Sebastian Bartu C.O.
Diploma in Osteopathy, Diploma in Psychology, Yoga Teacher Certification (ISO India), founder of NSR Academy, Switzerland.
Sebastian is a Swiss trained osteopath who has spent the last 15 years teaching neurological empowerment seminars and treating patients in chronic pain clinics in Europe, Asia and South America. In 2009 he founded the NSR-Academy (Neuro Somatic Reprogramming) and since then he has been passionately leading NSR seminars to coaches, consultants, health professionals, and therapists in over 25 countries.
My mother, Sandra Bartu is a renowned paediatrician osteopath and acupuncturist who established and directed the Swiss International College of Osteopathy and has been travelling the world teaching seminars with the world’s leading Osteopaths.
My father, Friedemann Bartu is a journalist and the author of several best selling books and thanks to his career we lived as a family for 10 years in Singapore, before spending 6 years in Paris and finally moving to Switzerland where I finished my high school.
Since my mother had a home praxis I grew up witnessing her success stories with her patients and was exposed to many different modalities of healing. At the age of 7, along with my siblings, we had chi gong and karate classes in our garden. That’s when I started to experience the healing power of conscious movement and conscious breath.
I got obsessed with Yoga
At the age of 18 I got obsessed with Yoga and spent 8 months in Rishikesh, India intensively studying Yoga & Meditation and living in a traditional ashram. Experiencing daily yoga and mediation for several months completely changed my perception of the human body and its potential to autoregulate and heal. Shortly after I became a certified Yoga teacher (at the Sivananda Vedanta Center) and have been teaching Yoga ever since. Fascinated by human health and behaviour I returned to Switzerland and completed my diploma in Clinical Psychology at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
I moved to Guatemala
At the age of 22 I took a gap year, and moved to Guatemala, where I learnt spanish, opened up a theatre school and shared with the local community my passion for theater: teaching kids and adults improvisation and stage presence skills.
In a tiny village by a lake surrounded by volcanoes (Panajachel) I discovered my passion for Go Gu Ryu Karate and spent a year intensely training 4 times a week.
My teacher, Kimo Senei, showed us traditional Okinawan karate techniques which focused on boosting the body’s strength, resilience and immune system through specific breathing techniques. Never before had I felt so powerful and peaceful at the same time.
I studied Thai Massage
Thirsty to learn more about healing I started a Thai Massage Course which my karate teacher also offered and ironically in the first class I got injured and subluxed my knee.
After several weeks of intense pain, walking with crutches, and not seeing any progress in my knee I took my local friend’s advice and travelled to see a famous traditional aztec healer. Using different pressure points this healer worked on my knee for 20 mins… although it was excruciatingly painful, I left the session with 90% less pain and not needing my crutches anymore. I was so amazed by this experience. That’s when I realised that I wanted to learn how to remove pain from the body and help people become healthy and pain free again.
I returned to Switzerland
So I returned to Switzerland and started studying traditional osteopathy in my mother’s Swiss International College of Osteopathy (SICO). During my 5 years of Osteopathic training I worked with my mother in her Osteopathic Paediatric Clinic in Zurich.
These were exciting and challenging times: it allowed me to acquire extensive clinical experience working with difficult cases from elderly patients to newborns and children with serious health conditions.
Following my passion for Capoeira I moved to Brazil.
In 2008, after 6 years of working in the Osteopathic clinic in Zurich my passion for Capoeira (a Brazilian martial art) made me move to Brazil for a year, Praia de Pipa. Alongside my intense capoeira training I started working in a Health Clinic offering Osteopathy to the local community and international patients. I was given the beautiful and demanding opportunity to do volunteer work in a social project where I offered treatments to children who were physically and mentally challenged. Working with these children with special needs gave me a deeper understanding of how the nervous system and brain can be stimulated to restore health function and well being.
In 2009 I worked in one of the Asia's Oldest Detox Centres in Koh Samui, Thailand
In 2009 I was invited to work in one of Asia's Oldest Detox Centers in Koh Samui, Thailand for 1 year, treating chronic pain patients from all over the world. I was accompanying patients through the most innovative detox & fasting methods and learning so much about how neurological pain is managed in the body. In this Detox Clinic I worked closely with internationally renowned health professionals and health specialists. From this experience I started getting invited to work in Health Clinics in different parts of the world.
Between 2009 - 2012 I travelled treating chronic pain patients in Health Clinics all over the world. This was an incredible experience and opportunity where I learnt so much about the human's potential for health and the human's potential for illness and pain.
That’s when I founded and patented the pain release method:
Neuro Somatic Reprogramming® :
The Bartu-NSR Method
By the end of 2012 I started certifying health professionals in the Bartu-NSR Method
in different clinics, institutes and colleges in different parts of the world.
I created different courses teaching specific protocols of how to reprogram the brain to remove old patterns of pain & tension in every part of the body. The certification includes teaching dynamic exercises such as the "Bartu-NSR Immune & Hormone Boosting Series", which improves the function of your lymph system, increases your immune defense, balances out your hormones, rejuvenates your cells, skin, muscles and produces a high concentration of happy healthy hormones in the shortest amount of time.
In 2014 I got passionate about dancing salsa and moved to Colombia, Cali for a year. As well as taking many private dancing classes I had the opportunity to work and teach in one of the most renowned clinics in the country: The Biological Medical Clinic, Cali and was offering Bartu-NSR Certifications to doctors and therapists from different clinics.
Sometimes my parents ask me:
Why do you keep travelling around so much?
Although it stings my ego and my pride to admit it, I have clearly followed in their footsteps. :) I grew up in Singapore seeing my father take the plane every 2-3 weeks to attend press conferences all over Asia. And I witnessed my mother treat chronically ill patients and give conferences internationally. My life journey is the confirmation that we are the result of our environment and our upbringing.
Today I realise that thanks to the intense injuries and acute pain I experienced in the past I was able to self experiment and discover healing techniques which has allowed me to help so many people become pain free and live a happier, more fulfilling life.
I believe it’s everybody’s birthright to have the knowledge and tools to be pain free and live the highest version of themselves. And that’s why since 2019 I have invested all my energy in creating online courses allowing me to help people all over the world become pain free and learn my method (without having to burn myself out travelling non stop).
Professional Background
Diploma in Osteopathy, Diploma in Psychology, Certified Yoga Teacher (ISO India), and founder of the NSR Academy, Switzerland.
Sebastian Bartu is a Swiss trained osteopath who has spent more than a decade teaching neurological empowerment seminars and treating patients in chronic pain clinics across Europe, Asia, and South America. In 2004 he founded the NSR Academy (Neuro Somatic Reprogramming) and has since led seminars for coaches, consultants, therapists, and health professionals in over 25 countries.
Osteopathy
Traditional Osteopathy training at the Swiss International College of Osteopathy (SICO).
Clinical Psychology
Diploma in Clinical Psychology from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Yoga & Meditation
Studied Yoga and Meditation in India for 8 months and became a certified yoga teacher.
Professional Journey
2004 – NSR Academy Founded
Sebastian founded the NSR Academy and began teaching seminars on nervous system training and neurological empowerment around the world.
Zurich Osteopathic Clinic
Worked for 6 years treating newborns and adults while gaining extensive clinical experience in pediatric osteopathy alongside his mother, Sandra Bartu.
Brazil Community Work
Worked in a health clinic in Praia de Pipa and helped create a daycare center for children with physical and mental challenges while providing neurological training methods.
Thailand Detox Clinics
Worked in one of Asia's leading detox centers treating chronic pain patients and developing neurological detox and nutrition protocols.
Global Clinical Practice
Between 2009 and 2012 he traveled extensively, treating chronic pain patients in over 35 cities across 25 countries.
Development of NSR Protocols
After experiencing his own health challenges, Sebastian developed the NSR Protocols, a simple method designed to release tension patterns in the body and restore neurological balance.
Colombia – Elite Athlete Work
Worked at the Biological Medical Clinic in Cali and helped prepare Colombian National Football players for the 2014 World Cup using customized NSR protocols.
Cirque du Soleil – Montreal
Taught and applied NSR protocols to professional dancers and performers, inspiring the creation of the NSR Certification for performers and artists.
Today
Sebastian continues teaching NSR seminars primarily in Europe while helping people around the world learn how to restore health, movement, and vitality.
