Michael J. Nixon-Livy is an internationally reknowned lecturer, teacher, author and health practitioner who was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1954.

He started his career in complementary medicine in 1974, undertaking comprehensive studies and practice in nutritional science, psychology, human relations and various bodywork therapies.

Prior to 1974 he qualified and worked as an electrical technician and then subsequently a professional artist, enabling him to finance his simultaneous career in natural medicine, which at that stage attracted comparatively little income.

He also spent some 5 years as a professional athlete. It was during this time that he had the opportunity to appreciate the importance and necessity of good bodywork techniques that were quick and effective.

Not long after finishing his career as an athlete he took up further studies in bodywork, psychology and nutrition, including Bowen Therapy, kinesiological and Ericksonian psychological studies.

He received additional Diplomas in Applied Physiology, Solution Focused Therapy and the Bowen Technique.

Realising the profound importance of the relationship between bodywork, nutrition and psychology he ran a very busy and successful clinical practice in Melbourne, Australia, up until 1995, specialising in structural problems, psychological difficulties and profound learning difficulties in children and adults.

In 1991 he commenced the process of choreographing much of the advanced work of the late Australian bodywork genius, Tom Bowen, into a practical, dynamic and teachable system. By 1995 he had completed this undertaking and the Neurostructural Integration Technique was born.

Today he spends much of his time travelling and teaching the Neurostructural Integration Technique to classes of professional health practitioners in various countries around the world.

Michael is dedicated to a mission of making available to the world forms of natural therapy that have the capacity to quickly and effectively relieve pain and to bring balance back into the lives of the many individuals who seek relief, while at the same time providing better education into the attainment of good health and longevity.