After a course of lessons, she found that she could return to the piano and play with greater ease and less of the discomfort that had hindered her in the past. Another surprising outcome was that the problems Helene had had with her knees also improved, and she was able to climb up and down stairs again with increasing ease.

With her mother an opera singer, her childhood home was always filled with music. As a gifted young musician herself, Helene studied with world-famous concert pianist, Jascha Spivakovsky and repeatedly won awards at Eisteddfod competitions.

After finishing high school, she studied languages and mathematics at La Trobe University, and went on to work in a variety of positions.

While raising her family, she worked in I.T. recruitment in Melbourne and then in the United States. Following her lifelong love of sewing, she built a successful retail shop, Stitch 56, where she sold fine dressmaking fabrics and high-end sewing tools.

Alongside her varied work life, Helene spent over 20 years leading the transformational programs of Landmark Worldwide, a global company that delivers transformational education for individuals, community and government bodies, and corporations.

Throughout her life, Helene kept up with her music, and finally, with her children all grown, she decided to audition for entry into a Bachelor of Music Degree. Unfortunately, she never made it to the audition because the debilitating pain in her hands and arms had returned with a vengeance.

Her doctor suggested that her symptoms were likely caused by repetitive strain injury, and offered a cortisone shot to treat it. However, Helene wanted to find a more natural remedy, and on an internet search, she discovered an article about how the Alexander Technique was helping musicians all around the world with their pain.