Course Instructors
Stuart Hinds
Stuart is a lecturer at Victoria University, Melbourne, where he teaches Soft Tissue Techniques.
Stuart works primarily with elite athletes and has been part of the Australian Olympic manual therapy team for over 20 years (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012).
In 2016, Stuart received a lifetime achievement award from the Australian Association of Massage Therapy.
Jonathan Kuttner
Dr. Jonathan Kuttner is a chronic pain specialist who is widely recognized as a leading authorty on the subject of trigger points.
When not treating or teaching, Jonathan is likely hiking in the hills around his home in New Zealand, or practicing Aikido.
In 2014 Jonathan received a lifetime achievement award from the National Association of Myofascial Trigger Point Therapists (NAMTPT).
Simeon Asher
Simeon is a practicing osteopath who has been studying, researching, and teaching trigger point therapy for the last two decades.
Simeon is the author of a number of best selling books and is a regular guest lecturer in the UK, Europe, and South America.
Simeon was voted as one London's top 10 osteopaths in a poll by the London Evening Standard.
Michael Coffee
Michael is a Nationally Board Certified Massage Therapist with NCBMT, with broad clinical experience in medical massage, Swedish, Deep Tissue and myofascial work.
Michael has a special focus on treating chronic pain, especially with regard to the treatment of CRPS/RSD and was recently invited to present some of his techniques at the 33rd annual NAMTPT conference.
Maureen Abson
Maureen is the originator of Fusion Massage Technique, combining fascial release and deep tissue massage with a structured focus on treating the hands, feet and head to release tension in the rest of the body.
When not writing or teaching, Maureen runs retreat workshops in the USA and Indonesia.
Maureen has spent over 25 years teaching in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius, South Africa, and Israel.
Andy Eckley
Andy is a human and equine therapist, with a passion for trigger point therapy, and the discovery of new technqiues for the treatment of animals.
When Andy isn't teaching or treating, he spends much of his time working on film sets as an animal safety representative for the American Humane Association.
Andy has successfully adapted a number of NAT techniques for the treatment of horses.
Shlomit Lempert
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Shlomit Lempert works within Biochemistry and Food Science and research at the world renowned Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel.
In addition to graduate and post graduate degrees, Shlomit is a graduate of the, “Medical Cannabis,” program of the Department of Continuing Education at the, “Technion University” in Haifa Israel.
Shlomit presents the NAT Medical Cannabis Foundation course and is currently working on the production of a follow-up course due for release later this year.
Yoni Kedem
Yoni Kedem is a former professional skateboarder who turned to yoga whilst still a performing athlete to help improve his balance, flexibility and power.
It quickly became natural to Yoni to share what he learned and after his skateboarding career ended he turned to studying yoga, and touch and movement therapy with a view to teaching.
In addition to founding his studio, Yoni is a frequent guest teacher at international yoga events, and works regularly with dancers and dance groups.
Mike McGurn
In 2002 Mike joined the Ireland Rugby team as Head of Strength and Conditioning after being head-hunted by Eddie O’Sullivan.
In his tenure of 8 years he totally revolutionized the training structures and systems of the squad laying the foundations for what has become the most successful Irish Team ever.
Mike is widely considered as one of the best strength and conditioning coaches in the business.
