Sydney Raynor Massage Courses

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Brandon Raynor’s School of Natural Therapies offers 5 day Raynor Massage Certificate Course and 10 day Raynor Massage Diploma Courses in Sydney on a regular basis.

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.

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.

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.

Brandon also learnt through his many years of study that doing a good massage is actually quite simple. While recognising that some theoretical knowledge can be useful, giving a good massage didn't involve rote learning Latin or Greek muscle names, and spending endless hours learning all sorts of theory.



Brandon discovered that 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.

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.



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 across the world and only teach his students 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.

He now has trained several of his students to teach his massage courses in Sydney and the massage courses are held worldwide, in 25 cities in 12 different countries.

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 sons where the family are setting up a worldwide massage retreat training centre, while his teachers continue teaching his massage courses in Sydney and other locations across the world. Brandon also travels regularly around the world lecturing and giving classes.

John Ryan is one of the main teachers 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.



Bronson Bertschinger is the General Manager of Brandon Raynor’s School of Natural Therapies. He is also a highly trained Raynor Therapist and a student/ teacher instructor.

Bronson has trained and experienced many forms of bodywork and considers Raynor Technique the most powerful form of bodywork he has experienced. His strong belief and understanding of Raynor Technique is the driving force in his desire to help make it a house hold name and world renowned manual therapy.

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.

Links :

www.theintuitivewell.com,
www.massage-therapy-schools-courses.com,

Graduate Feedback

Here are some comments from graduates who have completed our Sydney massage courses. Feel free to contact them where email addresses are available:

"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"

"It was great learning something so differnt in massage and making wonderful friends."

"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."

"I am astounded. I have had a life changing expereince. I learned the true value and technique of massage. I will be greatful always."

"An unbelieveable life changing expereince.It was amazing to expereince chi moving through peoples body and seeing emotions coming out."

"The course was 110%. Everything was excellent."

"An amazingly effective style of therapy - very well presented"

"Superb, consistent and continuous. Very relaxed, encouraging and enjoyable environment."

"I enjoyed the massage course immensely. I cant wait to put it into practice"

"Overall, excellent to learn massage in 10 days and feel competent in it too!"

"Better than TAFE college"

"I have done a lot of short courses but this is the best. God Bless."

"An Excellent Course. I learnt a lot, made big progress and feel confident."

"Its life changing. My son died 3 years ago of a bad brain tumour. I nursed him for 5 years. In this course I have cried and let go of so much grief and sorrow - so much more than just a massage. It is the best course I have ever undertaken hands down. Ive told my twin sons to attend and all of my friends."

"I would not hesitate to recomend this course - it has been wonderful , informative and relaxed."

"I liked the fact that this course was not bogged in bookwork and theory. I gained a lot of skills and confidence. This is a real genuine school!"

"I am going to tell the WORLD. Will surely recommend this course to anyone that I speak with that is looking for a chnage in career. An excellent training program."

"I loved the course. It was great having it all come together on the 4th and 5th day."

"Very well put together. Lots of hands on work. Good easy terms and learning procedure."

"This course has given me the opportunity to set up a business immediately so as to help others with this great massage technique."

"I feel it is a great style of massage and the quality not quantity method (ie 10 days) is great."

"Straight to the point, no game playing and stringing it along"

"I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending this course to others. The teachers were very approachable and easy to understand. The teacher's demonstartions were highly impressive."

"Even though I dont speak English well I found this course excellent. I now have a very good base of knowledge for this style of massage."

"I was excited to get out of bed each morning to attend the course. My heart was filled and friendships were made.Thank you for the inspiration. Thank You for the guidance. I feel like a healthy child....."

"I would highly recommend this course to anybody interested in massage!"

"A great teaching, very explanatory, enjoyed discussion immensely. Excellent information."

"There were many highlights of the course but the best was the stomach massage!"

"Absolutely the best"
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"I liked the reflexology part of the course"