Salt Spring Therapy
Advanced CranioSacral Therapy | Retreats
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 After dealing with thryoid and fertility issues for years, I have finally found a practitioner who guides me down an empowering path of alternative remedies. After a few sessions with Cathie, my thyroid has regulated and I feel that my fertility issues are beginning to resolve-all without invasive procedures. The precious gift from Cathie is helping me re-claim control over my body by utilizing my energy as a healing power and I can do this facing any challenge in any location.

S. Green, Ph.D. Richmond, B.C.
 

I observed Cathie growing in her work for 7 years.  She first started practicing foot reflexology on a few Seniors at a Wellness Clinic that I was coordinating at the Steveston Community Centre.  Her sessions became so popular, we had to hire more reflexologists, and this increased the healing vibration at our clinics.  As Cathie moved into more work with Cranial Sacral Therapy, her clients changed and her list of regulars grew.
 During these years, I was on a path of self discovery through my yoga practice.  I experienced  many changes, upheavals and some personal loss in my life.  The sessions I had on Cathie's table in her lovely home studio were nothing short of life changing.  She helped me to accept my role as a daughter and mother, and to lay my "guilt" aside.  I actually changed the channel that my mind had been on, and was able to move ahead in my life with a positive outlook, and a more compassionate attitude about my past. 
She is a compassionate practitioner, yet she made me dig deep and work hard on that table!  I often shed a bucket of tears, but always came away with a huge smile on my face and a lighter step.

Thanks Cathie.  I wish you many blessings in your work and your life on Saltspring Island. 
I love your address, Shepherd Hills Road.  You are a shepherd, herding your friends and clients toward a "feel better"  ground.

Namaste,
Margie Hardy
Seniors Program Coordinator
Steveston Çommunity Centre

Cathie Grindler is your host and therapist at Salt Spring Therapy. Cathie and her husband along with their three sons, have taken up country life to fulfill a long held dream of being close to nature. Cathie is thrilled to be able to share her enthusiasm and skill along with their 3 acre hobby farm with you. We  offer deep and meaningful  transformation and healing in NATURE to those who feel called. One of her focuses is "caring for caregivers". Whether you are a nurse, therapist, mother, father, teacher, spouse, grandparent, friend... a therapeutic retreat can be highly beneficial to you and your loved ones.  Salt Spring Island is a place of natural beauty with a slower rhythm.Combine deep and meaningful bodywork with country walks, views of fields and mountains or excursions to the beach ......and imagine how you might feel!

Here at Salt Spring Therapy, you can separate from your daily life and fully immerse yourself into  physical and spiritual transformation . Whether you are "at your wit's end", grieving a loss, in the midst of a life change,or feeling good and want to stay that way!, we can nurture you toward balance and inner peace.

Salt Spring Therapy is a place where you can be removed from the cares of the world, and be with yourself in a meaningful way.  We are friendly and welcome you to come and experience the recuperative effects of advanced craniosacral therapy in a peaceful natural environment. You may never want to leave!

Cathie is proud to have completed the following training and experiences:

  • CranioSacral Therapy ,private practice, Salt Spring Island, June 2008-ongoing.
  • Bessie Dane Hospice Training & Volunteer, Salt Spring Island,2008-ongoing.
  • CranioSacral Therapy, private practice, Steveston , B.C. 2002 - 2008
  • Volunteer Therapist, Steveston  Residence, 2007-2008
    • Weekly CST therapy with independent living clients with MS, Ataxia & Parkinson's.
  • Volunteer Craniosacral Therapist, BlueSky Healing Home ,
  • Seniors Wellness Therapist-     Steveston Community Centre,  Minoru Seniors Centre,
    Beth Tikvah Synagogue, 2000-2008
  • Chimo Crisis Line Richmond B.C. 2007
  • Advanced CranioSacral for Hard Heads I & II,lll with Judith Bradley, Vancouver,B.C., 2007,  2008, 2009.
  • Advanced Craniosacral Therapy II, Upledger Institute, Sunrise Ranch, Colorado, 2007
  • Preceptor-Advanced Craniosacral Therapy,  Vancouver, 2006 & 2007
  • Functional Anatomy, Langara College, Vancouver 2007
  • The Way of the Shaman, with Leslie Conton, Everson, Washington, Jan.2007
  • Teaching Assistant, Upledger Institute, multiple times,2002- present
  • Working Wonders, Changing Lives with CranioSacral Therapy, North Atlantic Books, case study "Happy Migraines" published 2005.
  • Heart Centered Therapy, Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California, 2005
  • Advanced CranioSacral Therapy, Kananaskis Ranch, Alberta, 2004
  • SomatoEmotional Release II, San Francisco, California, 2003
  • CranioSacral Therapy for Pediatrics, Vancouver, B.C., 2003
  • SomatoEmotional Release I, Edmonton, Alberta,  2002
  • Craniosacral Therapy II, Vancouver, B.C., 2002
  • CranioSacral Therapy I, Vancouver, B.C.,2002
  • Reflexology Association of Canada, certified,1998
  • Member, International Association of Healthcare Practitioners
  • www.iahp.com/cathie
Cathie and Aya (auntie = caregiver) treating an infant in a rural Chinese orphanage. Many infants are abandoned due to lack of means to pay for treatment of health problems. I asked myself why there are so many abandoned children in the world.....an answer came to me while receiving a Craniosacral treatment for myself.......orphans come in waves to earth to increase COMPASSION. I somehow could sense the truth to this and felt great emotion and waves of compassion through my own self in response.
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