McAndrew Natural Therapy

Welcome
Step out of old emotions, pains and habits into a new transformed, vibrant you. See your body as a flexible, enjoyable performer, not a stuck record for the thoughts racing through your mind.
Energy calibration clears your blocks, old beliefs, and more. Neuro-muscular and Massage Therapy (NMT) – relieve your pain and balance your body’s flowing movement with advanced massage techniques, for your muscles and soft tissues to release tension and joint tension.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) - learn how to transform those thoughts, behaviours and beliefs that hold you back from your positive future.
Hypnotherapy – Hear the stillness created in this relaxed state allowing you to truly reflect on events and feel openness for wisdom, healing and creating powerful positive changes.
Quantum Touch® - Feel the energy flow within as this gentle hands-off or lightly hands-on the body work allows you to deeply relax to enhance and integrate your mind-body therapy, for all ages and conditions.
Scenar therapy - extremely effective for acute injuries as this Russian technology electrically stimulation the body to heal itself promptly and safely, assisting bones, bruises and nerve pain.
Foot joint mobilisation – relax with a sequence of manoeuvres to your feet allowing the foot bones to re-align for securing a strong postural foundation.
Therapeutic or pregnancy massage - In our very busy world we deserve a little space and time to relax our mind and body. These session are customised to suit your current needs.
Corporate on-site massage supports health awareness, improved attendance and work satisfaction.
Sessions are tailored specifically to suit you and may combine one or more of the above therapies.

About Ann Marie McAndrew
I’ve had my fair share of aches, pains and stresses in the past, as I always participate in sports and while studying business and working in that environment, my arms and wrists kept me awake at night with pain; I sought treatment that lead to a diagnosis of repetitive strain injury (RSI/OOS). However, I was disappointed in the remedies suggested by the medical system. I found solutions with natural therapies and this lead me down a new path.

I took six months off to travel to London, Sweden to Jordan, Dublin, Madrid, Hong Kong, Thailand and Australia.

In 2002 I studied Thai massage in Thailand and was hoping this would help understand my own physical problems. To my surprise, I was relieved and so interested in body therapy that I discovered a whole new path for healing myself and others.

By the time I returned to NZ, it was clear I wanted an understanding of anatomy and physiology.

I studied at New Zealand College of Massage in Wellington. Learning techniques like Swedish and western sports massage. I began practice in clinics and on-site workplace massage. I realized I was helping people with their symptoms but, if problems recurred, my focus changed to the cause of their problems.

Wanting to deepen my understanding, I decided to study Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT), an advanced technique that takes into account the whole body including posture and movement. This work follows the path from the muscle to the brain via the nerves. This path can be compressed by soft tissue. Furthermore, muscles may indicate a referred pain patterns that call for trigger point therapy.

It was an acknowledgement of the part that the brain plays, in healing the body.

Back in my practice, I noticed not only the mind but also emotional and behavioral patterns were affecting my clients’ physical wellbeing and muscular tension.

I began to research Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) to see if it would be an effective way to address this problem. After becoming an NLP Master Practitioner and put this method into practice, I saw that as a powerful tool to help. The patterns developed in life play a part in our physical experience and NLP addresses this.

These patterns generally sit at a deeper level and are unconscious to our logical brain. I kept thinking of the hypnotherapy aspect of NLP and realized that the unconscious mind needs to be tapped into too, in order to help the whole person. For most of us, this is when larger scale positive life-changes occur. I got my diploma in hypnotherapy.

I’m also a practitioner of Quantum Touch®. I’ve found that the life-force energy (known as “qi” in Chinese and “Prana” in Sanskrit), further enhance and combine the flow of mind-body therapy for anyone including babies.

Based on the theory that mind and body are ‘one’, the most effective therapies that I have found useful in moving towards a healthier and happier perspective are Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) , Neuromuscular and Massage Therapy (NMT), Scenar Therapy, Quantum Touch with life-force energy flow and foot joint mobilisation.

Callanetics with Mira Trifunovich is a healthy movement that gives me the physical strength and fitness that I want to, stay toned and fit. This provides me with my body/movement awareness and a firm structure so that I can go out and enjoy any activity I wish and share these techniques and details with my clients.

It is likely all of this training is a work in progress and clinical experience will invite the next steps. Watch this space.

Working together
My focus is on positive change, intending that you enjoy taking action, to step ahead into “the life you deserve”.

Each session is individually tailored to suit you.

Qualifications
Energy and NLP Master Practitioner
Diploma in Neuromuscular and Massage Therapy
Diploma in Hypnotherapy
Diploma in Therapeutic Massage
Registered Practitioner of Quantum Touch®
Qualified – Advanced Foot Joint Mobilization
Diploma in Business

Ann Marie works to the New Zealand Association of NLP (NZANLP) code of ethics.