ROXANNE DERKSON Registered Massage Therapist (RMT), Craniosacral Therapist (CST) and Guild Certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner (GCFP)
ViVi Therapy Founder and Principal Therapist
Since the mid eighty’s Roxanne has dedicated her career to riding the ever progressive wave and evolution of the professional RMT. Roxanne has studied, lived, practiced, taught and received Massage Therapy internationally. She has discovered that Massage Therapy not only has an incredible therapeutic impact on the lives of her clients it has a strong significance culturally as well. Different styles of Massage and “Bodywork” offer a physical culturing of the senses similar to learning another language.
Training
- Graduated from the Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy, Ontario, Canada1988
- Registered in BC and Ontario 1988
- 13 years experience as a Feldenkrais® Method Practitioner graduated from the Feldenkrais Institute of Somatic Education in Montreal, Quebec 1996 (Training 1992-1996)
- Upledger Assistant Trainer CST 1 and CST 2 1992-1996
- Studied Traditional Thai Massage in the Traditional Medicine Hospital in Chiang Mai, Thailand 1992.
Experience
- ViVi Therapy offers RMT services and Feldenkrais Method “Functional Integration®” lessons at
1608 Camosun Street, Victoria since June 2006
- Koi Treatment Centre Victoria BC 2006 – 2008 (March)
- Feldenkrais Method “Awareness Through Movement” Zenith Studio, Victoria since 2007
- Practicing Craniosacral Therapy since 1989
- Visceral Manipulation since 1990
- Taught advanced Treatment Program at Massage College of Manitoba Winnipeg Mb. 1996 -1997
- Founder of Universal Stress and Therapy Clinic in Manitoba from 1988 – 1998 a multi-therapist practice for Therapeutic Massage Services
- Founder of Clinical Therapeutic Massage Services in Brisbane Australia 2001 – 2005 a professional training facility teaching post graduate courses for Massage Therapists in Queensland, Australia
- Private Feldenkrais instructor and practitioner at the Feldenkrais Learning Centre Brisbane, Australia 2001 – 2005.
- Registered Massage Therapist The Dome Retreat (Day Spa) Marriott Hotel Brisbane, Australia 2004
- Private clients in Spinal Unit Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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