about Robert Harris

Robert Harris, developer of Becalm Balls (previously known as the Harris Stillpointer), is co-founder and director of the Cranial Therapy Centre in Toronto with his partner Alix McLaughlin. The Cranial Therapy Centre, founded in 1987, is Canada's largest treatment centre specializing in Craniosacral Therapy. For 8 years, Robert was a Craniosacral Level 1 & 2 instructor with the Upledger Institute, after which time he moved on to create his own unique, accelerated, in-depth courses and training programs, in the 90s.

With over 20 years of specialization in the field, Robert continues to combine his extensive full-time practice with his teaching. Robert is also committed to bringing the benefits of Becalm Balls to as many people as possible, offering seminars at hospitals, clinics and offices in the community, and across the country.

becalm workshops

"I am amazed at the deeply calm place this has taken me.  I feel totally relaxed, and am looking forward to taking this gift home with me, and sharing it with others".

Robert Harris offers Finding Your Stillpoint workshops designed to empower participants with a relaxation technique that deals with stress more effectively. Regardless of background, participants discover profound and rapid relaxation with the use of Becalm Balls, helping them redefine their relationship with stress in a positive, sustainable way and enhancing their yoga, meditation or other inner practices.

By Finding Your Stillpoint, you will go home with:

• a basic understanding of craniosacral therapy, the cranial rhythm and how they work
• the ability to engage your own relaxation response - known as a 'stillpoint '
• skills to transform your stress and manage it in a sustainable way
• a relaxation technique that enhances your yoga or meditation practice
• a hands on technique to help family and friends find their 'stillpoint'
• a new way to cope with chronic pain and insomnia
• a set of therapeutic Becalm Balls ($30 retail value)

Robert Harris works with:

• meditation groups
• yoga studios
• teaching hospitals
• the corporate sector
• health care practitioners and other therapeutic communities
• artists groups
• non-profit organizations

If you or your affiliated organization are interested in co-hosting a Finding Your Stillpoint workshop, please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 416-971-8674 to find out more.

Follow the link below to see a list of currently scheduled Becalm Stillpoint workshops.
 Finding your Stillpoint

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About ROBERT HARRIS.

Becalm for Yoga

"For me, being in stillpoint is s a place of integration...it is simultaneously my time far away from myself and deep down into myself.  The stillness creates space inside of me. I am less reactionary and am less willful.  I am more patient in my yoga practice and I can improvise more easily in all aspects of my life." Alicia Grant, Yoga Instructor.

Becalm Balls are a wonderful enhancement to your yoga practice.  You can use them before, during, or at the end of your practice, to find instant stillness and uninterrupted calm.  Finding a stillpoint with Becalm Balls also helps beginners identify and sustain meditative state with ease.

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The Ultimate Shavasana

When lying on Becalm Balls, the stillpoint experience provides an instant calm, followed by releases and a sense of renewal.  A session on the balls essentially acts as a 'suspended' meditation.

Better Flexibility
Recurrent sessions on Becalm Balls will reduce tissue and joint restrictions over time, encouraging more flexibility.

Meditate with ease
Accessing your stillpoint enables you to 'turn off' external and internal distractions and slide into an instant meditative calm.

Balancing the autonomic nervous systems
Becalm Balls encourage the body to re-establish a healthy balance between our parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems, reducing our disproportionate 'stressful' responses and enabling easier recovery from stressful events.

Your chakras
The calm induced by a stillpoint originates between the pituitary and pineal gland.  When fluid pressures of the central nervous system (CNS) are quieted, we experience the energy of the two upper transcendent centres, the sixth and seventh chakras, in a unique way.  Openness for new exploration occurs as these doorways become free of distractions normally caused by the ongoing pulse of our CNS.

Renewal of the midline
When finishing a session on Becalm Balls, our CNS rhythm essentially reboots itself, supporting central energetic channels (Ida, Pingala, and Shushumna), and revitalizing your entire self.

Resoration and repair
There are yogic benefits to our organs and organ systems through CNS support and revitalization provided by a stillpoint.

benefits and effects

Based on osteopathy and craniosacral therapy, Becalm Balls are designed to interrupt the body’s stress cycle so you may experience the benefits of absolute calm.

Becalm Balls help alleviate:

• pain
• stress
• insomnia
• anxiety
• fibromyalgia
• headaches

Becalm Balls help promote:

• lasting relaxation
• immune function
• digestion
• mental clarity

Read about Becalm Balls in Vitality Magazine