Jo Hafey

About

Jo is a fully qualified Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioner, acupuncturist, shiatsu therapist and Japanese yoga instructor with more than three decades of experience in the health and wellbeing industry. Passionate about bodywork and oriental therapies, Jo aims to empower her clients so they can know more about themselves, equipping them with the tools to be able to recognise the changes they require to improve their health. In both TCM and yoga, her focus is on transformation -... Jo is a fully qualified Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioner, acupuncturist, shiatsu therapist and Japanese yoga instructor with more than three decades of experience in the health and wellbeing industry. Passionate about bodywork and oriental therapies, Jo aims to empower her clients so they can know more about themselves, equipping them with the tools to be able to recognise the changes they require to improve their health. In both TCM and yoga, her focus is on transformation - she likes to educate her clients, making them aware of the nuances in their world impacting them. Jo has an extensive history of treating people for a wide range of health issues at her TCM clinic but she has a particular focus on children and teenagers, women in mid life, sports injury rehabilitation and musculoskeletal issues. She has a passion for helping people realise their potential and to achieve better control over their health and wellbeing, especially those who have been marginalised or overlooked by traditional western approaches, by empowering them through alternative methods and strategies. Jo trained with some of Australia’s first Japanese yoga teachers and her yoga classes are seasonally based, with a focus on the traditional five elements. She closely supports and guides her students through their yoga sessions, resulting in them feeling a sense of spaciousness and freedom in their joints – and in their minds – so they feel cared for through their yoga journey. Jo loves seeing people step into their greater selves as they find their own spark and regain joy in their life, feeling as if they can walk away and create the next part of their journey, embracing their bigger selves. Jo has worked on shiatsu standards for national industry bodies and associations; and she regularly runs extensive mentoring courses on seasonal living, based on TCM principles. Based in Sorrento, on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, Jo looks forward to working with you. Read more

Languages

English

Therapies

Membership of professional associations

• Accredited Member and Fellow of the Australian Traditional Medicine Society
• Shiatsu Therapists Association of Australia
• AHPRA - Chinese Medicine Board - Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner - AcupuncturistAcupuncturist

Education and training

Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner - Acupuncture - AHPRA Registered Shiatsu Therapist - STAA Registered ATMS Practitioner Acupuncture for Musculoskeletal Pain - Workshop 1, 2 & 3- David Legge (2018) Chinese Medicine and Buddhist mentoring - Josephine Spilke (2020-2023) Diploma of Shiatsu and Oriental Therapies - Australian Shiatsu College (1993) Bachelor of Applied Science (Major Physical Education) - Footscray Institute of Technology - (1987) Diploma of Education - Hawthorn Institute of Education (1989) Statement of Attainment - Design and Develop Assessment Tools - Nepean Industry Edge Training (2019) Graduate Diploma in Movement and Dance - University of Melbourne (1994)