amanda porter
Kemptown
/my name is Amanda and I’m an Abdominal Therapy Practitioner and Educator. I
also offer Holistic massage and Energy work in the Tradition of the Maya. My
story begins in the mists of time when I was raising my wonderful offspring.
Being interested in complementary therapy I used this period in my life to learn
about a variety of therapies and techniques that could help my children through
their early years and beyond. When my children flew the nest, I felt the calling
to become a complementary therapist and embarked on a life-changing journey. In
2005 on the insistence of a great friend Hilary Lewin, I attended an amazing
class based on the work of Dr Rosita Arvigo. This workshop had a profound effect
on my whole being. I felt the power of the work, I observed the changes in my
body as I practised my abdominal massage at home. I could not believe that such
a sweet simple technique could have such a profound effect. My journey had
begun, I wanted to not only learn the technique but also understand why it
seemed to help with so many health challenges. They say the right teacher will
appear when the time is right and I have been blessed. I trained directly with
Rosita Arvigo, the founder of the work I now offer in my clinic and the
classroom. Understanding the similarities between Maya Medicine and Chinese
medicine, in 2011, I travelled to Thailand and studied traditional Thai Massage
with the renowned traditional healer, Bann Hom who lives in Chaing Mai, Northern
Thailand. It did not surprise me to find her treating her community with an
abdominal technique that was not a million miles from the work I knew and loved.
I have been inspired by Gil Hedley, the brilliant anatomist who offers
dissection classes for anyone who is interested in observing the anatomical
connections within the human form. Marty Ryan – Love your Guts Seminars, taught
me how to listen to my hands, his palpation classes revealed what was beneath
the skin. Life is for learning and every belly I touch teaches me something new.
And so, to now, in September 2020 working with a passionate group of educators
and colleagues including Rosita Arvigo I became a founding member of the
Abdominal Therapy Collective.
