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Honoring the legacy. Evolving the vision. Staying true to the essence of this work.

HOLISTIC HEALING WITH A BODYTALK PRACTITIONER

The Path of Healing Isn’t Linear

BEN MANALO

HONORING A HEALING LEGACY

For over two decades, I’ve been immersed in the world of consciousness-based healthcare — learning directly from BodyTalk founder, Dr. John Veltheim, and carrying that torch forward with integrity, humility, and deep gratitude for the practice.

I’m an  Advanced Senior Instructor, the only instructor of PaRama (the most advanced level of BodyTalk), and currently the only person in the world teaching both BodyTalk and BreakThrough — the two systems that form the foundation of the International BodyTalk Association.

My clinical and teaching experience spans decades and continents. It’s been shaped by ongoing study, respect for the lineage, and a commitment to evolving the vision from a place of lived experience of the work.

THE PRIMACY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

FROM POTENTIAL TO POSSIBLE TO PROBABLE TO ACTUAL

Healing begins with awareness.

The BodyTalk system integrates the discoveries of modern medicine, quantum physics, and epigenetics  with the timeless wisdom from Advaita Vedanta and Taoist principles. Its foundation is the philosophical Truth of non-duality: the understanding that body and mind, seen and unseen, inner and outer are not separate. They are Not-Two.

The bodymind expresses an innate wisdom — a self-healing impulse that knows exactly what needs to shift, realign, harmonize and be remembered. The focus of this work is not to impose, but to listen.

Both BodyTalk and BreakThrough are used to help bring clarity, objectivity and context to  the stories, patterns, and stressors that contribute to imbalance — physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. The result is not just profound relief, but empowerment and revelation.

This is not about fixing what’s broken.
It’s about uncovering what’s true.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

  • CONSCIOUSNESS AS PRIMARY

    All healing begins in awareness

  • INQUIRY OVER ASSUMPTION

    Let curiosity lead

  • WU WEI: EFFORTLESS ACTION

    Health happens when we get out of the way

  • PRESENCE, NOT PRESSURE

    Be gentle with yourself

  • HONOR THE WHOLE

    Nothing to fix, only to be revealed

Healthcare As A Pathway

BEN’S JOURNEY

“One of the top PaRama (BodyTalk) practitioners in the world is Ben Manalo.”

— Dr. John Veltheim, Founder of the BodyTalk System

It started with a flyer. A name I didn’t know. A workshop I’d never heard of.
And a nudge I couldn’t resist.

In 2001, I was teaching massage therapy and searching for another tool for my toolbox - for what felt like the missing link. I came across a public talk by Dr. John Veltheim. I didn’t know who he was, or what BodyTalk was, but something about it resonated. The workshop fell on my birthday weekend — and I signed up, having never received a session, just trusting my instincts. The first day was my birthday. The last day was September 11th.

The synchronicity was undeniable. And I knew BodyTalk was going to be a significant part of my life for the foreseeable future.

My early sessions confirmed it:
— A client’s ovarian cyst disappeared after a single session.
— Another, living with HIV/AIDS, saw his lymphoma resolve, viral load drop by thousands, and T-cell count become detectable again after just four sessions.

That’s when I knew I’d found something extraordinary.

Since then, I’ve taught and practiced BodyTalk around the world. My background includes a BA in English education, service in the U.S. Peace Corps teaching ESL in Kenya, and years practicing and teaching clinical massage therapy.I was raised in a family of healthcare professionals — my father was an MD and my mother an RN. BodyTalk showed me how to truly listen to it. Healing, teaching and service have always been the thread.

What began as a search for another tool for my toolbox led to the realization that BodyTalk isn’t actually a tool. BodyTalk is the toolbox itself.

CREDENTIALS & RECOGNITION

  • Advanced Senior BodyTalk Instructor

  • BreakThrough Instructor since 2011

  • BodyTalk Instructor since 2005

  • The only instructor in the world teaching PaRama - the most advanced level of BodyTalk

  • The only instructor in the world teaching both BodyTalk & BreakThrough

  • Recognized by Dr. John Veltheim as one of the top PaRama practitioners globally

  • Practitioner  since 2001

“The reality we can put into words is never reality itself.”

— WERNER HEISENBERG, NOBEL LAUREATE, FATHER OF QUANTUM MECHANICS