Integral Body Therapies

About

Integral Body Therapies is a family massage, yoga and health studio run by Bronson Bertschinger. Our services include Hoffmann Intuitive Massage and Bodywork, Raynor Massage, Dorn Spinal Therapy, myofascial release, cupping therapy, yin-yoga, guided relaxation and free meditation classes.

Bronson Bertschinger is 35 years old, was born in South Africa and has spent 25 years of his live on the northern beaches of Sydney. He first learned how to massage by his Grandmother Nadia Florence Hoffman, who has now passed on. She taught him a traditional style of African massage at the age of 10.

In 2004, Bronson was taught Thai Massage by Sean Stocker a Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner from a school called Health Traditions. More recently, Bronson was trained by Naturopath Brandon Raynor and became General Manager and head teacher of internationally renowned massage and natural therapies school Brandon Raynor's School of Natural Therapies. Yoga and meditation have been a part of Bronson's life for the last 12 years and have a large influence on his massage treatments.

Even though Bronson is one of the world's most qualified Raynor Therapists, he works very intuitively in a unique style that is very much his own that he has named Hoffman Holistic Massage and Bodywork, in honor of his Grandmother who was the first to teach him massage and healing techniques. Bronson, and many of his clients, family and friends, feel he has a gift. Most of techniques he uses were never taught to him by anyone, they just seem to come to him and feel natural, and have given him the ability to heal in ways he never thought massage could. The massage has no system or structure. Everyone is an individual, so the massage will change from one person to the next based on what his or her body, mind and subtle energy needs.

"We are all very unique individuals, come in all shapes and sizes, and have our own pains, problems, stresses, likes and dislikes. Therefore, the treatment I do adapt to you and what your body needs that at the time. Treatments vary from deep tissue massage to very subtle energetic work; it is totally dependent on the individual."

At our Avalon Yoga and Massage Studio, we also do Yoga classes, 1 on 1 Yoga, Dorn Spinal Therapy, Bowen Therapy, Myofascial Release and both Eastern and Western Traditional Cupping Therapy.