Robin Woodsford

Robin Woodsford was born in Auckland in 1949 and grew up in Christchurch. After spending almost three years at Christchurch Teachers College training to be an art teacher, he left three months before graduating and took up a job as a youth worker. From 1971 to 1977 he worked with the Young Christian Workers movement, helped set up Youthline, trained as a youth counsellor and became involved in local and national community politics. Robin continued on this path with ongoing training as a counsellor/therapist focusing mainly on family therapy, gestalt and psychodrama. He also trained as a mediator and worked for the Community Mediation Service. In 1987 Robin was introduced to Breathwork and following a 12-month training programme, he went to the USA to complete a year-long leadership programme in Breathwork and family therapy. He followed this up with becoming a trainer for Breathwork for the Loving Relationships Training group and worked all over Europe facilitating Breathwork and Relationships seminars. In 1995 Robin returned to New Zealand and set up Tussock Hill Vineyard, built a passive solar house, trained as a Family Constellation facilitator and ran a general practice as a therapist specialising in Breathwork. In 2020 he and his wife, Julie, moved to Redwood Valley near Nelson. Robin's current passions include writing, seeing clients and helping find solutions to New Zealand's housing crisis with radical factory pack quality portable modular housing. Robin is deeply connected to his children and grandchildren and retains his lifelong care and concern for the world we live in. His dream with this book is to start a global conversation about how we can all play a part in building a truly sustainable planet, and in particular, what Baby Boomers can do to complete the work many started when they were young and passionate about positive change to make a better world.