Welcome to the Australian School of Body Therapies

Hello and welcome to the Australian School of Body Therapies (A.S.B.T) website. At A.S.B.T we provide tertiary education in the healing arts of massage, bodywork and natural therapies. The school was founded by Bronson Bertschinger and is comprised of an affiliation of established Australian Schools, all helping each other reach a common goal of educating people in the arts of massage and healing. A.S.B.T provide a vast range of courses from 2 day cupping therapy workshops to 4 year Advanced diplomas of Herbal Medicine. Through our affiliate government accredited school Health Schools Australia (H.S.A), and their affiliate Charles Stuart University, you have access to qualifications as high as a Bachelor of Health Science.  Start your career in the health industry with A.S.B.T. Our friendly staff will do everything we can to help you on your way.

Note: Our website is still under construction and courses and info is being added and updated. Sorry for the inconvenience but we wanted to make the site live as soon as possible to give people the opportunity to enrol in the upcoming courses.

What is the advantage with studying massage with ASBT?

The styles of massage and healing you learn at A.S.B.T are very unique. You will have a hard time finding training of this kind anywhere else in the world. The techniques and principles of Hoffman Massage, Hoffman Intuitive Bodywork and Energetic Healing and Raynor massage, are very advanced, dynamic and powerful forms of massage and bodywork. Knowing either of these styles of massage and bodywork will set you apart from a lot of massage therapists, manual therapists and bodyworkers. We have taught many people who have previously completed 2-3 year massage diplomas and traditional Chinese medicine degrees and they are amazed at how much they learn and advance in their massage skills, after completing one of our 2 week courses.

Hoffman Massage Course students

So you think you know how to massage? I answered yes to this question before my 2 weeks with Bronson. After studying 3 years of Sports and Holistic massage in college I thought I knew how to find tension and remove it from the body, I had been getting good feedback from my clients in the Spa where I work and felt my bodywork was to a high standard. As a massage therapist you never stop learning, one of the best things about the job, it keeps you interested. You can imagine my shock (and delight) when only after a few days with Bronson I'm realising how much further I can take my massage. During the 2 weeks I can honestly say I learned much more than in the 3 years of massage training in college, unbelievable but true, this is down to the style of teaching and the techniques covered. Back in the Spa where I work my first 2 clients could not praise my new style of massage enough, instead of doing my usual Spa massage which was always the same I was able to use the techniques learned with Bronson and actually massage the whole body, feeling and  removing the tension along the way. Client number one commented afterwards that she felt so light she thought she must surely be levitating. Client number two commented that even though she had been having deep massage for many years this was truly the best she had ever felt and left the Spa only to return 3 days later to thank me again and leave a box of beer as way of thanks for the best massage she had ever had (I'm Irish, we like a beer or 3). Thank you Bronson for passing on your knowledge and I hope to study with you again in the near future, you have helped me realise that massage and bodywork can do way more than make people feel good, it can really work to heal them and help them heal themselves, amazing stuff! Best Regards, Moses River.

Once you have completed one of our 5, 10, or 12 day Hoffman Technique massage and healing courses, you can start working and making money straight away. You will have access to liability insurance with IHGroup which covers you anywhere in the world apart from the USA and Canada.

While you work you can continue your studies with Health School Australia (H.S.A) and become government accredited in your own time, if that is the path you would like to go down. On completion of any of our massage courses you will be eligible for Recognised Prior Learning exemptions for government accredited Cert IV and Diplomas with H.S.A.

Raynor Massage Diploma class taught by Bronson Bertschinger

At A.S.B.T our aim is to produce the best massage therapists and bodyworkers in the shortest period of time. Our courses have been designed to do just that. After 2 weeks of any of our massage courses, you will have skills and knowledge that some massage therapists or bodyworkers may never learn over their whole career. The techniques and knowledge that has influenced the development of Hoffman massage for example, are drawn from ancient forms of massage, medicine, healing arts and martial arts from all over the world. Most massage schools are not interested in these pre existing practices and don’t draw on or recognise the importance of the vast array of ancient knowledge. The techniques of Hoffman massage, Raynor massage, Thai massage, Dorn Spinal Therapy and Hoffman Energetic Healing, will set you apart from other therapist, enabling you to offer your clients a treatment no one else can.

Hoffman Massage, Intuitive Bodywork & Energetic Healing

Bronson has either studied, experienced or practiced all of these techniques and combined what he has learnt with what he believes the most powerful tool we have, intuition.

The aim of our Hoffman massage courses is not only to teach one of the most comprehensive forms of massage in the world, but to develop your sense of awareness and touch so that you trust in and are guided by your intuition in a grounded fashion.

Hoffman Technique Massage class in January 2010 with Bronson Bertschinger

Want to become government accredited?

At A.S.B.T our main aim is to train people in become successful at healing people. We believe that the government accreditation process is not the only successful way to learn effective and powerful natural therapies but for those who wish to go down that path, we are more than happy to help you on your way.

All massage courses at A.S.B.T, are recognised by Government Accredited School Health Schools Australia (H.S.A) to exceed Government Standards. If you successfully complete a Hoffman Massage Certificate, Thai Massage Certificate, Raynor Massage Certificate, Hoffman Intuitive Bodywork Advanced Certificate, Hoffman Intuitive Bodywork and Energetic Healing Diploma, Raynor Massage Diploma or Thai Massage Diploma, you will be eligible for Recognised Prior Learning (RPL) with H.S.A. This means that if you decide you wish to become government accredited in massage and go on to study with HSA, you will be eligible for exemptions from further massage modules and from 60-100 clinical hours.

All of HSA's courses are done by correspondence. That means that you can do them from home in your own time. For more information please visit the Government Accreditation page, send us an email or give us a call.

Hoffman Massage course calendar