Meet our HQ Team
Experience Spinal Energetics at the source
Our Richmond headquarters isn't just a clinic—it's where Spinal Energetics was created and where its evolution continues. In this bright, welcoming space, you can experience the modality in its purest form through private sessions, professional trainings, or by joining our community events.
Discover the profound transformation that only Spinal Energetics provides, delivered at the very source of this revolutionary approach..
Meet our HQ Practitioners
Mish Bourke
Master Practitioner & Teaching Team Level One & Level Two
Mish believes healing is most powerful when it is trauma-informed, heart-led, and embodied. Blending Spinal Energetics with Reiki, breathwork, meditation, mindfulness, and women’s circles, she supports people navigating burnout, trauma, addiction, and disconnection.
Her work gently combines nervous system regulation, energetic release, and intuitive care to help clients reconnect with self-love, emotional freedom, and deeper intimacy with themselves. Mish is here to help people fall in love with their lives again.
Jesse Akkerman
Master Practitioner & Teaching Team Level One & Level Two
Jesse supports others in reconnecting with their body and breath through a grounded, nervous system-aware approach.
Blending Spinal Energetics with Himalayan breathwork and yoga-based somatics, he helps clients move through stress, emotional stagnation, and life transitions.
His sessions foster clarity, presence, and inner alignment, supporting people in reconnecting to their innate power, purpose, and the wisdom of the body in everyday life.
Pat Chirico
Master Practitioner & Teaching Team Level One & Level Two
Pat brings a grounded, trauma-informed approach to his work as a Master Practitioner and teaching team member.
Integrating Spinal Energetics, breathwork, and meditation, he supports clients in reconnecting with their body’s innate wisdom.
Known for his calm presence and integrity, Pat works with people navigating stress, overwhelm, and disconnection, creating a space where emotional release, nervous system regulation, and authentic self-awareness can naturally unfold.
Tanya Elise
Senior Practitioner Level One &
Level Two
Tanya creates spaces for people to arrive exactly as they are, without needing the right words or clarity around what they’re experiencing.
Drawing on Spinal Energetics, Reiki, breathwork, and a trauma-informed approach, she supports people navigating stress, emotional overwhelm, and life transitions, helping them reconnect with the wisdom of their body and feel more at home within themselves.
Tanya combines intuitive care with practical integration tools, supporting clients in exploring and embodying what unfolds long after they leave the room.
Tim Pollock
Senior Practitioner Level One &
Level Two
Tim bridges exercise science and energetic healing, bringing both academic knowledge and intuitive awareness to his work as a Spinal Energetics practitioner.
With a Bachelor of Exercise Science from ACU Melbourne, he combines anatomy, physiology, and holistic healing to support clients navigating chronic pain, trauma, anxiety, athletic performance, or disconnection from the body.
Tim’s compassionate approach creates a safe space for nervous system regulation, energetic balance.
Kristina Misha
Senior Practitioner Level One & Level Two
Kristina empowers clients to step into their true power, live authentically, and move beyond trauma into their highest selves.
Rooted in deep transformational work, she supports those recovering from narcissistic or emotionally abusive relationships, especially people-pleasers reclaiming their voice and self-worth.
Through Spinal Energetics, Alpha Alignment, and Somatic Alignment, she helps clear emotional imprints, regulate the nervous system, and restore flow.