Guillem GallifaMike Boxhall was a British psychotherapist and craniosacral therapist with a long career, former president of the Craniosacral Therapy Association (CTSA) in the UK.
His technique is rooted in craniosacral therapy, a method developed by the American doctor Andrew Taylor Still, who discovered that the bones of the skull, brain, spinal cord and meninges are connected to the sacrum and that there is a rhythmic movement in all of them driven by cerebrospinal fluid. This rhythm expresses the imbalances of the organism.
But Mike Boxhall, who also draws on the psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung and is grounded in Buddhism, has after years of practice come to his own conclusions about life, illness and the mysteries that shape them.
He defined himself as a bridge between science and ancient wisdom.
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Boxhall recurrently stated that“There is much talk of spirituality without considering that any spiritual experience takes place in the body and corresponds to a sensation. Spirituality is first and foremost a sensory experience; otherwise we would be dealing with a concept, we would talk about it, but without really knowing what it is“.
He further stated that“Healing of the body as well as of the mind and soul is the result of complete acceptance, the easiest and the most difficult thing when it comes to living. I say it so often: there is nowhere to go, everything is in its place, we just have to wake up. Looking for happiness, we wander away“.
We remember him in some of his maxims in therapeutic work:
- “It is learning to function with the heart, which is the source of authentic wisdom – sophia in Greek -, accompanied by the brain, but in a more balanced way. Nowadays, scientists question the sovereignty of the brain and many claim that it is the heart that directs us“.
- “Everything seems to lead in the same direction: honouring the heart, the ultimate expression of which is trust and not searching.”
- “And for me, this is what spiritual work is all about. It is not about going searching for an object, but about recovering the subject that you are.”
- “It is the teaching that is important, not the teacher.“
- “Let the work do the work.“
- “All you need is presence and stillness. Stillness is a state in which we are aware of what is happening without getting caught up in it or clinging to it. What I facilitate is for people to get in touch with themselves and see who they are, where they are coming from…”
- “The more we can surrender, to let go of armour and accept who we are, the closer we are to the source of All.”
🔗 For more information, you can visit the Mike Boxhall Foundation.
📎 Gallifa, G. [Guillem]. (2024, 01 August). Mike Boxhall. PsicoPop. https://www.psicopop.top/en/mike-boxhall/
