Your organs are meant to move. With every breath, your liver, stomach, intestines and diaphragm glide gently against one another, supported by a web of connective tissue.

Over time, stress, surgery, injury, illness or long-held emotional tension can make these tissues tighten and lose their natural ease, and you might feel it as bloating, a tight belly, shallow breathing, or a sense of bracing you can’t quite switch off.

Visceral craniosacral therapy is a gentle, hands-on approach that listens to these deeper layers of the body. Using light, attentive touch on the abdomen, ribs and pelvis,

I support restricted tissues to soften and release, helping your nervous system shift out of protection and into rest, digestion and repair.

Sessions are slow, and trauma-informed. You stay fully clothed, and visceral work can be woven into any craniosacral therapy session in Mullumbimby, tailored to what your body needs that day.

What Can Visceral Work Support?

Clients often come to me for support with:

• Digestive discomfort: bloating, a tight or “knotted” belly, sluggish digestion

• Breathing: shallow breath, tight ribs or diaphragm, a heavy chest

• Scar tissue: healed abdominal, pelvic or C-section scars that feel tight or pull

• Back, hip and pelvic tension that seems linked to the abdomen

• Stress held in the core: a sense of bracing or holding that’s hard to let go of

• Recovery after illness, injury, surgery or big life changes

Many people also notice that they feel calmer, breathe more deeply, and feel more settled in their bodies.

Visceral work is a complementary therapy and does not replace medical diagnosis or treatment. Please see your GP for any new, ongoing or severe symptoms.

What Happens in a Visceral Session?

We begin by talking. We discuss your health history, any surgeries or injuries, and what you’d like support with.

Then the hands-on work. You stay fully clothed and lie comfortably on the treatment table. I place my hands gently on your abdomen, ribs, back or pelvis and listen for areas of restriction. The touch is light and slow, with no deep pressure. When the tissues are ready, I follow and support their release.

What you might feel. Common experiences include warmth, gurgling, a spontaneous deep breath, a sense of spaciousness, or emotions gently surfacing. Some people simply feel very relaxed or drift into a restful state. You’re in control throughout, and we can pause or adjust at any time.

Afterwards. Most clients leave feeling lighter and more at ease. Drinking water and taking some quiet time helps your body integrate the session.

Organ release work is often woven into a craniosacral session. For a first visit, a 90-minute session gives us time for both conversation and hands-on work.