Teachers

Bronson Bertschinger

Bronson Bertschinger teaching a Hoffman Massage course, January 2010.

Bronson Bertschinger is the founder of Australian School of Body Therapies (A.S.B.T) and the developer of Hoffman Intuitive Bodywork and Energetic Healing. He has has been trained by all of the schools he is promoting on the A.S.B.T website and more. He continues to study and develop his knowledge every day. Bronson is former general manager, head teacher and teacher trainer of Brandon Raynor's School of Natural Therapies. He is still proud to say he still teaches Raynor Massage Certificates and Diplomas under A.S.B.T.

Bronson was born in South Africa in 1974 and his journey in the healing arts began in South Africa. At the age of 10 he was taught how to massage by his now deceased African Grandmother Nadia Francis Hoffman and he has been massaging and learning about healing since that day.

Bronson's qualifications and experience include:

• Advanced Diploma Raynor Massage and advanced training: Due to Bronson's close personal relationship with Brandon Raynor he has learned much more than Brandon Raynor teaches even in his Advanced Raynor Massage Diploma Courses, of which Bronson has completed 2.
• 25 years of massage experience
• 13 Years of Yoga and Meditation
• 3 years of Yang Mian System Kung Fu
• 2 years teaching Raynor Massage
• Bowen Therapy
• Quantum Touch Therapy
• Cert Myofascial Release
• Cert Dorn Spinal Therapy
• Cert Sport Yoga
• Cert Thai Massage
• Cert Eastern Cupping
• Cert Western Cupping
• Cert Contemporary Cupping
• Gua-sha

Brandon Raynor

Brandon Raynor has been practicing Massage and Naturopathy for the past 15 years. He is well known and appreciated for his deeply healing massage work and his down to earth teaching style that makes advanced massage techniques and concepts easy for his students to understand.  Brandon Raynor has been practicing Massage and Naturopathy for the past 15 years. He is well known and appreciated for his deeply healing massage work and his down to earth teaching style that makes advanced massage techniques and concepts easy for his students to understand.

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 Raynor's qualifications include:

• Diploma of Naturopathy
• Diploma of Remedial Massage
• Diploma Shiatsu
• Diploma Chinese Herbs
• Diploma of Ayurvedic Medicine

Bruce Bentley

Bruce Bentley is the founder of Health Traditions and has been a  pioneer in Traditional Medicine for over thirty years. Following his initial studies in Thai medicine and traditional Thai massage in Thailand, Bruce went to Taiwan in 1976 and completed to a five year Doctor's program in Traditional Chinese Medicine, in Mandarin, at the Chinese Acupuncture Hospital, Taiwan. In Australia, his subsequent formal studies include Western Medical Sciences, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition, a Bachelor of Health Sciences (Chinese Herbal Medicine), an Honours Degree in the Sociology of Health and Illness and a Masters Degree in Health Studies, with his thesis titled "Cupping as Therapeutic Technology". During 2002, Bruce was employed by the Victorian State Government (Australia) to conduct a full time research project titled "Folk Medical Practices in the Vietnamese Community".

Bruce is also in private practice, and is a state registered practitioner of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine and is an accredited Chinese remedial massage (tuina) therapist.

Additional research and study backgound profiles, particular to each of our courses, is available to check out on the relevant HT pages

"There is no doubt that Bruce Bentley is the foremost international expert on the history and practice of cupping in different cultures around the world, having spent 30 years in a dozen countries studying the range of  techniques." - Steven Clavey, Editor of The Lantern: An International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Barbara Simon of Backcare Solutions

Barbara Simon has been trained as a Natural Therapist in Germany and specialised right from the start in "Dorn Spinal Therapy" which she learned from the best teachers in Germany, including Dieter Dorn, the founder of the technique, himself. In 2000 she moved to Australia with her family and introduced Dorn Spinal Therapy to Australia. First as a therapist working in Avalon and eventually as a trainer for health care practitioners. Barbara has been practicing Dorn Spinal Therapy for 15 years and her outstanding results, and those of her students, have helped many back pain sufferers getting back to a pain free life. She is a fantastic teacher and her understanding of the individual's needs makes studying with her a success for everyone. And she makes sure you are not only becoming a better therapist but also a better business person.

Barbara's qualifications include:

• Diploma of Social Works
• Diploma of Natural Therapies
• Cert. Dorn Spinal Therapy
• Cert. Auricilar Therapy
• Cert. Bach Flower Remedies
• Cert. IV Remedial Massage
• Cert. IV Reflexology
• Cert. Marketing & Advertising