Books Available from Stillness Press


Three Great Teachers of Osteopathy: Lessons We Learned from Drs. Becker, Fulford, and Wales

These 3 great osteopaths were inspirational guides to generations of practitioners of cranial osteopathy; this collection of stories captures precious and practical wisdom they imparted over the years.


Life in motion: the osteopathic vision of Rollin E. Becker, DO

Reveals Rollin Becker’s deep insight into cranial osteopathy: inspiring generations of practitioners; teaching about the nature of health and healing; and how we can apply this understanding through osteopathic manipulation.


the stillness of life: the osteopathic philosophy of Rollin E. Becker, DO

This book contains the personal reflections of Rollin E. Becker, a great teacher of cranial osteopathy. It includes ideas he was not comfortable freely sharing in public at the time and correspondence with his mentor, William G. Sutherland.


At the core of Dr. A. T. Still’s 19th-century osteopathic philosophy is the understanding that the living being is an inseparable unit comprising body, mind, and spirit. Interface illuminates this feature of Still’s philosophy and further clarifies his ideas using those of other great thinkers from ancient and modern times.


This book presents a well-defined and simple-to-apply osteopathic approach to the treatment of the abdominal organs. Developed by two Belgian osteopaths, this approach is based on detailed research done to define the dynamics of the abdominal viscera as they shift in response to the diaphragm's motion. It includes application to the common clinical condition of GERD.


To help further our understanding of cranial osteopathy, Handoll undertakes the challenge of distilling the current knowledge of quantum physics into a digestible form. Within this context he raises and attempts to answer the questions: What is reality? What is sense perception? and How do the two interact? In the same spirit he also addresses many of the seeming incongruities and controversies in osteopathy in the cranial field.