The Spinal Flow Technique

by Dr. Carli Axford

All living beings possess a natural healing intelligence that has the ability to maintain and sustain life. It is this innate intelligence that allows the body to heal a cut finger, broken bone or raise the temperature to promote healing when we’re sick. This intelligence is what moves us into a state of ease and wellbeing. This intelligence is contained within the nervous system and flows through the spine, feeding every cell, organ and tissue of our body. When we reinstate this flow, we create Spinal Flow, the optimal place to transform our wellbeing.

When our nervous system becomes overloaded with stress, it creates spinal blockages or subluxations in our spine and the flow of our innate intelligence is disrupted, creating pain, dis-ease or illness. Imagine all of the stress we experience in our daily lives. Our body perceives any type of stress or trauma as “danger” and locks our spinal column to protect the most important organ of our body, the brain and spinal cord. This puts our nervous system into a sympathetic state of fight/ flight survival mode, inhibiting the body’s natural ability to learn, heal, digest and grow. Spinal blockages caused by our inability to process life’s stressors can have devastating effects on human health and wellbeing. Your nervous system – the brain, spinal cord and nerves – control and coordinate everything in your body. When there is a spinal blockage, the nerves that extend from the spinal cord are restricted. This means the nourishment and flow between our organs, cells, and tissue is disrupted, decreasing life force further and contributing to more pain, dis-ease and illness. 

Spinal Flow Technique is designed to remove spinal blockages and help the brain reconnect with the body and its experiences through the 7 Gateways of the spine and the 33 access points. The 7 Gateways of the Spine is a tool and guide to help our clients understand the root cause of their pain, symptoms and illness. It is the main assessment tool used in Spinal Flow Technique. Each gateway holds different symptoms and stories of an individual’s life experience, particularly with stress and shows the pathway of the nerves to the different organs, tissues and cells that it supplies.

Spinal Flow Practitioners assess clients through anatomical posture, gateway and palpation assessment to find blockages along the spine. The treatment is led by a gentle touch on the 33 access points on the spine to communicate directly with the nervous system. Access points are areas mainly in the sacrum and cranium where it is rich in dura mater, the outermost layer of the membrane which surrounds the brain and spinal cord. With each contact on the access points, the body recognizes it as a gateway to ease, initiating the life force to flow through the spine and soften, shift, and release blockages along its path. As blockages are cleared, life force can flow through our spine to promote healing. Through Spinal Flow Technique, we learn to trust the body’s innate intelligence by restoring the mind-body connection to release stress and trauma from the nervous system.