Dale has had a deep love for Osteopathy from the moment he was introduced to it over 20 years ago.  Like many people, Dale didn’t know what Osteopathy entailed until he received a treatment!  This encounter proved to be a light bulb moment and a real game changer for Dale, igniting a passion in him that has burned bright ever since.  

Dale’s post graduate study has expanded over 17 years, and has focused on what is called Biodynamic Osteopathy, a specific approach to Osteopathy in the cranial field.  This softer approach to manual medicine has shown Dale what is possible when the practitioner is neutral in their approach to disease, and free to “listen” with their hands to the indwelling therapeutic healing forces in the patient.  This approach aims to work with the innate healing process already present and its living dynamic intention, something that is truly unerringly accurate in its constant and reliable movement towards health.  

Dale practices Osteopathy in accordance with more traditional Osteopathic principles.  To him, these principles are both simple and profound, and must be seen as living principles that are already present, and always in motion, in order to be understood.  Osteopathy, like many things, is both science and art.  It is a teaching framework that can only take form in a practitioner through an authentic lived expression.  We must get inside these living principles, test them out by living through them.  Only then can we truly discover whether they have any truth or intrinsic value.  In many ways, Osteopathy is simple, and provides its own self-proving ground directly through its outcomes.  

Dale loves the opportunity to treat whatever walks in the door, without any bias or preference.  He always feels a tremendous privilege to be a part of the treatment exchange and the healing process.  A focus on family health has seen this privilege extend to the treatment of all ages, and in particular the treatment of infants and children.  

Dale has a deep love and reverence for nature, and lives in relative solitude, deep in the Otway forest, along the great ocean road.  Dale spends almost all his spare time outside in nature, in and around the ocean and forest where he lives and where he loves.  He is very much a keen gardener, and enjoys the peace that emanates from working with flowers, plants, and trees.    

Dale and his wife Jackie have planted a huge garden and an extensive food forest on their property.  They are keen followers of biodynamic and permaculture gardening principles, and as such they also love to keep bees and chickens.  Together they run a guest house in the Otways called Long Tide retreat.  They share their home with 2 beautiful dogs.  Phoenix and Monty are chocolate Labrador retrievers, and they bring incredible joy wherever they roam.  Often they come into the clinic, as “helpers” who bring so much healing with their presence.

Dale has had many personal experiences with the healing process, both directly and indirectly, and sees Osteopathy as a very unique and potent doorway towards health.   To be entering into the healing journey with another being is something that needs to be acknowledged as very sacred.  Healing is always a continual journey, that truly needs to be honoured with our fullest attention, and an awareness of the importance of both the intention and the tempo that is given by the innate therapeutic forces in each of us.  

Healing can truly take everything we have available in terms of our own personal attention, our energy, and our available resources.  To heal and find the place whereby we are able to re-establish a balance with health and life itself, requires a commitment and a skill that engages both patient and practitioner in a relationship that is galvanised in responsibility, care, humility, and respect.  Dale does his best in his attempt to truly be there with everyone he sees, and to show up completely is always the key to allowing such relationships to naturally form.    

In summary, Dale loves his fellow human travellers, and he loves to be of service to them.  He continues to be both motivated and inspired to participate as a positive influence in the health and wellbeing of whomever he encounters.  That is his commitment to himself, and to you.