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About

John is an Advanced Rolfer, Rolf Movement teacher and Feldenkrais practitioner.

He is also available for CranioSacral therapy (Upledger), visceral work (Barral), Trager work, postural assessment and deep tissue work.

His book, Structural Bodywork (Elsevier, Edinburg, 2005), is regarded as one of the best introductions to the structural approach to bodywork. John has travelled extensively as an international lecturer (and student), and has a broad interest in somatic movement approaches.

Lecturing

John has taught at:
  • NatureCare College, Sydney, (Living Anatomy),
  • various TAFE colleges around Sydney,
  • Cumberland College, Sydney University School of Health Science,
  • The Rolf Institute of Structural Integration (Boulder, CO),
  • WSEIT school of physiotherapy (Poznan, Poland),
  • The School of Bodyworks (Singapore), and more recently,
  • School of TCM Shanghai China.
He has been the anatomy teacher for the Australian Rolfing Association and teaches weekend workshops in myofascial techniques and the structural bodywork approach.

Assisting at Trainings

As part of the Australian Rolfing faculty, John taught and assisted at various Rolfing trainings, in Australia and the USA.

Conference Presentations:

John has been asked to speak at many conferences about his work:
  • The 2nd Australasian Feldenkrais Conference (Sydney, 1999) — ‘Structural and Functional Approaches—Rolf and Feldenkrais’
  • The annual conference of Association of Remedial Massage (Sydney, 2000)—‘Rolfing as a Wholistic Paradigm’
  • The BodyWisdom Conference (New Zealand Hellerwork Association, Coromandel, NZ, 2000)—‘Structural and Functional Approaches—Rolf, Feldenkrais and Trager’.
  • AAMT conference, Canberra (2005) 'Rolfing and RSI’
  • The Inaugural Conference of the International Association of Structural Integrators (IASI), Seattle USA, October 2005 -- 'Letting it happen - Fascial Oscillations'

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John Smith - Manual and Movement Therapist

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Areas Serviced

  • Northern Rivers NSW
  • Byron Coast
  • Tweed Valley
  • Murwillumbah
  • Ballina
  • Lismore
  • Coolangatta
  • Gold Coast

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Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Education (SYD)
  • Graduate -Diploma in Business Computing (UWS)
  • Diploma Remedial Massage (NatureCare)
  • Certified Rolfer
  • Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner
  • Certified Cranio-Sacral Practitioner (Upledger)
  • Certified Trager Practitioner
  • Somatic Therapist
  • Certified Rolfing
  • Feldenkrais Practitioner

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