OUR TUTORS
Sandra Byrne is the Director and Senior Tutor at the Positive Health Academy
Sandra is a practising Aromatherapist and Swedish Massage Practitioner, Infant Massage Instructor, Tutor of Massage and Pregnancy Masseuse. She trained in London and Bristol, UK. Her first massage diploma (ITEC) was gained in1995, then in 1998 Swedish Massage, Anatomy and Physiology and Aromatherapy Diplomas (Association of Physical and Natural Therapists) were added. Sandra has been practising privately since then. Her latest study of massage was for postgraduate diplomas – In Ireland - Massage in Pregnancy (APNT) and – in Newcastle upon Tyne - Infant Massage Instructor (IAIM – the International Association of Infant Massage).
After gaining a B.Sc. degree in Zoology and a Secondary Teacher’s Diploma at UCT, Sandra taught Biology and Science in Zimbabwean and South African high schools.
Sandra tutored for some years in Holistic Massage and Anatomy and Physiology at a school of massage and aromatherapy in London, UK, where she became Course Director.
To keep up her CPD (Continuing Professional Development) in the UK, Sandra attended many workshops and seminars in Complementary Health, such as Hot Stone Therapy, Trigger Point Therapy, Colour Therapy etc., some of the techniques of which she has incorporated into her massage work. She has trained to be an NLP Practitioner (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) – a life coach - the techniques of which she applies in her tutoring.
Her passion is to incorporate the massage learning and experience she has gained over the years with teaching, which she loves, and so ‘spread the massage’ of the enormous benefits of massage wherever she can. Massage has so many benefits, generally, for everyone and especially for babies and their caregivers, as well as for pregnant ladies.
Sandra Byrne is the Director and Senior Tutor at the Positive Health Academy
Sandra is a practising Aromatherapist and Swedish Massage Practitioner, Infant Massage Instructor, Tutor of Massage and Pregnancy Masseuse. She trained in London and Bristol, UK. Her first massage diploma (ITEC) was gained in1995, then in 1998 Swedish Massage, Anatomy and Physiology and Aromatherapy Diplomas (Association of Physical and Natural Therapists) were added. Sandra has been practising privately since then. Her latest study of massage was for postgraduate diplomas – In Ireland - Massage in Pregnancy (APNT) and – in Newcastle upon Tyne - Infant Massage Instructor (IAIM – the International Association of Infant Massage).
After gaining a B.Sc. degree in Zoology and a Secondary Teacher’s Diploma at UCT, Sandra taught Biology and Science in Zimbabwean and South African high schools.
Sandra tutored for some years in Holistic Massage and Anatomy and Physiology at a school of massage and aromatherapy in London, UK, where she became Course Director.
To keep up her CPD (Continuing Professional Development) in the UK, Sandra attended many workshops and seminars in Complementary Health, such as Hot Stone Therapy, Trigger Point Therapy, Colour Therapy etc., some of the techniques of which she has incorporated into her massage work. She has trained to be an NLP Practitioner (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) – a life coach - the techniques of which she applies in her tutoring.
Her passion is to incorporate the massage learning and experience she has gained over the years with teaching, which she loves, and so ‘spread the massage’ of the enormous benefits of massage wherever she can. Massage has so many benefits, generally, for everyone and especially for babies and their caregivers, as well as for pregnant ladies.
