Ian grew up on the West Coast of Scotland before moving to London to train and work as a psychiatric nurse. He came to Australia on a working visa in 1999, working and travelling around this amazing country. He eventually made the decision to stay in Perth, Western Australia. 

 

Ian retrained in Traditional Chinese Medicine and started his private practice with his wife Michelle. Ian was drawn to Chinese Medicine due to its wholistic nature and its willingness to look at all aspects of being human, both physical and spiritual. He has been working in private practice for nearly twenty years and is a registered member of the Australia Health Practitioner Registration Agency (AHPRA), and of AACMA, the Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association.

 

Ian has been training with Dr Arnaud Versluys, PHD, MD, LAC, of the Institute of Classics in East Asian Medicine for the last 4 years. 

 

During his ten-year career as a psychiatric nurse, Ian gained experience working in the following fields: forensic, adult, child and adolescent, drug and alcohol, and in remote community psychiatric nursing/aboriginal communities.

 

Ian is a qualified teacher in the Mantak Chia Daoist meditation system. Training under Professor Andrew Jan, Adjunct Professor School of Medicine University of Notre Dame, Senior Instructor, UHT Senior alchemy instructor and Director of Martial Arts division.

 

Ian has also recently completed levels one and two of the Rites of Passage Leadership Training with Dr Arne Rubenstein.

1. The Rite of Passage Framework

2. Transformational Facilitation

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Ian has particular interests in emotional, gut and musculoskeletal health, men's health, pain management, the immune system, stress, migraines, and birth preparation.

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Ian currently splits his time between East Meets West and his Integrative Intuitive Coaching business, The Braveheart Institute.

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Ian is at the clinic on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.