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Sacred Journey Therapy (SJT) is a trauma-informed, somatic, and shamanic approach to CranioSacral Therapy that integrates body, mind, and spirit. This holistic modality blends elements from Osteopathy, Massage Therapy, and traditional CranioSacral Therapy, and is expanded through the lens of parapsychology, transpersonal and traditional psychology, consciousness studies, physics, metaphysics, spirituality, and core shamanic principles.
At its core, SJT honors the psychodynamic relationship between perception, intention, and the subtle language of the body. Practitioners are trained to engage their inner eye, inner ear, and empathic heart in order to support healing across the physical, emotional, mental, astral, and spiritual bodies. Through somatic awareness and meditative attunement, SJT teaches how to deepen presence, cultivate mindfulness, and regulate the nervous system—both within the practitioner and in the therapeutic relationship.
Our training is open to licensed massage therapists, professional counselors, and individuals from the public who are seeking to explore healing arts through an intuitive, heart-centered, and energetically attuned practice. Rooted in a humanistic and client-centered philosophy, SJT supports practitioners in developing safe, embodied, and transformative spaces for healing.
The Team
What SJI students say...
"…I would like to applaud Don Massat for his efforts in bringing about a continued awareness of the capabilities that physical beings possess when they open their hearts and trust the Universe. Your connection to the Universe offers you many opportunities to tap into sources of information that will provide you with answers to satisfy your curious mind. No question is too difficult to offer a response which will open doors to many possibilities and lead you to an expansive place which allows availability to everyone. Endless information keeps alive the desire to know, wonder and search in ways that may seem unconventional to most yet offers Truth – plain and simple."
Our Vision
“Visionary Approach” to Cranial Sacral Therapy
Sacred Journey Institute has been approved institution for continuing education through the National Certification Board for
Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) & IDFPR for Professional Counselors & Social Workers. Sacred Journey Institute offers continuing education classes for licensed massage therapists, bodyworkers, Professional Counselors, and Social Workers seeking new knowledge and exploring spiritual growth. Sacred Journey Institute was founded by Don Massat in 1999 and it welcomes people of all religions, spiritual paths, race, and education levels.
What is CranioSacral Therapy?
The craniosacral system includes the brain, the cerebrospinal fluid, the system of membranes inside the cranium, all 22 cranial bones, the spine and the sacrum. Craniosacral is based in Cranial Osteopathy, in the 1930s by an American osteopath (Bone Doctor) and visionary called William Garner Sutherland. Sutherland used his training paired with this intuition to heal. By making small subtle shifts in the body (muscles, fluids, bones, cerebral fluid, etc.; the body can heal from the inside out and return to it's natural rhythm.
Craniosacral therapy is a gentle, non-invasive, hands-on healing modality that focuses on the wave-like rhythmic pulse that goes through the entire body. This therapy stems from osteopathy, which is an approach that emphasizes the role of the musculoskeletal system in health and disease. CranioSacral Therapy releases restrictions around the brain and spinal cord, thus allowing our body to self-heal and self-correct. There are no side affects from CranioSacral Therapy; the practitioner creates a loving and safe environment for the client to begin their self-healing process.
The Cranial Sacral wave is an intelligent form of communication, just as informative as the radial pulse is to the acupuncturist. It is one way that the soul has to express its views. A cranial therapist is trained to “palpate”, or feel with his or her hands, the motion of the Cranial Sacral system as a unified, integrated movement. The touch is extremely gentle and sensitive, and one is able to diagnose the movement of the system as a whole by locating critical points of restriction in the cranium.
Restrictions which result from injury, inflexibility of the joints of the spine and cranium, or from dysfunctions in other parts of the body can cause abnormal motion in the Cranial Sacral system. The abnormal motion leads to stresses in the cranial mechanism which can contribute to dysfunction and poor health, especially in the brain and spinal cord. The purpose of Cranial Sacral therapy is to enhance the functioning of this important system.
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