About BodyTalk
BodyTalk is a state-of-the-art Energy system which helps to promote balance, healing and health in the body, mind and spirit. It works with the body to give it what it needs to improve communication and synchronicity within the BodyMind complex to take the body to a place of balance where it can heal itself.
Stress causes the body many problems, eventually communication lines in the body break down and the body is unable to heal itself, leading to symptoms and disease. In BodyTalk we ask the patient’s body what communication lines need to be re-established and then through tapping, the head and the heart complex, we enable communication to be restored. The body is then able to open the needed lines of communication and operate as nature intended. This enables effective response to injury and illness.
BodyTalk has been taught to practitioners in 33 countries since it started in 1995. It is taught, researched and overseen by the international body based in Florida; the IBA (International BodyTalk Association).
The Founder:
Dr. John Veltheim is the founder of the International BodyTalk Association. He is a chiropractor, traditional acupuncturist, philosopher, and teacher.
Born in Australia, John was a martial arts instructor for 10 years and has a long history of involvement in human potential studies. He has served as a board member for the Chiropractic, Naturopathic and Acupuncture professions in Australia. John wrote the curriculum and served as the Principal of the Brisbane College of Acupuncture and Natural Therapies for five years and was Chairman of the Federation of Australian Acupuncture Colleges.
His extensive post graduate studies have included applied kinesiology, bio-energetic psychology, osteopathy, sports medicine, counseling, comparative philosophy and theology. John developed the Mindscape system as a tool to enhance the functioning of the mind. He also developed a system of lymphatic drainage and rehabilitative acupuncture. John has written nine books on Acupuncture, Reiki, and BodyTalk and has specialized in incorporating dynamical systems theory into the medical model and energy medicine.
John and his wife Esther (who developed the Breakthrough system and has written six books on philosophy and psychology) have been lecturing internationally for nearly 20 years teaching Mindscape, Breakthrough, Reiki, Advaita philosophy, BodyTalk and life sciences.
They currently live in Sarasota, Florida.
BodyTalk can benefit everyone!
But here a couple of case studies to show some examples of where BodyTalk has helped people:
“A 53-year-old woman with anxiety and chronic insomnia had been told to just live with her symptoms by several well-known sleep clinics, which were incapable of helping her. After one BodyTalk session, however, she had total relief from both symptoms and considered it a miracle”
“A dental hygienist had suffered from chronic work-related upper back and right shoulder pain for 12 years and already had spent thousands of dollars on chiropractic treatment, physiotherapy and massage, without significant, long-lasting relief. After her second BodyTalk session, the client was “astounded” that all her pain had disappeared.”
A BodyTalk session is booked for an hour, and BodyTalk is lovely to receive…. “That is the most relaxed I have felt in 2 years!” Lena, 36
Eloise talks in some detail about what BodyTalk is, and how it works.


