in the archetypal image of an embryo. Students are taught to synchronize with these profound forces through the training of their perception and through the development of a deeply instinctual ability to ‘listen’ with their hands to the priorities of Health that are being expressed at any given moment within and around the client’s body. Come and join a growing community of biodynamic practitioners who are ready to make profound changes to the way we understand and support healing, health and a sense of wholeness!
The next two-year Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Training
will begin late 2017 or early 2018. Dates to be announced. Please click here to be added to our mailing list.
The Yew Mysteries Training
The Yew Mysteries Training begins with an introductory one - day workshop called Yew Mysteries One - Yewshamanism
Introductory workshops are currently being offered in Abergavenny Wales, and in Ormiston, Scotland as well as in Seattle WA, USA. Upon completion of Yew Mysteries One students are eligible to participate in Yew Mysteries Two through Five at any training location.