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Brandon Raynor started teaching Remedial
massage courses in Sydney in 1998, after
he was working in Herbal Solutions Massage
and Natural Therapy Centre in Bondi Beach,
and had many people ask him where they could
learn to massage in the same way that he
did. He was very well known for his strong
and deep form of massage that used acupressure
and breathing techniques to achieve a very
deep and strong state of deep relaxation,
emotional release and tension release in
his clients.
Brandon had actually started to learn to
massage in 1991, while living in
Sydney, completing his Diploma of Remedial
Massage with Health Schools Australia. He
went on to do a Zen Shiatsu course at the
Shiatsu Ryoho college in 1992 and found
this fascinating approach to massage using
acupressure points and gentle leaning in
and working with a clients breath to be
very powerful.
After moving to Byron Bay in Northern NSW
in 1993 Brandon worked at Samadhi's Natural
Health Centre and was fortunate to be able
to do many massage swaps with many of the
massage therapists and other natural health
practitioners in Byron Bay and the Gold
Coast. He was influenced by practitioners
such as Carole Starr who was using breathe
work to facilitate emotional releases, as
well as being influenced by massage therapists
who were combining deep tissue massage with
acupuncture and acupressure points to achieve
a high level of deep muscle tension relief
in their clients.
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By the
time Brandon finished his Naturopathy
Diploma in 1994 ( by correspondence with
Health Schools Australia) he was well
on his way to developing his own style
of massage therapy. |
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Brandon continued his studies, specializing in Oriental and Ayurvedic Medicine (from India), completing his Diplomas in Chinese Herbal medicine in 1995 and his Diploma of Ayurvedic Medicine a couple of years later. His knowledge of oriental medicine helped him to see the body in a different light and understand much more about the subtleties of the life energy or what has been called "chi" in Chinese Medicine or "prana" in Ayurvedic Medicine.
Soon he was using this knowledge of the
subtle body in combination with the breathe
work that Carol had shown him and the deep
massage techniques he had learnt in Byron
Bay, to be able to do a very powerful massage
treatment. Some people compared it to Rolfing,
a style of very deep massage popular in
America, but it was very unique in its emphasis
on acupressure points, breathing and the
importance of abdominal massage. By 1995
Brandon was teaching
shiatsu massage courses in Byron Bay.
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Brandon
also learnt through his many years of
study that doing a good massage is actually
quite simple.
It didn't involve rote learning muscle
names, and learning all sorts of theory,
although some theory can be good. |
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What really made a good massage therapist was the ability to release tension. This involved getting a good feel for massage and also understanding how muscle tension is interconnected in the human body. His knowledge of Eastern Medicine helped him to understand this better. |
For example a person could have tight feet and this would then make their legs tight, which would make their hips tight, which would make their back tight, which would make their neck tight and hence would cause them headaches.
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There
were many different relationships within
the human body that Brandon, and other
therapists had figured out and he believed
that these were the most important things
to teach people who wanted to learn massage.
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Therefore when Brandon had his clients ask him where they could learn massage like that at a massage course in Sydney he said he could teach them to be excellent therapists in just 4 days, because he would cut through all the unnecessary knowledge that you would never use that was being taught at many massage schools in Sydney, and other places and only teach them the distilled essence of his many years of experience.
This was the start of Brandon Raynor's School
of Natural Therapies. His massage courses in Sydney
soon proved so popular that he was teaching in
many locations throughout
Australia and by 2002 had expanded to start
holding
massage courses in the
UK and
massage courses in the USA. |
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He
changed his massage
courses to make them slightly longer by changing
it to a 5 day Massage Certificate Course and an extended
course that includes reflexology, aromatherapy and more
time to practice as his 10 day Massage Diploma Course.
Brandon now lives in Makaha, Hawaii with his wife and
son and are setting up a worldwide massage retreat training
centre, while his teachers continue teaching his massage
courses in Sydney and other locations. Brandon also
travels regularly around the world lecturing and giving
classes. He will be holding an
Advanced Massage Diploma Course in Sydney in April
2008.
John Ryan is the main teacher for our massage courses
in Sydney. He originally studied with Brandon' s massage
school in Brisbane in 2002 and has completed
advanced massage training with
Brandon Raynor in Hawaii. The venue for the massage
courses in Sydney is usually in Bondi Junction at the
Intuitive Well healing centre run by Michael Dunne,
who used to own and run Macro Wholefoods. Michael has
also completed Brandon's massage course and may be available
for a treatment. However we are also looking at holding
massage courses in the Northern beaches area of Sydney
and also massage courses in Parramatta, the Blue Mountains,
Wollongong and Newcastle. For more information also
please see www.brandonraynor.com.au
and www.brandonraynor.com.
For our worldwide massage courses please click on the
following links Melbourne,
Sydney,
Darwin,
Gold
Coast,
Tasmania, Adelaide,
Perth,
Brisbane,
London,
Dublin, Edinburgh,
Auckland,
Christchurch,
Cape
Town, Johannesburg,
Durban, Toronto,
Vancouver,
Calgary,
Edmonton,
Ottawa,
Montana,
Singapore, Dubai
and India
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“On
the first day I was cynical and sceptical,
however, I experienced first hand the healing
power we hold within us. Thank you for opening
my mind. Who would have thought a short
massage course could have such an impact
on a person's whole outlook?” |
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John
Purcell,
NSW Police Officer Sydney |
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Great environment,
Great teacher, Great Class, Great time!!!
I will be recommending this course to everyone.
Its great knowing that I have learned more
in 2 weeks then some who study for years.
Thank you very much. Now I know what I am
doing when giving a massage"
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| Kelli
Marks
Completed Raynor massage course in Sydney
September 2005 |
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"It
was great learning something so different
in massage and making wonderful friends."
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Ricky
Winton
Completed Raynor massage course in Sydney
September 2005 |
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"Overall,
the best course I've ever done and I raved
about it to everyone. I learnt more in 2
weeks than I have in 5 years about something." |
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Rebecca
Edwards
Completed Raynor massage course in Sydney
September 2005
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"I am
astounded. I have had a life changing experience.
I learned the true value and technique of
massage. I will be grateful always."
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Lee
Kahler
Completed Massage Course Sydney March 2006
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"An
unbelievable life changing experience. It
was amazing to experience chi moving through
peoples body and seeing emotions coming
out." |
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"The
course was 110%. Everything was excellent."
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Craig and Maria Jenkins
Completed Massage Course Sydney 2005
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"An
amazingly effective style of therapy - very
well presented" |
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Rod
Kingston
Completed Raynor massage course in Sydney
September 2005
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"Superb,
consistent and continuous. Very relaxed,
encouraging and enjoyable environment."
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Dr. Owen Hutchings
Completed Raynor massage course in Sydney
September 2005 |
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"Overall, excellent to learn massage in 10 days and feel
competent in it too!" |
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Sheena
O'Connell
Completed Massage Course in Sydney March
2006
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