The origins of health are found within

We aim to maintain this view through our approach to health care and its' provision to the individual and the greater community.

ABOUT THE FOUNDER

Tom Eckersley started Ki Health - Enlightened Solutions in 2002. He has over 10 years experience in the health and fitness industry; with qualifications as a workplace trainer & assessor, shiatsu therapist, remedial massage therapist and personal trainer.

His clients have included the Great Victorian Bike Ride, Around the Bay in a Day, Anaconda Adventure Race, Manpower Professional, The Foxtel Lap, Vue De Monde, and Xavier College.

He has a versatile and holistic approach to health and well being, complemented by his personal experience in athletics, cross-country running, cycling, rock climbing and swimming - allowing him to draw on these areas when dealing with the individual client and their specific health and fitness goals. 

He promotes an active lifestyle approach for his clients - empowering the individual and their ability to improve and create a healthy approach to their everyday life with exercise and proper nutrition.

This approach led him to develop Ki Health into an on-site health and fitness consultancy that provides high quality care for the public in the workplace, home, and events - making health and fitness accessible to more people, more often.

WHAT IS KI?

Ki is viewed as the essence of all matter and energy, and represents the continuous motion and change between these two states. Energy is constantly being manifested into the physical, tangible world, and matter is constantly being transformed back into energy. The point between these two is where we find Ki - as part of the infinite spectrum of all energy and matter, where light and dark, solid and immaterial things meet.

Ki is synonymous with the Chinese equivalent 'Qi' (pronounced 'Chee') and the understanding of these energies that exist in ourselves, our immediate environment, and the world at large govern a substantial amount of traditional (and modern) Asian lifestyles. Feng Shui utilises these natural laws for tasks such as the arrangement of rooms, houses, and cities to encourage the continual flow of the energies of the earth and the universe.

Any disruption to the flow of energy within the body or the larger environment can affect it negatively, and create disharmony and act as a precursor to disease. An example is the way that stress can affect the mind and body; a seemingly subtle level of stress maintained over time can manifest far worse problems. Stressed states stimulate the sympathetic nervous system and adrenal hormones (cortisol, adrenaline, noradrenaline) which inhibit the immune system in a 'fight or flight' response. If this process carries on for an extended period of time, the immune compromised person is more susceptible to infections and internal disorders. This can culminate in chronic tiredness, loss of appetite, or complete physical exhaustion.

The laws of nature incorporate our selves and all other things, with any disruption to the interaction of these 'parts' affecting the whole, both individually and collectively. This forms the basis of the Eastern view of health and the maintenance of it, incorporating all aspects of oneself into everyday life - spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical. All parts are integral to the function of the whole, and none is greater than the other. Hence naturalism and holism form the basis for much traditional medicine and health practices.