My journey into health and wellness began when I was a child. My mother used to give me Shiatsu and used essential oils to heal us. Having been exposed to healing arts from a young age, my transition into this field felt like a natural evolution.
After finishing my masters degree in telecommunications and networks in France, I quickly realized that I was not going to be fullfilled on this path. While I was sitting all day at my desk, then practicing Capoeira in the evenings, I had pain in my joints at the early age of 23. I also had some chronic health issues like frequent head aches and stomach aches. I knew this was not how I wanted my life to unfold and decided to make changes.
I began to take care of my health and learned Qi Gong, then studied Reiki in 2006. During a trip to Thailand in 2008, Thai Massage seemed to fall into my lap as I stepped into a massage school thinking it was a spa. I did my first buddhist meditation retreat, then I met Mike Tan in 2010 and learned with him a style of bodywork he calles SEA (Structural Energy Awakening). SEA is a type of massage that is used for its therapeutic properties to heal people from structural issues.
After studying extensively with Mike Tan and focusing on SEA bodywork, in 2012 I met David Lutt, a french Osteopath who quickly became my second mentor. He taught me Dynamic Thai Massage and Osteothai, two styles that dramatically enhanced my touch and gave a more holistic dynamic to my approach.
In 2015, I met Jörg Schürpf, a Swiss Osteopath, with whom I completed the Shen Master Training, an 18 month long introduction to Osteopathy.
In 2017, I moved to Ontario, Canada with my wife and my son. I began one of the demanding massage therapy programs of Ontario at the Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy Cambridge.
After giving massage for 10 years as a Thai Massage practitioner, then an Osteothai practitionner, I became a Registered Massage Therapist in August 2019 and have been practicing in Guelph, Ontario since then.
In 2020, I enrolled at the Ontario Academy of Progressive Osteopathy in Toronto to study in this extensive 5-year program to finally become a fully licenced osteopathic manual practitioner.
I have also been practising Capoeira, a Brazilian art form combining martial arts, music, dance and acrobatics since 2006.
About my Teaching Experience
Since 2010, I have been teaching the multifaceted Brazilian Art Form of Capoeira.
In 2011, I started teaching self-massage techniques (using rollers and balls) that I learned from Mike Tan and from my own experience and studies.
In 2014, my mentor and teacher David Lutt gave me his blessing to start teaching Thai Massage. I opened my own school in New Caledonia.
In 2015, being back in France, I had the honor of becoming an official assistant of Lulyani, David’s school of Thai Massage and Osteothai. I have been assisting him in Traditional and Dynamic Thai Massage courses as well as more advance Osteothai courses.
In 2019, thanks to my extended training in Massage Therapy and my experience as a massage teacher, I started teaching Swedish Massage in New Caledonia.
I have had the opportunity to teach in a variety of countries: Thailand, Hong-Kong, Japan, France, New Caledonia, Australia and of course, Canada.
2017-2019 CCMH – Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy Cambridge, Ontario. 2200h program including:
– 279 hours of assessment
– 567 hours of study of massage techniques applied to pathologies
– 735 hours of Anatomy, Physiology and Neuroanatomy
– 300 hours of practice of massage in student clinic and outreach opportunities
– 42 hours of therapeutic exercises
2008 : Traditional Thai Massage, 30h – Jangira Massage School – Chiang Mai, Thailand
2010 : Professional Program I5, 150h – TMC School (Thai Massage School of Chiang Mai) – Chiang Mai, Thailand
2010 : SEA Foundation with Mike Tan, 40h – Chiang Mai – Thailand
2011 : SEA Foundation with Mike Tan, 40h – Chiang Mai – Thailand
2011 : SEA Foundation as an assistant with Mike Tan, 40h – Chiang Mai – Thailand
2011 – 2013 : Tutoring on SEA advanced techniques, supervised sessions, approx 50h with Mike Tan– Chiang Mai – Thailand
2012 : Dynamic Thai Massage, 35h – Lulyani School – Chiang Mai, Thailand
2012 : Thai Massage 1, 35h – Lulyani School – Mirabeau, France
2013 : Dynamic Thai Massage, 40h – Lulyani School – Chiang Mai, Thailand
2014 : Advanced Course- Upper Body with Mike Tan, 35h – Chiang Mai – Thailand
2015 : Ajahn Pichest, 50h – Hang Dong, Thailand
2015 : Thai Massage 1 as an assistant, 35h – Lulyani School– Sainte-Cécile, France
2015 : Dynamic Thai Massage as an assistant, 40h – Lulyani School– Sainte-Cécile, France
2016 : Thai Massage 1 as an assistant, 35h – Lulyani School – Sainte-Cécile, France
2016 : Thai Massage 2 as an assistant, 35h – Lulyani School – Sainte-Cécile, France
2020: Dynamic Thai Massage as an assistant of Krishnatakis, 30h – Sunshine Massage School – Chiang Mai, Thailand
Osteothai
2012 – Overviews with Arnot L’Hermitte and David Lutt, 60h – Koh Payam, Thailand
2012 – Main Joints with David Lutt, 35h – Mirabeau, France
2013 – Internal Organs with David Lutt, 35h – Chiang Mai, Thailande
2015 – Shock and Trauma with David Lutt and Jörg Schürpf, 42h – Chiang Mai, Thailand
2015 – Lower Back with David Lutt, 35h – Sainte-Cécile, France
2015 – Internal Organs as an assistant with David Lutt, 35h – Sainte-Cécile, France
2016 – Breathing with David Lutt, 35h – Sainte-Cécile, France
2016 – Main Joints as an assistant with David Lutt, 35h – Sainte-Cécile, France
2018 – Lower Back as an assistant with David Lutt, 35h – Sunshine School, Greece
2020 – Internal Organs as an assistant with Jörg Schürpf, 35h – Chiang Mai, Thailand
2024 – Breathing as an assistant with David Lutt, 35h – Montréal, Québec, Canada
Shen Master
with Jörg Schürpf in Brussels, Belgium
2015 – Musculo-skeletal System, 28h
2015 – Craniosacral System, 28h
2016 – Fascial System, 28h
2016 – Pression Balancing System, 28h
2016 – Viceral System, 28h
2016 – Cardiovascular System, 28h
2017 – Energetic System, 28h
Ontario Academy of Progressive Osteopathy
2020 – 2025 : 5-year osteopathy program
2006 – Reiki level 1 with Nadia Mathieu– Nouméa, New Caledonia
2007 – Reiki level 2 with Nadia Mathieu– Nouméa, New Caledonia
2010 – Level 1 & 2 of Energetic Healing with Luc Bodin MD – Nouméa, New Caledonia
2010 – Chi Nei Tsang with Tanachai, 25h – Chiang Mai,Thailand
2010 – Thai Foot Massage at Sabai De Ka, 12h – Chiang Mai, Thailand
2016 – One Minute Practice – Back and Hips Lorenzo Becchi, 12h – Montpellier, France
2016 – One Minute Practice – Shoulder and Neck with Lorenzo Becchi, 12h – Montpellier, France