Cerebrospinal Fluid Technique (CSFT) is a powerful, revolutionary new healing art. The clinical objective of "CSFT" is to free up the flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the body. Unlike cranial-sacral therapy, where practitioners analyze for a cranial-sacral rhythm, "CSFT" practitioners palpate for the impedance to CSF flow from the coccyx to the top of the cranium-at every single vertebral level. Therefore, the effect is totally distinct from any other type of body-energy work.

Dr. Don Glassey created "CSFT", cumulating 15 years of study of many different body and energy work techniques. Drawing upon his knowledge, experience and expertise as a chiropractor, chiropractic college instructor and teacher of Network Chiropractic, Dr. Glassey developed the "CSFT" clinical protocol with a teaching team of body and energy work practitioners.

Dr. Glassey's research of the Nervous, Meridian and Chakra energy systems led him to the discovery that CSF is the physical connection which links all the energy systems. It is Dr. Glassey's revolutionary theory that CSF is the fluid of life, the life force (Ki, Chi, Prana) of the body. Therefore, the "CSFT" protocol addresses each energy system of the body directly through it's CSF connection.

The sole purpose and objective of "CSFT" is to "awaken" the flow of the CSF to release the healing power of the body on all levels via neuropeptides, which circulate in the cerebrospinal fluid. The procedure facilitates the CSF through various gentle, hands-on contacts to induce optimum circulation.

"CSF is the great river of life in the body."
-A.T.Still
Founder of Osteopathy

"CSF is the  liquid  medium   for  the  Breath  of  Life."
Randolph Stone, D.C., D.O.
Founder of Polarity Therapy

 

Dr. Don Glassey, LMT, Founder and Developer of CSFT

facilitating a Posterior Cranial Sweep

 

Hear what practitioners are saying about "CSFT":

 

"Dr.  Don  Glassey's unique,  scientifically  based work  (Cerebrospinal  Fluid  Technique)  is a  joy  to  receive."
 - Candace  Pert,  Ph.D. 
Author of  "Molecules  of  Emotion" and  featured in the  film "What the Bleep"

"I have found that "CSFT" has a powerful influence on the body's ability to heal emotionally, physically, psychologically and spiritually. It offers the practitioner a technique that greatly aids clients in reaching their healing potential.
- Amy Blake
Professor in OT program Florida Gulf Coast University and Licensed Occupational Therapist

"The "CSFT" procedure allows the body to formulate its' own self-correction strategy. It works closely in conjunction with acupuncture and contributes greatly to my energetic needle protocol."
- Philip Trigiani, MS, L.Ac., LMT
Licensed Acupuncturist

After the "CSFT" session, I felt like a Spring symphony was playing in my head."
- Dr. Helene Ginian
Chiropractor and Teacher of Homeopathy

"This revolutionary concept in healing promotes a profound sense of deep relaxation."
- Marie Sames
Yoga Instructor & Body Centered Therapist

"It was like a great healing session and an initiation at the same time."
- Roxayne Veasey
Reiki Master and Author

"I was amazed at how completely relaxed and integrated I felt after just one 'CSFT' session. This new work went to a very deep level and pulled together all the loose ends of my nervous system. The sense of calmness lasted for several weeks."
- Jane Burnier
Former chiropractic assistant, CMT, Reiki Master and Trager Practitioner

"The art of chiropractic is growing quickly to deliver what the philosophy said it could; a unification of mind, body and Spirit. "CSFT" is joining in with many new approaches to the spine to pave the way."
- Dr. Arno Burnier
Chiropractor and Int'l Lecturer

"Thanks for the great adjustment (CSFT session)"
- Bruce Lipton, PhD
Author of "Biology of Belief"

 

Client Testimonials:

"This letter is in testimony to the ability of Dr. Don Glassey's healing art (CSFT). He worked on my spine and head, which resulted in curing a persistent, severe migraine headache that had been tormenting me for weeks, after unsuccessfully undergoing medical treatment that previously had worked."
- Carole Brady

"I work as a server (waitress) and carry heavy trays. Consequently, I developed chronic pain in my wrist, which required me to wear a splint. After one session with Dr. Glassey using "CSFT" the pain was totally gone and never came back."
- Alicia  Faulds

 

 

For additional information about "CSFT" call or write:

Dr. Donald J. Glassey, L.M.T.
940 Village Trail #2-107 
Port Orange, FL  32127

Telephone: (386) 763-4890  

 

History of "CSFT"

In 1983 Dr. Don Glassey was initially inspired to develop a new form of body work by his reading of Paramahansa Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi. He learned asanas (yoga postures), and began studying yoga techniques taught by Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF). SRF is the international organization founded by Yogananda in 1920 to be the instrument for worldwide dissemination of his yoga teachings. Dr. Glassey learned a specialized meditation technique taught by “SRF” called kriya yoga pranayama (breathing practices). He was taught to experience coolness going up the spine and warmth going down while practicing the kriya yoga pranayama.

            The sensation fascinated him as he began to experience the coolness and warmth going up and down his spine. So he asked his spiritual teacher, Roy Eugene Davis, a direct disciple of Yogananda, to explain the phenomenon, and Mr. Davis told him it was the movement of “prana” (subtle life force) moving up and down his spine. Upon further investigation of the aforementioned sensation, Dr. Glassey recognized he was experiencing the circulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) up and down the spine. He reasoned that since CSF is primarily produced at the top of the cranium in the lateral ventricles, then travels down to the level of the second lumbar vertebrae, and up again around the cranium, that CSF was the physical manifestation of the movement of prana. According to yoga philosophy “prana” moves down its central pathway of the shushumna (aka to the spinal canal), and up and around the shushumna (spinal cord) in the intersecting two major nadi pathways called ida and pingala.

            Over the years, the abovementioned insight produced more research as well as two published articles about the role of CSF in the nervous system, the meridians and the nerve plexuses that correspond anatomically to the major chakras. In 1996 Dr. Glassey started grappling with how to integrate his theories concerning CSF into his chiropractic practice. The result was a new form of body work he called Cerebrospinal Fluid Technique (CSFT). He tested “CSFT” by working with a team of body work practitioners including Massage, Therapeutic Touch, Reiki, Shiatsu and Acupuncture. Together they found that clinically the “CSFT” protocol Dr. Glassey developed was effective in reducing impedance to the flow of energy not only in the nervous system, but also in the meridians and chakras.

            Accordingly Dr. Glassey has theorized that CSF is the life force in the body. He proposes that CSF is the healing energy, the ki/chi and prana as well as the “key” to the proper functioning of the nervous system. In 1997 he began teaching “CSFT” first in the Philadelphia/New York metropolitan area where he resided, and then in every region of the United States, Canada and Mexico. In this regard Dr. Glassey has taught his “CSFT’ protocol to over 1,000 practitioners, and trained a nationwide teaching staff to further disseminate his work. (The aforementioned account of the history of “CSFT” was reported in the international magazine Yoga Journal in the September/October 1998 issue in the “World of Yoga” section)

            In 1999 Dr. Glassey retired from active chiropractic practice to devote himself full-time to teaching, and refining the “CSFT” protocol. He completed a massage training course in 2000 to help him better teach his “CSFT” procedure to massage practitioners. While in massage school he developed a new protocol which he named Cerebrospinal Fluid Technique Massage (CSFTM). He has also taught “CSFTM” in every region of the United States. In 2007 McGraw-Hill Publisher’s included Dr. Glassey’s “CSFTM” procedure in the modalities section of their new 1,000 page textbook entitled New Foundations in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. They (McGraw-Hill) have sent this textbook to every massage school in the country, as they envision it to because the flagship of the massage profession. Dr. Glassey is currently adapting his Cerebrospinal Fluid Technique Massage procedure to Ayurvedic Massage, and will begin teaching a “CSFTM” Ayurvedic Massage in 2008.  

      

"A  healing art is inferior or superior to the extent that it can awaken the life force."
- Paramhansa  Yogananda
Author of "Autobiography of a Yogi"

 

 

About the Founder and Developer of "CSFT"

After studying and researching many forms of body and energy work for over ten years, he developed Cerebrospinal Fluid Technique (CSFT) in 1996. Dr. Glassey has personally taught "CSFT" seminars to over 1000 practitioners throughout the United States, Canada, and  Mexico. He recently retired from fifteen years of active chiropractic practice to devote his time to teaching and advancing "CSFT", including development of a "CSF Massage" procedure with his teaching staff. He currently is in private practice in Daytona Beach Florida as a licensed and nationally certified massage practitioner specializing in "CSFT".

Dr. Glassey is a graduate of the Florida Academy of Massage. He is the past President of the SW Chapter, and past Vice President of the Flagler/Volusia Chapter Florida State Massage Therapy Association (FSMTA). Dr. Glassey is also a member of the Florida Chiropractic Society. His seminars are approved for Continuing Education Units with the National Certification Board Therapeutic Massage and Body Workers for CE Hours, the Florida and Louisiana Boards of Massage Therapy, and the South Carolina Massage Therapy Panel. His courses are also approved for Continuing Education with the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) for PDA points.

To contact Dr Glassey, use this link:  donaldglassey@bellsouth.net

 

 

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