A Practice Of Peace

Massage For Your Mind

This unconventional, man-to-man practice of peace asks nothing to be fixed or believed—only to be experienced.

No goals, no instructions, no judgements. Nothing will be chanted. Nothing will be worn. It is neither therapy nor religion, self-improvement nor coaching.

Conventional practices, from therapy to coaching set goals and evaluate success.

They ask: “How am I doing?” or “Am I getting better?”

A Practice of Peace rejects that framework entirely. Here nothing but calm and peacefulness will be achieved.

It begins, as all understanding does, by slowing down enough to meet what is already here.

A Gentle Invitation

Join Geoffrey on Sundays at his discreet and tranquil Blue Mountains home.

Relax, unwind and spend a set period of restful, unhurried time—in your natural state—free from distractions, free to explore, to talk or to be quiet.

Together, we remove all symbols and layers of role or status: clothing, phone, watch.

By shedding the “visual weight” of clothes and accessories, we can shift focus and be in touch with a less inhibited and quieter sense of self.

  1. Discover that time, when left alone, lengthens.
  2. Confront the impulse to fill emptiness with activity.
  3. Recognise that the absence of noise is not a deficit but a form of completeness.

One may, of course, practise this alone at home; yet most do not, or forget or allow the world to intrude. A structure—as this is—simply ensures one begins.

Terms of Engagement

Peace, like any rare state, benefits from a little ceremony to be properly appreciated.

The first visit carries a deliberately generous fee of $750, payable in advance.

It marks your intention — a way of saying, I am here, and I mean it. After that, any return visits within the following twelve months are free.

This isn’t a discount, nor a reward.

It’s a simple recognition that once the door has been opened, there’s no need to keep paying for entry. You’ve already crossed the threshold.

Time itself isn’t measured

Geoffrey sets aside the hours between 10am and 4pm any Sunday but there are no clocks in the room, no countdown, and no rush to depart.

Some visits may last two hours; others may stretch across the afternoon. Presence, not duration, defines the experience.

The fee is neither for service rendered nor time spent, but for beginning — for the courage to pause, to step outside the constant exchange of doing and deserving.

To charge by the hour would suggest that calm can be bought by the minute, when in truth, it has no market rate.

About your host

A Practice of Peace is conducted by Geoffrey, a 60-year-old teacher of relaxation and male-to-male massage and intimacy. He has spent decades exploring the disciplines of attention, silence and the social cost of noise.

Geoffrey has worked with men of many temperaments, most of whom arrive overextended and leave somewhat less so.

Geoffrey makes no claims of expertise beyond experience and offer no doctrine beyond the usefulness of stillness. There are no levels, no certificates and no promise of transformation. Nor rules, instructions and nothing for you to prove.

By removing all the usual trappings of self-improvement

the Practice of Peace reveals that the most profound and intimate connection is not achieved, but simply uncovered in the relaxing calm of shared peacefulness.

Geoffrey’s preference, as always, is for quiet work done well and without fuss.

The most valuable and intimate work is often done away from the demanding gaze of the outside world.