Kate Mackinnon

April was CranioSacral Therapy awareness month and I was delighted to be asked to give a talk about CST on California’s central coast at the beginning of the...

At the beginning of February I co hosted and assisted Advanced Energy Dynamics and Applications II in my hometown of Livermore. It was a wonderful class in s...

Happy New Year to everyone. I hope 2019 is off to a good start. I enjoyed a spontaneous trip to the mountains with my family and spent New Year’s Eve cross-c...

Out of the four elements of earth, wind, water and fire - water is my favorite. Some of you may have already guessed that after my newsletter about the class...

I recently had a new client who did not know much about CST and found her way to me. This month I had the idea to ask her if would she would share her initia...

I learnt about Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) in college and went on to treat patients with RA in the traditional hospital setting. My amazing website designer, D...

April is Craniosacral Awareness month and the Upledger Institute launched a 30 minute documentary about CST and highlighted the dolphin-assisted CST program....

One of my favorite things about my Craniosacral Therapy practice is working with family members sometimes at the same time and sometimes individually. Develo...

At the end of September EmpoweredParenting.online (aka Lauren and myself!) set up a week of speaking events for our friend Scarlett Lewis of the Jesse Lewis ...

There are many reasons why over time we have a tendency to be less connected to our bodies. We may have had life experiences that were so intense that we no ...

Two months ago I shared the sad news of John Matthew Upledger passing. At the beginning of this month I travelled to Palm Beach in Florida to attend a celebr...

I'm having fun with the themes of community and collaboration as they are leading the way. With the launch of the Soul Connection Healing Center, my good fri...

This time of year is one of my favorites since living in America. I enjoy the tradition of giving thanks, which gives me the opportunity to thank you for bei...

I asked my good friend, Paola, to share her insightful story. Her insight into how we can best support each other during times of intense stress and emotion ...

There is a topic that I have been thinking about a lot and, in a nutshell, it is touch. The more I think about it, the more complex and intriguing it becomes...

With summer, there is a change of pace and rhythm in my family during this season.  My children are having fun with their local swim team, putting on a produ...

Being in the ocean offers an analogy to the practice of CranioSacral Therapy.  Whether we are receiving or giving CST, we're following the process by trackin...

In the last couple of months, some new and long-standing clients arrived at my office sharing they just read my book, and came prepared with a list of sympto...

It’s a frequent question I’m asked:  How do I become a CranioSacral Therapist?  Many people who receive CST are so inspired by the results they get from the w...

Do you ever wonder what happens during a CranioSacral Therapy session?  My friend and colleague, Staci Copses, recounted this session to me. As a Pediatric O...