Meet the team

Hanneke

As an avid cheese munching Dutchie, I spent years in the travel industry as my first love was travelling. After a stint in France (where I learned to drink wine), I moved to Amsterdam to run a travel agency for 7 years before quitting my job to come to Australia for a year of solo backpacking around the country.

After travelling Australia for a year and getting involved with a weird Aussie, I went back to the Netherlands for 2,5 more years before immigrating to Australia.

Then followed the whirlwind of life; travelled, worked, bought a property, Built and lived in a shack without electricity, built a shed, built a house, had 2 babies & moved to Townsville and married that weird Aussie guy; in that order.

After having kids my priorities shifted and I started studying massage therapy as massage had helped me a lot while I suffered a bad back in my prior office jobs.

After qualifying and moving to the beautiful suburb of Idalia in Townsville in 2013, I started my own business called Inspirit Massage (Inspirit: to encourage, to enliven and fill with spirit).

After going through the devastating Townsville floods of 2019 and seeing Covid enter the world in 2020, I added meditation to my skill set, as I felt something was missing. So many people were stressed and anxious, I realised that the mental aspects of life also play a huge part in our wellbeing.

In 2020 my business was renamed Inspirit Mind and Body to better encompass an holistic view of the business. From 2021 I also started offering retreats and workshops both for meditation and yoga. In 23/24 I added touch for Health Kinesiology; another tool which can identify and restore imbalances in the body; whether they are structural, psychological, emotional, or energetic.

At present I’m studying NLP (Neuro linguistic Programming) and coaching as there is always so much more to learn.

I am so grateful to have found another passion and I feel very blessed to be allowed to help you on your health and well-being journey, whether this is through massage, meditation, retreats or simply connecting! Love, Hanneke xxx

Qualifications

Remedial Massage Diploma
Manual Lymphatic Drainage
Deep Tissue Bodywork
Myofascial Release
Cupping
Oncology Massage
Dry Needling Intro + Advanced TFH Kinesiology

Guiding and Teaching Meditation Advanced Certificate including electives: anxiety and depression, trauma, grief and dying, women’s circles, journaling, chakras, meditation for children and parents.