Rates indicated on this website are per session, not per hour. VMLD sessions are scheduled for up to 50 minutes. On average, they take around 45 minutes, depending on your state of health and how quickly your body assimilate and process the changes made during the session. 

The length of the session is not indicative of the quality or complexity of the session as your body decides exactly what it needs and can handle. In this way, you are sure to receive the care that is most appropriate for you.

All rates and prices on this website are in Australian dollars and include all taxes. There are no discounts available for session rates at this stage.

ONLINE BOOKING SYSTEM: Pre-payment is required at the time of booking to secure your appointment. Pay with a credit or debit card via the secure Square Payment Gateway: AMEX, Visa, MasterCard, Apple Pay and Google Pay.

NOTE: You will be given the option to store your card for future purchases: You are not required to tick this box in order to make a purchase.

PHONE, EMAIL or SMS BOOKINGS: You will receive an invoice via email. Payment must be received at least 24 hours before the scheduled appointment time unless paying in person at the session.

• Pay online with a credit or debit card via the secure Square Payment Gateway for Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, Apple Pay, and Google Pay.

• Pay over the phone with credit or debit Visa, MasterCard or AMEX.

• Bank Transfer (EFT) to Altitude Therapeutics.
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• Pay in person at your session: Cash, EFTPOS, Visa, MasterCard AMEX credit or debit cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay. Only for sessions at the clinic, not for distance sessions.

In fairness to all clients, please provide a minimum of 24-hour notice for cancellations or when rescheduling is required. Without exceptions, late cancellations with less than 24-hour notice will be charged 50% of the full session rate.

Consent required

In wholeheartedness to help, many people book BodyTalk sessions for loved ones without their permission. For all BodyTalk sessions booked by a third party, Sahan will request verbal permission from the client at the time of the session.

BodyTalk sessions aim to bring every individual to a place of balance in their life. This balance is unique and individual to them. Not everyone feels that their life is out of balance or that they need repairing. From their unique perspective, they may be coping, or they may not want to make any drastic changes in their life right now.

Talking someone into receiving any form of therapy may prove to be challenging for you, and unpleasant for them. Instead, allow the person to observe the positive changes in your own life from BodyTalk and other similar therapies. That may be the inspiration they need to make an empowered decision in the future.

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You will need to change out of your clothes for the session. Much of your body will be covered with a sheet and towels, except for the parts that need to be worked on. You have the option to wear thin underwear or a bra, and you will still be draped with a sheet and towels; however, most clients find the clinic setting safe and nurturing to fully enjoy VMLD without any undergarments.

The practitioner will leave the room, allowing you privacy to undress completely. You will then lie down on the treatment table and cover your body from your feet to the top of your chest with the bedsheet provided. Once you are ready, the practitioner will return to the room and drape your upper chest with towels and move down the bedsheet to your hips to tuck you correctly.

You are offered a safe environment to feel amply comfortable to expose enough skin for the lymphatic drainage technique and be confident enough to relax while the work is done.

During the session, the bedsheet and the towels are moved to work on key areas of the lymphatic system: the abdomen, upper legs on either side of the groin, neck, shoulders and clavicle, and along the breast bone. Both men and women will have their chest/breasts and groin covered at all times with towels; however, men often ask to be bare-chested. For the breast and upper-body lymph drainage technique, it is necessary to have a clear path of exposed skin along the midline of the chest. Each breast will be draped with a small wash towel with space in between the breasts to allow room for the technique. The client will use their hands to hold down each towel during the technique.

Likewise, when working on the upper legs on either side of the groin, just enough skin will be exposed on each leg at a time.

The BodyTalk® System does not prescribe a set number of sessions for an individual. At the end of the session, your body will be consulted and asked when, ideally, the next session should be. It is entirely up to you if and when you would like another session. It’s common for clients to visit once every 2 to 3 months for general maintenance, or more frequently if they are in the process of addressing a chronic disease or condition.

The question of what the contraindications are when dealing with lymphatic drainage often arises. Since we are encouraging body fluids to circulate, many wonder if we can distribute such things as cancer cells from one area of the body to another area and thereby promote the spread of cancer: Which is how conservative Western medicine views the situation.

Cancer
From the viewpoint of BodyTalk, cancer is not necessarily a contraindication for VMLD. On the contrary, draining the interstitial fluid containing stagnant chemicals and hormones helps the healthy cells in the area in their attempt to stay healthy.

Healthy cells and tissues rely on a good flow of fluids around them to bring vital ingredients to stay alive. They also need a good flow of fluids to remove waste products like acetic acid and carbon dioxide — which if not removed promptly, will cause the cells to malfunction and eventually mutate or die.

The stagnant flow of interstitial fluids and lymph can contribute to the development of cancerous cells and their continued proliferation. Improving this flow allows the remaining healthy cells to stay healthy, and bring in the relevant components of the immune system to help combat the cancerous cells.

IMPORTANT: If your medical doctor has said that you should not receive any physical lymphatic drainage or massage-type techniques, then that must be honoured. If lymphatic work comes up as part of a regular BodyTalk Session, the techniques will only be performed energetically over the body, without contacting the body directly.

Pregnancy
Pregnancy is not a contraindication.

During Menstrual Flow
The only contraindication for VMLD is during heavy menstrual flow. Although most VMLD techniques are safe to perform during this time, deep abdominal drainage has a risk of increasing the flow even more. A lighter technique can be done over the abdomen, which tends to help reduce the associated pain, or the entire procedure can be done energetically over the body, without direct contact.