I was born and raised in New Zealand. After several visits to the Sunshine Coast myself and Jan (my wife) decided that we had found a slice of paradise that we wanted our family to live in. The climate, the relaxed vibe and the positivity from the people we met on the Coast were amazing. We wanted an outdoor living for our two daughters – we love summer, barbeques and the beach. In 2009 we relocated from Wellington to the Sunshine Coast.

I’m doing the job that I dreamed of doing when I grew up. Some kids wanted to be firemen or astronauts when they grew up. Ever since I can remember, I’ve always been passionate about health, exercise and the way bodies move.  My childhood was all about sport. After playing as much sport at school as I could possibly fit in, I completed a post-graduate MPhEd (dist) at Otago University. I became an Occupational Therapy lecturer in rehabilitation, anatomy, and kinesiology, then a senior lecturer in Exercise Rehabilitation and Resistance Training.

While teaching in higher education, I kept following my passion in sports training and spent a decade working with High Performance Sport New Zealand as a lead strength and conditioning coach. This gave me the opportunity to work with a wide range of world class athletes.

Some career highlights so far are:

• Head trainer for the New Zealand Black Sox for two successful World Series campaigns
• Head trainer and regional trainer for NZ Women’s and Men’s Hockey for several Commonwealth and Olympic Games
• Head trainer for the NZ Titleist Men and Women’s Golf Academy for several Espirito Santo and Eisenhower Trophy Championship teams.
• Trainer for numerous Commonwealth and Olympic athletes in athletics, basketball, through to swimming.
• Regularly speaking at FitEx NZ, Filex, Asia Fitness Conference, ExPRO, Asia Edufit Summit, and other international health and fitness events.
• Health coaching musicians on international concert tours around the globe
• Co-directing Kaizen Exercise Physiologists to develop a world-class team of exercise physiologists

I love learning. I love teaching.  The Holistic Movement Coach Programme is the perfect vehicle for me to live my mission and share my life’s work.   I am obsessed with finding the best ways to be healthier and move better.  To balance out my obsession(s) I am also a tai chi and chi kung practitioner and teacher, and practise the lifestyle that I teach.