Cranium: Projection of the Five Elements, Five Star Palaces & Five Planetary Forces
Fig. 8.3 Spiritual Governing Vessel and its Aware Expression (Craniosacral System)
The whole cranial system is a big antenna and transmitter of information to all the
different energy levels in the body. To work with it in our treatments or just for our own
meditations, it is necessary to practice, to feel and study the different layers of the system.
The physical layer (cranial bones) and the spiritual layer (Governing Vessel) are the
most easy and most practical ones to register in your body. This mental/spinal fluid and
emotional fascia needs more study and practice. The craniosacral system has a north
pole, the cranium and a south pole, the sacrum. Under normal conditions they work to-
gether in perfect rhythm. The cranium is the pneumatic/mechanical driving force; the
sacrum follows the cranium impulses. In cases of stress or blockages there can be small
timing differences between the two.
South Pole
Mental: Brain
+ Cerebrospinal Fluid
Physical: Cranial
+ Sacral Bone Structure
North Pole
Upper Tan Tien
Center of Shen
Middle Tan Tien
Center of Chi
Lower Tan Tien
Center of Jing
Emotional: Fascia
+ Membrane System