As a 25+ years ‘young’ female who worked for many years as a very fit pole dancer – and therefore being accustomed to the ‘male graze’ – I was more than reluctant to work with a male therapist to work with me on my low back issues. Physiotherapists did nothing, except billing me an awful amount of my monthly earnings. Doctors couldn’t help. I never experienced great and lasting results with massage therapists. Eventually, a friend who had worked with Mondi suggested to see him, and now I am so, so grateful for being introduced to him.
After working with him for four months I am not ashamed to say that he’s become my go-to guy whenever I feel that’s something not quite right with my body. He helped me with painful shoulders, hips, and low back, and actually helped me breathe again. As a safe pair of hands and a totally mature and even keeled male, I feel totally safe whenever he works with me. There hasn’t been a single moment where I doubted his intentions, or his practices. He is a breath of fresh air, I always feel ‘held’, protected, and respected on his table, and I am so glad I found him!
Highly recommend Mondi’s work. Yay to a safe, experienced, and very professional male bodywork therapist.
 

Suffering from sexual abuse during my later teens, followed up by a series of toxic, narcissistic relationships with badly chosen male partners, I eventually found myself very lost and disoriented in my early 30 years. Visits to my GP just added another prescription for medications that were to ease my anxieties and depressive tendencies. Now, close to being 37, and realising I want to finally become truly myself, I decided to book a session with Mondi. Honestly, it’s probably the best thing I’ve done in my whole entire life.
First, considering my history, I was very, very hesitant to work with a male therapist. Males were not to be trusted, period. But I persisted, trusted, read his testimonials, and finally booked a session. Even that first session was amazing. I cannot remember being so comfortable around a male ever, and I really, honestly mean that. We talked seriously, and we even had a few laughs. After my intake consultation I just knew I wanted to go and have my first proper session with him.
OMG! Just to be safely vulnerable with anyone, especially a male in my case. Now, four sessions later, Advaya feels like home to me. It’s where I come to meet ‘me’. I so honestly love every visit to that space, and just to be able to be me, safely and without any prejudice. The space is calming and beautiful, and the garden around it is so, so soothing.
There’s no way I simply could not write this review. I am in total awe, and in total love with Mondi’s work. This is what will get me back on track, I know for sure. Thank you Mondi for being a Solid Male, one I can trust and believe in. I am so totally grateful to you. Thank you for your honesty, directness, ‘no bullshit’ attitude, and for just being just solidly there for me always. I am really, really beyond grateful to you. If I could give you 12 stars for what you’ve meant to me, I would give them to you without blinking.

A friend recommended Mondi a couple of months ago as someone that could help me overcome my emotional disconnect with my body. Because I live outside the Kapiti Coast I was first a little hesitant to see him but I had heard so many good things about his practice I decided to book myself in for an initial session. I have now worked with Mondi five times and I cannot believe how things have changed for me already.
Because I was abused in my younger years I was at first not comfortable with seeing a male therapist. However, Mondi made me feel comfortable and safe straight away, although it still took me three sessions before I was able to fully relax. The last two sessions have been groundbreaking for me, realising that I can relax and that when I do I can feel myself again. I know I still have some miles to go but I have made a beginning with a therapist I admire, trust, and have faith in. I am sure that with Mondi I can make the life changes I need to make and want to make.
Mondi has been an extraordinary find for me. He’s a bodywork therapist unlike any other. His knowledge of the human body is phenomenal, and his understanding of spirituality is deep and expansive. This is not just medical care. It truly is whole person care.
Thank you for working with me Mondi. It is an absolute pleasure for me to write this review for you. You totally deserve it!

I am incredibly grateful for having found Mondi. His validation and understanding for all that you are and have been through is rare to find in a practitioner.
This acknowledgment is put into practice with utmost professionalism and care. His bodywork and healing skills releasing trauma and pain. I’m a year into recovery from severe spinal injuries, and I was at a sticking point in my journey where I was too frightened to try anything new for fear of further pain or injury. I’ve had 3 appointments with Mondi and his treatment has had instant results, it’s given me back hope and confidence for the future. I know recovery is not linear, but I do know with Mondi’s guidance I will get there.
Thank you, thank you, thank you

Utterly life-changing work. Working with Mondi has been one of the most healing and transformative things I have done in my life.
Before I started this work, I had been stuck in fight-or-flight/survival mode for many years. I had barely slept for the previous 8 months (felt like 2-3 hours a night), and was taking antidepressants, anti-psychotics, and benzodiazepines to stabilize my state. Probably in part due to autism spectrum, I have a very sensitive nervous system. After a month or two of working with Mondi, I was feeling much calmer and safer in myself. My posture had completely transformed, my breathing was much deeper, and I was off all of the medications. I would still go into panic at times, but this was getting less and less intense. Fast forward another 3 months, I’m feeling the calmest and happiest I’ve ever been in my life – absolutely flourishing.
Mondi has an incredibly kind and generous nature, and I felt held with deep respect and care at all times. His deep knowledge of the nervous system and body is profound – on a whole different level from anything else I have encountered. Forever grateful for this work, and your help Mondi. Has been incredibly healing and transformative.

Forget that this is called Bodywork. This is all-of-you work. For anyone who struggles to give their healing journey meaning, direction, and purpose – like for me a few months ago – Advaya Healing is your go-to. This is therapy that folds all of you into one – spiritually, emotionally, mentally, energetically, and physically. Whatever Mondi does touches every part of you, and he always does that respectfully, expertly, and with total appreciation of who you really are. Over the last couple of months he helped me unfurl myself into a much better person. He stood by me when I needed support most, and never made me question his safety or intentions. He listens. He doesn’t bamboozle you with vague concepts or medical jargon. He speaks your language, values your presence, and always recognises your uniqueness. I am eternally grateful to you Mondi. Everything seems to have changed for me since we started to work together. For the better!

For years I have felt disconnected from my body. I have attended numerous grounding, breath work, mindfulness, spiritual awareness, and Goddess workshops over the last ten years and nothing, nothing came as close as what I have experienced under Mondi’s hands. After five sessions I felt like I had been on a five-year long journey through my own sometimes troubled history. Today, my physical me is real and has become the place where I live, and want to live.
Working with Mondi has truly been an extraordinary series of experiences. I hope to continue to walk that road for some time to come… Thank you Mondi!

If you are looking for a therapist who’s actually professional, ethical, and effective, look no further than Mondi at Advaya Healing. Here is someone who personable, approachable, humble, and who makes time to understand who you are. The differences I feel in my body and mind are absolutely not imaginary. They are real. Even my yoga teacher and physiotherapist noticed the changes that came from working with Mondi. Results seem to last, which is what’s most amazing about his work.
Trust me, this is true bodywork. You will find out for yourself when you start working with Mondi.

I have received more than ten treatments from Mondi, and all of them were mysteriously amazing. I really thought I knew my body well, until I started to work with him. How I am living in my own skin, quite literally, has changed forever. Mondi’s treatments are completely real. There is no hocus-pocus, and no invisible and far-fetched supernatural forces at play. My body falls literally and noticeably in place during treatments, and with that my mind. He always worked slowly, carefully, and precisely with me so that I could keep up with the physical and emotional changes that occurred. Truly, this is bodywork at next levels. As much as he always explains what he is doing, each treatment will always be beautifully mysterious to me.
It is super special to receive his work!

For fifteen years I have suffered from severe anxiety attacks and looked everywhere for support to overcome this. A few months ago I visited Mondi at Advaya Healing to see if bodywork could help me. Now, there is no looking back for me. Not only is he a fantastically skilled manual therapist but he also understands who I am as a whole person. My anxiety is all but gone now. Since recently I am now managing without the medicines my doctor prescribed, which I have never been able to do for ten years!
I am so totally thankful to what Mondi has done for me. It has changed my life completely.

Experiencing lower back pain for 5 years was the reason that I booked a session in with Advaya Healing. I’d been getting various treatments via osteopaths, chiropractors, massage therapists and Bowen therapists. While they helped relieve the pain immediately, it would always resurface a few weeks later. I have been seeing Mondi for about 4 months now and have had amazing results with the fascia release treatments. I’ve been pain free in my lower back/hips for about 2 months now – and in the shoulders and neck too!
Mondi has profound knowledge of the human body – physically and emotionally. His treatment plans are explained in detail and are well organised each week, the room is warm and clean, and most importantly he is very professional and respectful when performing the body work.

I first went to see Mondi for an issue on my TMJ, blocked jaw and neck pain. After trying other avenues, I found the practices used at Advaya working like magic and incredibly helpful to solve those issues. I have had a few fascia release treatments since, targeting the whole body and working from the feet up, and I deeply enjoyed all of them.
Mondi’s ability to listen to the client’s needs, together with his remarkable intuitive skills, allows him to quickly identify the points on the body that need more attention. His expertise and profound knowledge of the human body is immediately evident once he starts explaining the healing process he will approach. His healing work is not only targeted at the physical level, but as a holistic practitioner he also supports the emotional body with mastery.

True, after many many years of working with healers I really thought that medical science would never meet energy and even spiritual healing. It took no less than four Advaya visits for me to figure out that I was wrong. Mondi really is one of a very rare breed of healers that can actually explain how energy healing and medical science overlap. He’s happy to talk hard-core anatomy and physiology with you, in as much as he can expertly explain how Traditional Thai and Chinese medicine ‘works’. Whenever I visit Mondi, which is at least once monthly, I look forward not only to the treatment – which is always amazing – but also to listening to his explanations of what they were about.
As for being effective? If you are a healer yourself, like I am, it absolutely pays to see Mondi at least once. He helps you get back in your body and to get energetically and anatomically balanced again. He really is the real deal. No ego. No trumping. He’s just who he is – a safe, trustworthy, and extraordinary experienced and knowledgeable therapist.

Before I met Mondi, I didn’t even know about fascia or that it exists. I’ve been to so many different specialists with back and neck pain. No-one was able to help me until someone referred me to Mondi. He is very respectful and really listens to you. He made me feel comfortable from the get-go and explains everything so well, while doing the sessions.
I always look forward to my sessions as it is so relaxing and pain free. No more back or neck pain and I feel fantastic.

I have experienced huge changes in my body pain levels after having 3 sessions Raymond is an expert in his field highly recommend..

Mondi has to be one of the most personable and professional healers that I’ve ever met. He is extremely respectful and has an intuitive understanding of his clients and their needs. He listens and explains everything clearly so you ‘get it’. When Raymond is working ‘with’ you, it is done with respect and care and it is very easy to trust him. He has a huge depth and breadth of knowledge and has an incredible understanding of the workings of the human body. He is gentle, precise, methodical and extremely accurate. After every session, I can feel the benefits of his work; subtle, strong, emotional but all creating a lasting change.

Prior to visiting Advaya Healing I have had many deep tissue massages to relive tension in my neck back legs and ankles and have visited physio as have had an ongoing back issue for the past 2 and a half years. Raymond’s caring and passionate nature about his work makes you feel welcome. Upon his intake assessment he takes the time to get to know who he is working with and explains his history and how he got to where he is today. I have had many appointments with Raymond and I can say the results are incredible, he has pinpointed the issues with my back and started releasing the muscles that are causing the constant pull on my back. Raymond’s knowledge of the human body is astounding. The qualifications he has built and worldwide knowledge he has acquired over the year’s you would find it hard to find someone else more knowledgeable in his field in our country.

The healing received, both physical and emotional, has been a very humbling experience for me. Mondi’s intuitive technique always guides him to the area of my body that needs work, and he always allows some time post-release for integration of the experience which is something I really value. I always feel respected and safe in his hands. Both my chiropractor and yoga practice have seen a significant improvement, and my emotional health has started to reach balance. Thank you Mondi for offering this deep level of bodywork!

I have worked with Mondi for a few months now, and I am intending to keep my visits regular. It is hard to describe his work in ways that do it justice but anything and everything he does results always in real physical and emotional change. Each bodywork treatment leads me on journeys that are marked by true physical reactions. He believes that the only thing that matters is how I respond to the treatments and how I describe the sensations and reactions that often follow for days afterwards. Unlike the way many other therapists seem to work, he will never condition you to believe in one outcome or another. He always works without ego, an over-inflated personality, and the know-it-all authority you get with so many other therapists. I have loved each of my Advaya Healing visits and always look forward to my next one. More importantly, I really feel better than I have for years. Amazing work and an amazing practitioner!

After years of getting many different treatments for various ailments only to get temporary relief from them I feel so grateful to have come across Mondi at Advaya healing. Mondi goes the extra mile to make sure you feel safe & comfortable, his dedication to his work really shows, he is extremely intuitive and knows exactly what you need at the time, not to mention the best massage ever! If you have anything physical or emotional that you feel you need help with I highly recommend Advaya healing!

I have had multiple sessions with Mondi so far, and am in awe of his mahi / work – which is so gentle and yet completely transformative! His knowledge, understanding and articulation of the human body and its mechanisms is fantastic and inspiring. I feel safe, seen and heard, and for me this is golden. I highly recommend this amazing healer and am thoroughly grateful to have had him recommended to me!