Bio

Josh is a rare native-Austinite - born and raised in the heart of Texas. He rowed, cycled and triathlon'ed his way through an undergraduate in Kinesology from UT-Austin and massage training at the Lauterstein-Conway School of Massage. It was at the latter where he found the practical application of the Anatomy and Movement education he felt an inner-drive to pursue. Feeling the need to expand his life experience outside of Texas, Josh moved to New York in 2007 where he began apprenticing as a building developer. Through a grueling and successful 7-story rebuild on Chambers Street in Tribeca, the dream quickly faded as the 2008 financial crash hit hard. Turning back to his enjoyment as a Personal Trainer and Massage Therapist, Josh began a private practice the West Village. Obtaining his New York state license at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, he next set his sight on obtaining a Doctorate in Physical Therapy. Before getting accepted to SUNY Downstate Medical School, Josh attended Rolfer and Author Tom Myer's Structural Integration (SI) school in Walpole ME, and began practicing the SI 12-series concurrently as he started his DPT program. Disillusioned with the poor state of medical education and the ever burdensome and convoluted insurance model, Josh left SUNY Downstate after his first year and moved to sunny Perth Australia. Over the next 3 years, he grew his private practice into 2 locations and worked with both Gonstead- and Kinesiology-based chiropractors, attended the Knoff Yoga RYT-200 Teacher Training Program (a demanding Iyengar-based yoga style) and studied Holistic Lifestyle Coaching with Paul Chek of the the CHEK Institute in San Diego. Living, working and studying on the other side of the globe for 3 years was one of his greatest adventures, but home was calling and in 2015 Josh moved back to America and for the next 5 years practiced in Boston. In March of 2020, Josh moved back to Central Texas to be closer to his family and opened up Lifetime Massage in the heart of downtown Austin.