Transformative Bodywork

A brief history...

Quality - what you need:

I offer highly skilled and experienced massage and therapeutic services.

Outline history of Breeze:

In 2001, Breeze has been in the Hobart CBD, moving from 3 treatment rooms to four plus a top quality Sauna - in Liverpool Street.

From 2024, Breeze Therapies operated from Mount Stuart, and is now operating from a new purpose-built premises in the quiet suburb of Mount Stuart.

My training:

My first training was in relaxation massage.

I then undertook professional training in at Island Health in Hobart, gaining a diploma in Remedial Massage (Remedial Body Therapies).

Subsequently I started Breeze in 2001. I have undertaken many courses in various fields since.

Below is a list of some of the most significant with brief notes on what I valued and learned.

Training Courses and Further Education. From 1999 onwards...

1. Diploma in Remedial Massage (Remedial Body Therapies) Island Health, Hobart 1999 and 2000 (Two years - evening classes).

2. Pulsing (1 day course)

3. Reflexology (Part of my Diploma course)

4. Theta Healing (Numerous 1-2 day courses)

5. Reference Point Therapy (RPT). (Numerous 1-3 day courses)

6. Feldenkrais - Awareness Through Movement (ATM) classes and 1- day workshops. This has been an on-going engagement for ~10 years.

7. Another on-going feature is an interest in Buddhist philosophy

8. Cranio-Sacral Therapy (CST) with the Upledger Institute of Australia. A three-day Training in Sydney.

9. Ortho-bionomy. (Numerous 1-3 day courses) - so many!

10. I had an experience of Private Subconscious Healing (P.S.H.) from a trainee practitioner.

11. Reiki: For several years I received and gained training in Reiki. These days I leave that form of Energy Healing to others.

12. Volitional Release (VR123) This three level therapy is the culmination of decades of reading, attending courses and professional practice and evolving a new therapy into my practice.

What I valued and learned...

1. Remedial Massage, especially MET (Muscle Energy Technique), MLD (Manual Lymphatic Drainage), Trigger Point Therapy, Anatomy and Physiology + much more. I use these skills every day.

2. Pulsing has the benefit of bypassing the cognition or other blocks and can take you back to the security of your Mother's womb. I rarely use this.

3. I have found other techniques which zoom past reflexology. Not used as such.

4. Theta Healing, while important at the time was superseded by RPT (Reference Point Therapy) taught in Melbourne. From Theta Healing I learned the significance of our beliefs and thoughts - in making us better, or worse!

5. Reference point Therapy went past the standard approaches of Theta Healing, and from these RPT courses I developed an interest helping people with the peaceful healing of Trauma (i.e. The therapies I use are NOT Traumatic !)

6. Feldenkrais' Awareness Through Movement (ATM) is one of the best ways of maintaining your body-mind connection I have come across. And none of the classwork requires conceptual learning - unless you are like me! I learned the value of small movements; while paying close attention to any sensations in the body; waiting for the nervous system to process that experience - while you lie still, on your back; Every time I left the class I felt "Together again!"

7. Buddhist philosophy (it is not properly a religion) it seems to me is mostly well-founded and in sync with (the best) modern therapeutic research. However, I would not call myself a Buddhist.

8. Cranio-Sacral Therapy start off with training the therapist in the subtle-sense palpation - of the pulsating rhythms of the cranio-sacral fluid around the brain and spinal cord. That is the major benefit I got from it. However, I decided that there was not a large market for it in Hobart, and I would not claim to be that type of therapist.

9. Ortho-bionomy (O-B): This was developed by Arthur Lincoln Pauls (ALP), an Osteopath from the US. Its highlight for me was the multiplicity of types of reflexes which it identifies and uses. This is where my Cranio-Sacral training comes in handy! O-B is a gentle, non-manipulative, sensed conversation between the sensitised therapist and the customer's system of nerves. Under mostly non-conscious control, apart from the therapists guidelines.

10. Private Subconscious Healing might be very useful, but that was not my personal experience. But nevertheless, I felt it opened the door a bit wider for me. There do not seem to be any PSH practitioners in Tasmania. Do not confuse PSH with hypnotism.

11. Reiki offers hands-on (and hands off) energy healing of Japanese origins. I no longer think of myself as a Reiki practitioner, but I know and respect some local therapists, including former colleagues.

12. Volitional Release (VR123) began in my clinic, with a couple of experiences which led me to form this "technique". It is informed, in part, by reference point therapy (RPT) but goes well beyond it. It can play a significant role in your life, apart from therapeutic work. It is up to you - what you decide for yourself.

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