The utterly unique experience of working with Matthew has permeated every part of my life. The changes for the better are profound, long lasting and beyond anything that I could have imagined.

April 2015

I had suffered from a phobia of flying for 15years of my adult life but in the middle of a recent 10 hour flight having done a four and a half hour flight the day before I was reminded of just what an impact that Matthew Meinck has had on my life. Because after 15 years my phobias had taken over my life until I started to work with Matthew to heal my traumas.

During that flight not only did I realise that I was enjoying the experience but I had also learnt to care for my health and every other aspect of my life in order to make that journey possible.

The utterly unique experience of working with Matthew has permeated every part of my life. The changes for the better are profound, long lasting and beyond anything that I could have imagined.

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There is nothing that I felt through that process that Matthew (Meinck) didn’t feel along with me

What is it like to live a life of fear? To feel you have to try to control everything and everyone in your life.

The emotional psychological physical and sexual abuse I suffered as a child led me try to (in a child’s way you try) to control my world. Trying not to step on cracks in the ground or holding my breath in between them was the first thing I recognised as the start of the control. My world was completely out of control my father's rage would flare up at any moment give whatever he believed at the time to be a just reason and as a child I thought I was the reason.

As an adult I lived my life still holding my breath and it wasn't until this week I have realised to what extent that was happening. 

I have only been able to realise this because it is finally breaking down.

To be able to live my life free of this is something I don’t feel words could ever do justice to.

And when I say free I mean in every sense of the word. A freedom from fear a freedom from self-disgust a freedom from feeling as survivors of sexual abuse do that I had to pay a price a penance because after all it was all my fault right. 

In this harsh and violent world I found a way to heal, someone to guide me someone brave enough to take that ride with me. There is nothing that I felt through that process that Matthew (Meinck) didn’t feel along with me he laid his health on the line simply because he could see the need I had and that he could heal that need. The things I have read in the media contrary to this disgust me and the only thing that really concerns me in life now is that the utterly unique way that Matthew (Meinck) has of encouraging healing in a person will continue to be miss represented and will be lost to the people who need it most. 

He has nurtured my health and now I am in position to nurture his and that is what I intend to do.

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If you are willing to put the work in and face your pain, I'd recommend Matthew (Meinck) any time, to any one. So, thank you Matthew for helping me.

8th Jan 2013

I write this letter in support of Matthew Meinck. Matthew’s approach to healing is unique, unlike any other I have experienced.

I first sought his help for chronic back pain a year ago. 12 years prior I had been diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis, a debilitating and long-term condition that involves chronic inflammation of the joints between the spinal bones, and the joints between the spine and pelvis. For the last three years I was prescribed on a daily bases anti-inflammatories and fortnightly injections of TNF-blocking medications, none of which seemed to have much effect. Prior to taking the prescription drugs I had sought continually the help of doctors, physio-therapists, chiropractors, naturopaths, an osteopath and anybody and anything else I could think of – all to no avail. Life was painful.

When I first met Matthew, he gave me a massage, linking different tensions in my body to certain experiences I had had in my life. The extraordinary thing about this was, he was correct. Matthew suggested that by releasing the tension in the body, the physical/emotional pain would eventually heal itself. Matthew then encouraged me to discontinue with the prescription medication and instead to seek the help of his friend, a natural therapist. I have now made significant changes to my diet, attended several meditation retreats and continue to see Matthew for support. His approach is unique in that he encourages you to face your pain, to feel whatever it is inside. He has a rare ability to help draw out the pain, helping to release the tension in the muscles and cells, allowing the body to heal itself naturally, without any medical intervention whatsoever. 

The meditation retreats are silent retreats. Here you learn to take on the responsibility of healing yourself. Matthew suggests that the source of all human confusion and unhappiness is a displaced sense of ourselves, that the mind is seen as an entity separate from the human body. Most of the day is spent in silent meditation, feeling whatever it feels to be oneself. This in turn allows for gradual re-integration of body and mind. As a newcomer to this approach, I can’t say it was easy. It was challenging and sometimes outright confronting, feeling the continuous pain that was me, especially as in the past I had done everything in my power to avoid the pain. However, the healing effects of the meditation were enormous. It would be an exaggeration to say that I am now healed, but 12 months on, I am able to live life without drugs and am physically/mentally active. If you are willing to put the work in and face your pain, I'd recommend Matthew any time, to any one. So, thank you Matthew for helping me. 

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Mr Meinck offers a unique approach that actually works.

13th December 2011

“I first went to see Mr Meinck when I was physically very sick and suicidal. In addition, I had extremely low self esteem, suffered from many phobias, had severe body-image issues, severe depression and could not work. My state affected every single aspect of my life. All the little actions that make up a normal day were a nightmare for me. I had consulted many traditional doctors who recommended anti-depressants and other medications, however I did not want to take those options - I wanted to heal the problem, not mask it with drugs. I also consulted several psychologists but none were effective in helping me to resolve the problems that I had. 

After beginning consultations with Mr Meinck 6 years ago, I began to see changes in my health, my attitude towards life, my fears and my acceptance of myself. I stopped all medications within 2 months of beginning consultations and have not needed any since. I now work full-time, am completely free of phobias and have very healthy self esteem. So much has changed that I can’t put words to - all I can say is that I wouldn’t give up one single day of my life now; I want to experience every moment, and that couldn’t be more different to how I felt 6 years ago.

Mr Meinck offers a unique approach that actually works. I have no doubt whatsoever that I would have suicided by now if I had not received the help and support that I got from him. No one else that I went to for help was able to make any difference to the state I was in, and very few were interested in helping me beyond prescribing medication.

He is the most ethical, responsible and genuine practitioner that I have been to."

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Much of my personal healing can be attributed to the skill and dedication of Mr Meinck, who has helped me through a period of healing debilitating trauma

18/12/11

"I have worked in the natural therapies industry for 18 years, and have had many years of experience with the processes of healing, both in myself, and in other people. Much of my personal healing can be attributed to the skill and dedication of Mr Meinck, who has helped me through a period of healing debilitating trauma.

Over the past 15 years I have referred dozens of people to Mr Meinck, for his experience and ability in helping people to heal. His approach by far exceeds the expertise of any other therapist that I’ve known. Before Mr Meinck’s expertise, I hadn’t experienced an approach to healing, so effective, or so powerful. Mr Meinck’s method of a simple, direct approach to facing pain and trauma, no matter how challenging, has been extremely beneficial. 

When in the healing and supportive environment provided by Mr Meinck, I have seen and experienced on many occasions, how people can completely heal, when they are committed to their process.

A man with the most unique healing qualities I have ever seen."

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With diligence and consideration for others, he (Matthew Meinck) persevered with helping others when they asked

30 December 2011

"I first met Matthew Meinck when I was 19. I noticed when I met him how much he questioned what was not ethical. With diligence and consideration for others, he persevered with helping others when they asked. He maintained his individuality, integrity and code of conduct. I met him again as his friend and client when I was 38.

I am now 45. Today he is still the same as I have described him here as written both above and below in this letter of recommendation for him. Matthew is an admirable, thorough, hard working professional Health Practitioner and a good friend. I have seen a variety of many practitioners internationally and some of the best in the different fields of Health Care and Medicine. I used his professional service after struggling to fit into society. Since then and with the greatest results, I enabled myself through his facilitating to take control of myself. I continue today to encompass that into community living, work and service. This all came about after discovering on my own through Matthew’s health care, that my physical and emotional aches and pains was from numerous years of shock, suffering, and trauma. I consider myself now very fortunate to be in optimum health and healed from that. I am grateful for his services of massage, meditation retreats and counselling. This is how I can offer the best to myself and those around me, within the communities that I live and work in.

I express appreciation and feel fortunate for the unique services Matthew offers. His services have given me results that others from a variety of modules and apparently experienced and accredited Practicing Health Care Professionals were not able to deliver. Matthew’s Health Practice works with the whole person in a safe, nurturing and supportive environment. I have no complaints what so ever as his client and as a friend.

I offer every support towards Matthew and his life’s work in the community, and the wonderful professional service he offers. He is a professional Health Care Practitioner that knows what he is doing. I highly recommend Matthew Meinck as a very much needed true Health Care Professional."

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Matthew Meinck - Helping me live not just exist

Testimonial May 2010

"In 1997 my partner of 11 years passed away from cancer, then three months later one of my sisters passed away from cancer as well. I was in a real mess, but trying to keep myself together, I kept working and shifted in with two sisters.

I was also coping with a chronic illness of which I was diagnosed with endometriosis when I was about 27 years old, but I feel I’ve had this condition right from the start of menstruating, but progressively got worse as the years went by.

I met my partner when I was 24 years old, it was an abusive relationship, but I convinced myself it wasn’t. My health got worse and worse, I became more withdrawn, more so than I was before I met him.

The pain, bleeding and vomiting at period time became so severe I was admitted to hospital for an operation. I was also told I had developed fibroids in my uterus.

I was so stressed trying to recoup from the operation and the demand to go back to work, as I was the main income earner, I kept working for another year, but emotionally and with this chronic condition I just couldn’t go on anymore. Gave up work for six months, saw a GP who said I was suffering from anxiety attacks, severe stress and depression.

He put me on anti-depressants which I took for a couple of weeks, but they seemed to make me feel numb and at the same time out of control. I stopped taking them. I felt no support or care from my partner, he was even more distant than ever.

Him not working put an enormous strain on our finances, so I went back to work. A year later he was diagnosed with cancer and passed away at the end of 1997, my sister died 3 months later.

About 7-8months later I saw an advert in the Nova newspaper for a retreat in the Perth Hills. I had never done one before, had not met Matthew, I just booked to go for 8 days. I felt like I needed to go somewhere quiet to give myself a break. 

From that first retreat, there was one thing Matthew had said that really stuck with me. He said give 100% to the meditation process and not to believe everything he said but to question everything for ourselves.

It was a very simple act of sitting still and feeling all the senses of the body being in contact with exactly how I was actually feeling. This for me was extremely challenging, as the pain in certain areas of my body became unbearable but over the period of the retreat the pain shifted and changed. Matthew helped me stay with what was coming up for me. I was so scared to go back to my life. It had a profound affect on me, soon after I shifted into a place on my own, where I had not lived on my own before. That was a big step and I felt good about it. As I have done retreats over the past 10 years, I’ve started to face up to how scared I was, the turmoil and confusion, but also a quiet sense of myself I so desperately needed.

The whole process of retreats and the nourishing delicious food Kate served, has helped me pay more attention to what I was putting into my body and still do. The massages I received from Matthew have been beneficial in correcting a twisted pelvis, lower back pain and moving through a multitude of emotional blocks.

About 4-5 years ago I began to have memories of sexual abuse from the time I was about 3 years old. They started surfacing while sitting on retreat. Some were very clear visually, some sketchy but with strong distressing feelings and sensations in my body. The abuse has carried through into adulthood. The way I felt about myself, the physical symptoms I had, thoughts of wanting to give up and die. I felt like a big chunk of me was locked away and buried.

I mean this in all sincerity, that if it wasn’t for Matthew’s help and going on retreats I might not have made it through. I’m not only facing up to what has been done to me as a child and adult, but also to the behaviours in me that are still hurting myself and others as well.

Matthew is a unique individual, whose approach is real, direct and with a depth of clarity and understanding I have not encountered before!

Thank you Matthew for helping me live not just exist. You have had a profound impact on my life. Thanks for everything!"

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Matthew Meinck Deserves to be Recognised

18/01/2012

“This is a letter of support for Matthew Meinck.
Matthew Meinck deserves to be recognised for the remarkable work he does.

I have been a client of Matthew Meinck for several years. Receiving from him massage and counseling and have attended many meditation retreats run by him.

I have had truly amazing results through working with him, in areas of my life where conventional therapies have failed.

I sought his services for the clinical depression that I had suffered from for approximately 13 years. My depression had resulted in years of medication, recurring unemployment and failed/interrupted studies. It was completely debilitating for much of my life.

After my very first session with Matthew depression was no longer an issue for me. His understanding of my condition was absolutely unique, and has allowed me to finally heal my life. He has been untiringly supportive of me throughout my healing process. He has also helped me get to a stage where I am able to really care for myself, so I am not dependent on therapy with him or anyone else.” 

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