SCHOOL HISTORY
The School's co-founders, Maggie Sands and David Griffiths, had humble beginnings with a small group of enthusiastic students in 1985. During the School's growth we have aided and witnessed the evolution of Massage as a highly respected profession in Australia. These years of experience have allowed SIBT to develop and offer a reliable and sound skills-based professional training to a practitioner level.
The school founded the Sands Integration Therapy Method, Myofascial Release and Counselling accreditations within the Australian Traditional Medicine Society. The School has also created other speciality modalities which include Neurolymphatic Massage, Detox Massage and Treating with Ear Candles.
Due to growth and demand the School relocated into its current home at Charmhaven in early 2000 and the Lake Spa Wellness Centre was born. The purposefully designed building houses the School's training rooms, student clinics, administration offices and the Lake Spa team of professional natural medicine practitioners. Students love to learn in the wonderful ambience of the building. Lake Spa Wellness Centre expanded into its 2nd campus in 2008 at Warners Bay.
In January 2006 the School was affected by a large fire. During 2006 the School moved offsite to several external premises but continued to function at the high standard it always has. The School building had to be rebuild and the School was relocated back to it’s original home in March 2007.
The School has had enormous success in exporting Massage education internationally and has successfully run various massage trainings in countries including Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia and Hong Kong. SIBT now has spanned three decades and has trained thousands of successful massage practitioners. This lengthy ongoing experience has allowed SIBT to become a leader within the world massage training market .Many organisations copy what we do, we are proud to share our knowledge and give back in a variety of ways. We look forward to welcoming you to SIBT and or to LakeSpa Wellness Centre as a student or a client. We are proud and have a great team of teachers, supervisors and practitioners who all love what they do.
