“i have been doing the movements and it’s helped so so much. i feel like i’m seated lower in my body and it’s been so restful for my shoulders: slower thoughts and moments. truly thankful for the sharing you did.” – Nurul, academic, Singapore
Biodynamic Somatic Therapy helps to gently realigning the body’s internal dynamics to release tension, restore balance, and support healing from chronic pain, stress, anxiety, and emotional volatility.
It is an integrative health and complimentary medical health care method that originates from the branches of osteopath.
Rooted in Craniosacral dynamics, BST works with the fluid around the spine – crucial for the nervous system; connective tissues, circulation, and overall balance.
It is a hands-on approach that works with the body’s natural rhythms to reorganise from misaligned or overworked states into more fluid, available, and spacious states of internal harmony.
By fostering a deeper connection between mind and body, BST offers a supportive space for physical recovery and emotional integration, allowing you to navigate life’s challenges with more internal spaciousness, increased capacity, and availability.
What is Biodynamic Somatic Therapy helpful for?
*Sessions are available in Singapore, Philippines, and Bali, Indonesia
*Sliding scale and financial assistance available upon request. Please contact Chloe directly
“On the deepest level,
change always involves the body.”
About Chloe Calderon Chotrani as
Chloe integrates Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST), Trauma Informed Facilitation, Somatic Touch Therapy, and Hilot focused on reorganising the nervous system and bringing into awareness the subtle somatic pathways of the body.
Her approach is a balance of the holistic sciences, embodied intelligence, trauma sensitivity amidst a capitalist-colonialist system, deep listening, and intuitive attuning.
She is formally trained in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy with Body Intelligence (Certified), Somatic Touch Therapy with Soma Clinic (SG) and Illuma Health (SG), and Trauma Sensitive Facilitation with the Trauma Centre (AUS). Chloe is accredited with the Pacific Association of Craniosacral Therapist.
Chloe is informed by her personal experiences with severe anxiety, volatile environments, and the collective shadow that we are moving through during this time of catastrophic climate change. Chloe places herself in the role of service towards more deeper and expansive states of safe relating.
Currently based between Singapore, Bali, Chiang Mai, and Manila. Bookings are available upon request.
Book a 15 minute Complimentary Connection Call
We can get to know each other and see what best suits your needs and wants.
Deepen your relationship to your body awareness and receive supported deep rest through a somatic approach to therapy.
Schedule an Initial Session.
Continuity allows for a more transformative journey to create new habits and patterns.
A series of three bookings is recommended for depth of change.
“i have been doing the movements and it’s helped so so much. i feel like i’m seated lower in my body and it’s been so restful for my shoulders: slower thoughts and moments. truly thankful for the sharing you did.” – Nurul, academic, Singapore
I felt myself not through the emotional level of my heart nor the mental level of my mind, which I am so usually accustomed to paying attention to — in this practice, I felt myself on a cellular level — as currents flowed through my veins from the tip of my toes through the entirety of my system. In a state of mindful stillness, I heartily felt much movement within.
I was humbled to realise all these cells and systems within my skin were tirelessly working to allow me this experience of life! Moreover, what I am learning to do is truly connect with my body.
– Jolyn, Expressive Arts Therapist for Substance Abuse, Philippines
“Being new to Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, I was surprised at how quickly Chloe was able to support me to relax deeply in the sessions. I felt calmer and more present after each session, and found that I was able to gain new insight into my issues. My breathing also became much deeper.” – W. Wong, Coach
“To experience and feel very tangibly the healing effects of biodynamic craniosacral therapy has grounded and simultaneously expanded my sense of consciousness and connection with the universe. I feel more at peace and more alive, more embodied and more in the flow of life.”
The moment I was on the table, Chloe’s hands and presence became an invitation for the mind to quiet the chatter and join her as a collective listener to the body.
In almost a meditative-like state, the process enabled my mind to map the awareness to the different parts of the body, emotions, tensions and narratives they were holding. Chloe’s intuitive support nudged my nervous system to trust the innate intelligence to do the task of release, reorganisation and reintegration.
The result – I was able to embrace a fuller, richer and more integrated experience of the sense of “self” when all of me felt “seen” and “heard”.
Y. Sze
Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy
Chloe has lightened my emotional weight by supporting me in the vast, non-judgemental space that she holds. She listens deeply, picking unique observations that make you feel that you have been understood. Thank you for making these sessions internally life-changing for me, your holding and touch has worked wonders for my psychological safety.
Anonymous
Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy for 7 months
Biodynamic Somatic Therapy (BCST) invites a settling of the nervous system through creating a stronger bridge between the mind and body by relating your current physical and emotional experiences to your body’s patterns.
The session involves a conversation mapping the mind-body connection in aspects of your life, follow by a body-work session with gentle consensual touch and receptive communication, closing with a debriefing on the experience and ways to continue for long-term support.
The key components to this therapy is the presence and touch in creating a relational field between the therapist and client that allows for a sense of safety.
Safety invites a more spacious capacity for healing.
Touch is a language of listening to the body. Each palm has 17,000 touch receptors and nerve endings.
These receptors allow skilled therapists to sense specific subtle internal rhythms and movement of the varied fluids (tissues, muscles, nerves, neurons, bones, fascia, etc) in the body.
Our bodies are dynamic living systems and touch is a way of listening to that life force.
When a grounded, balanced, and regulated presence creates a safely held space for the recipient to receive; it allows for the potential to access a deeper sense of embodied awareness.
Given the demands of a modern urban lifestyle; we often experience disconnection between mind and body. Receiving touch can deepen and expand our relationship to our bodies.
People have experienced some of the following:
If you have a body, you can receive bodywork.
It is especially effective for caretakers, people experiencing chronic pain in the body, people who want to feel a stronger connection with their mind and bodies.
For Mothers experiencing pre or post partum, this treatment is deeply effective. It also applies to infants and children.
This treatment is encouraged for people who experience regular patterns of chronic fatigue, insomnia, and anxiety; along with expressions of physical and emotional trauma that can be triggered from accidents, illnesses, intensive medical treatments (chemotherapy, surgery, etc.), psychological issues, anxious or avoidant relational dynamics, and more.
BST is a holistic and clinically effective therapy for the treatment of emotional, physiological, and medical issues.
It is supportive of creating a state of restoration by accessing and inviting the inherent capacity for the body to self-repair.
Through periodical BST treatments over time, a person can experience transformation through an increase in vitality, resilience, mental and emotional clarity, a changing of harmful patterns that encourage dis-ease, and healthier ways of relating to oneself and others.
Holistic health has values of preventative care.
Meaning, rather than waiting for a sickness or illness to grow worse or even occur; we treat the body to continuously come into balance.
We recommend 3 consecutive sessions for a more effect and deeper impact.
Long term maintenance is particularly supportive, the frequency would vary on a case-to-case basis.
You may reschedule up to 24 hours prior to your booking. Any later than that is chargeable at 100%.
Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy is a gentle non-invasive, hands-on session for the whole body.
The session focus is to support the inherent health of the whole being, especially the nervous system. The nervous system dictates all of the body’s functioning, constantly sending and receiving information.
The Biodynamic approach has evolved into a remarkable body therapy that has created a highly-skilled way of listening to the body’s inherent health expressions.
The therapist typically looks for and encourages the forces of health to set the priorities of the session and to bring about natural adjustments from within the body’s own resources.
It is characterised by a strong orientation to the holism of the human experience where both the body’s anatomy and physiology are related to with the subtle forces of life that act through the interface of the body’s fluids.
The therapy creates a safe space for traumatic experiences to emerge and resolve smoothly without being overwhelming or re-stimulating.
References & Resources:
Body Intelligence and Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Association
Trauma-informed facilitation
Somatic therapist & educator
Embodiment education
Wellness curation
Trauma Sensitive practices
Art of Holding Space workshops
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Biodynamic Somatic Therapy is a method of gently realigning the body’s dynamics to release tension, restore balance, and support holistic healing from chronic pain, stress, and emotional volatility.
Biodynamic Somatic Therapy (BST) is a gentle, hands-on approach that works with the body’s natural rhythms to reorganise from misaligned or overworked states into more fluid, available, and spacious states of internal harmony.
Rooted in Craniosacral dynamics, BST focuses on the spine—the core of the central nervous system—helping to address chronic pain, fatigue, anxiety, insomnia, and the lingering effects of trauma.