Brandon Raynor's School of Massage and Natural Therapies - About our Massage School

Brandon Raynor's School of Natural Therapies is an international institute that teaches massage therapy in short courses. We focus on providing hands-on training integrated into shorter courses for maximum student benefit.

The goal of our massage school is to provide comprehensive massage education in an easy to learn format for an affordable price. We believe in making massage therapy accessible to everyone.

School History

Founded and opened by Brandon Raynor in Australia in August 2000, our school has turned out several thousand graduates in Australia alone, and we hold massage courses in most cities including Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Darwin. In October 2002 we expanded to hold massage courses in the United Kingdom and The United States, and have since grown to include Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Asia.

Visit our International massage schools website to find out all the locations we are offering our courses.

Teachers

Our highly experienced massage teachers form a broad spectrum of knowledge which includes many forms of massage therapy, Aromatherapy, meditation and yoga, acupuncture, herbal medicine, martial arts, and sports medicine. Combined they make up over 80 years of experience in the health and natural therapies profession. Read more about our teachers here.

School Founder

School founder Brandon Raynor, has been practicing Massage and Naturopathy for the past 15 years and holds a Diploma in Naturopathy, Remedial Massage, Shiatsu, Chinese Herbs, and Ayurvedic Medicine. He is also the President and founder of the International Natural Therapists Association (I.N.T.A.) and has done extensive studies in Yoga, Meditation, Spiritual Philosophies, Nutrition, & Bach and Californian Flower Remedies.

Born in Ottawa, Canada in 1969 Brandon Raynor lived in Canada, Central Africa, and Florida before moving to his father’s home country, Australia. He has lived in various parts of Australia over the last 20 years including Sydney, Brisbane, the Blue Mountains, Byron Bay, Adelaide, the Gold Coast and Tasmania and now spends most of his time in between Hawaii, Japan, Canada, the UK, and Australia.

After studying for 2 years at Sydney University specializing in Philosophy, Psychology, Anthropology, Government, Education in Society, and Comparative Religion Brandon decided to engage in a profession that involved a hands on practical and caring approach, Naturopathy.

Brandon has been in private practice for the last 14 years in various capacities, including working for various 5 star hotels, health clubs and gyms in Sydney, Australia as well as maintaining practices at various natural therapy clinics in Byron Bay and Bondi Beach, such as Samadhis and Herbal Solutions. He also worked at the New South Wales State Parliament as an unofficial in-house massage practitioner during 1998 to 1999 and then ran his own clinic in Manly for several years before operating a mobile massage service in Hawaii.

In August 2000, he opened Brandon Raynor’s School of Natural Therapies and has since taught several thousand students around Australia. In October 2002 he expanded his school into the United Kingdom and the United States and has several hundred graduates from those countries. In 2004 Brandon's school started teaching in Canada and New Zealand and now currently holds massage courses in over 7 countries.

Many people who have suffered serious health complaints, and have tried many other different therapies to no avail, have been able to enjoy a new state of health and wellness by Brandon's transformative massage techniques. Many of the graduates of Brandon's school have continued on to become among their country's leading and most reputable massage therapists.

Brandon was also heavily involved in politics in Australia during the 1990s campaigning in support of more recognition for natural therapies, animal rights and the environment. He founded the political party called EarthSave (Australia) in New South Wales in 1996 and was almost elected to NSW Parliament in 1999.

Brandon now teaches residential courses in Hawaii and Sydney while continuing to travel around the globe trying out different massage therapists and techniques in different countries to stay abreast of the massage industry. He also regularly conducts courses within Europe, and countries such as Australia, Canada, and The United States. Brandon is also now expanding his school to include Asian countries such as Japan.

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