Brain Advanced Cranial Meninges

Class Code :

25 - 27 Sep 2026

Chatswood Club, 11 Help Street, Chatswood, NSW 2067, Sydney, Australia.

Prerequisite

BEMC or LCFS-FM

Price

$1,250.00

ReTake

AUD $700.00

Offer

10%

off for two or more courses

You can receive the 10% off for two or more courses when purchased as a package and Full Payment must be made at the same time 45 days before the class start date.

Class Code : BACM

It can be a challenging endeavor to work on every fiber of the intracranial meninges and synchronize with each specific direction in 3-D.

This class uses 25 labs to help you palpate and release numerous meninges of the cranium and spinal cord.

Precision working on the cranial meninges is extremely important. The change of tension inside the cranium modifies the tension in the thorax, pelvis, and abdomen and ultimately influences the whole-body system.

Release of the intracranial meninges is usually an essential and very powerful application for conditions such as motor vehicle accidents, concussion, strokes, chronic meningitis, nervous system surgeries, chronic headaches as well as for children with cerebral palsy, on the autistic spectrum, etc.

Beryl E. Arbuckle, DO, FACOP, one of the first teachers in the faculty of WG Sutherland, developed a technique that was unfortunately lost to the osteopathic world. She described specific concepts of dural “stress bands” and reinforcement of the cranial bones (“buttresses”) that could indicate problems with the central nervous system. She made available beautiful maps of the dural network based on numerous precise dissections of the nervous system.

In this course, we will use a curved biotensegrity model to release the intracranial meninges.

This model has been effectively applied for many years from newborns to elderly people, as well as domesticated animals.

We will work on structures such as:
  • Falx Cerebri
  • Falx Cerebelli
  • Tentorium
  • Parieto-Temporal Lines
  • Vertical Epicanthal Lines
  • Occipital Paramedial Lines
  • Frontal Eminences
  • Parietal Eminences
  • Mastoid Processes
  • Anterior and Posterior Dural Girdle
  • Asterion, Pterion, Foramen Magnum, Metopic area, etc.

These techniques will also help release the flow of intracerebral sinuses including sagittal sinuses, straight sinuses, the vein of Galen, the vein of Rosendal, etc.

• In this class we may also explore lesions of the pelvis, sacrum, and pubic area to help release long-term body compensations.

Prerequisites:  BEMC or LCFS-FM. You have to feel absolutely comfortable with the intracranial techniques from LCFS-FM. For those who have only taken LCFS-FM,  Brain 1 is strongly recommended before coming to BACM.

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Course Schedule (Subject to Change):
Day One

8:30

Registration

9:00 – 11:00

Introduction, teachers, students, teaching assistants, and facilitator. 

Review of the BECM/LCFS meninges supine techniques: a curved biotensegrity model

Medial and Lateral Canthus

Frontal & Parietal Eminences

Superior, Intermediate & Inferior Temporal Lines

11:00 – 11:15

Break
11:15 – 12:30

Review of the BECM/LCFS meninges supine techniques:

Mastoid/Behind the Ear (Vertical Line)

Bilateral Inferior Aspect of Mastoid Processes

Tentorium – Horizontal Tension (Inverted “Y”)

12:30 – 2:00

Lunch

2:00 – 3:30

BECM/LCFS meninges supine techniques:

Falx Cerebri –Anterior Tripod

3:30 – 3:45

Break

3:45 – 5:30

Parieto-Temporal Area Unilateral – 3 Oblique Lines

 Tent to Supraorbital Area – 2 levels

Day Two

9:00 – 9:30

Questions and answers

Clinical cases

9:30 – 11:00

Zygoma – Frontal/Temporal Area

Zygoma – Temporal – Occiput

Inter-Zygoma

11:00 – 11:15

Break

11:15 – 12:30

Inter-Asterion – Inter-Pterion – Pterion–Asterion

Occiput – Asterion

12:30-2:00

Lunch

2:00 – 3:30

Anterior Dural Girdle in Relation to Posterior Cranium

Posterior Dural Girdle in Relation to Posterior Cranium

3:30 – 3:45

Break

3:45 – 5:30

Lateral Nasal/Maxilla – Pterion

Petrous Ridge

Transverse Sinus

Day Three

9:00 – 9:45 am

Questions and answers

Review of the BECM/LCFS meninges prone techniques: a curved biotensegrity model

Falx Cerebelli & Vertical Occipital Lines

Parietal Eminences prone

10:30 – 10:45

Break

10:45 – 12:30

Falx Cerebelli/Foramen Magnum – Spine

Inion – Mastoid Left and Right

Bilateral Lower Occiput – Parietal Eminences

12:30 – 2:00  

Lunch
2:00 – 3:30

Finding Dominant lesion

Brain and ectoderm

Take home Protocol

Final questions and answers

Self-Reflection and identification of changes for practitioner’s practice

Day Four

9:00 – 10:30

– Drainage of joints / joint capsule
10:30 – 10:45

Break

10:45 – 12:30

– Connective-Tissue-Fibers Technique (CTFR)

12:30 – 1:30 

Lunch

1:30 – 2:45

– Scar-Release Therapy

– Final questions and answers

– Take home Protocol

– Self-reflection and identification of changes for practitioner’s practice

Learner's Objectives:
  • By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly demonstrate on a live person how to release dysfunction of the Fronto-Parietal meninges supine
  • By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly demonstrate on a live person how to release dysfunction of the Tentorium Cerebelli supine
  • By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly demonstrate on a live person how to release dysfunction of the Falx Cerebri supine
  • By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly demonstrate on a live person how to release dysfunction of the Parieto-Temporal meninges supine
  • By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly demonstrate on a live person how to release dysfunction of the Frontal/Temporal meninges supine
  • By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly demonstrate on a live person how to release dysfunction of the meninges related to the Pterion – Asterion supine
  • By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly demonstrate on a live person how to release dysfunction of the Dural Girdles supine
  • By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly demonstrate on a live person how to release dysfunction of the meninges related to the Petrous Ridge supine
  • By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly demonstrate on a live person how to release dysfunction of the Falx Cerebelli prone
  • By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly demonstrate on a live person how to release dysfunction of the meninges related to the Foramen Magnum prone
  • By the end of the course, given a patient with dysfunction, based on the biotensegrity model, the participant will correctly determine from all possibilities the location of the dominant intracranial membrane in dysfunction.
Please review anatomy of the meninges and all the intracranial meninges techniques from BEMC or LCFS-FM
Minerva’s Success with Dr. Chikly’s Advanced Cranial Meninges Techniques (BACM)
Dina Talks about Dr. Chikly’s Advanced Cranial Meninges Techniques (BACM)
Working with the Dural Membranes using Curved Biotensegrity - Cerebellar Peduncles. B Chikly, MD, DO.
Kathy Discusses Dr. Chikly’s Advanced Cranial Meninges Techniques (BACM)
Main Parts of the CNS. From the DVD "Dissection of the Human Brain and Spinal Cord", by Dr. Chikly.
What Condition Causes Scarring/Thickening of Intracranial Meninges Felt at Palpation? Dr Chikly B.
Treating Dry Eyes with BACM techniques (Brain Advanced Cranial Meninges) using curved biotensegrity.