Rowland Benjamin

Rowland Benjamin has worked as an Osteopath for thirty-seven years and in the health and massage field of massage for over forty years. He established yoga schools in Australia and the U.K and worked with yoga and massage for several years before training as an osteopath. He set up his first osteopathic practice in 1985 in Sydney, Australia. Rowland started working as a lecturer in 1987 teaching Natural medicine, Natural living, Alternative medicine, Soft tissue technique, Surface anatomy, Transverse friction, Deep tissue massage, Contemporary health issues, Life skills, Hydrotherapy and Advanced massage at various colleges in Perth, Western Australia. In 2015 he published ‘Safe Stretch’ that looked at individual differences and took them into account when prescribing the right stretches. www.safe-stretch.info. In 2022 he published Massage Yourself, which describes a series of self-massage techniques for muscles, tendons and ligaments www.massage-yourself.com. He also authors environment books that use cartoons to explain the issues www.ecofreakocartoons.com Rowland has travelled extensively throughout the world and worked as an environmental activist for many years. Since 2010 he has been working on the construction of a Permaculture based orchard and nature area in Bridgetown, Western Australia where he resides and practices osteopathy. Progress at Bridgetown Hillside Garden can be viewed at www.bhg.org.au. He continues to practice anatomy based manual therapy using self-help systems such as stretching and self-massage to empower his patients.