Zero Point Head Spa Private Training
Learn to create a complete head spa journey—and go beyond a sequence of techniques.
01 · OVERVIEW
A course built around you
With one-to-one attention, guidance responds to your experience, quality of touch and treatment flow. Together, we shape a complete head spa experience suited to your clients, your practice and your own way of caring.
FOUNDATION
Essentials online
FORMAT
One-to-one, or two booking together
DURATION
12 or 18 practical hours
LOCATION
Cairns or your salon
SUPPORT
30-day follow-upNO PREVIOUS HEAD SPA EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
BASIN-BASED PRACTICAL TRAINING
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
Non-accredited training
Who this training is for
For those who want to bring thoughtful, person-centred head spa care into their current or future work.
HAIRDRESSERS AND SALON PROFESSIONALS
Refining touch, pacing and client care
MASSAGE, BODYWORK, BEAUTY AND WELLNESS PRACTITIONERS
Introducing a basin-based head spa service
SALON OWNERS
Creating a private or low-volume head spa offering
ASPIRING HEAD SPA PRACTITIONERS
Preparing to make head spa part of their future work
02 · THE TRAINING
First the foundation.
Then the hands.
ESSENTIALS ONLINE FOUNDATION
1.
Essentials explores what lies beneath technique: the quality of presence from which touch begins. Drawing on Japanese perspectives, it considers how attention, respect, timing, space, responsibility and care shape the guest’s experience. Rather than presenting these as abstract philosophy or beliefs to adopt, Essentials translates them into practical choices you can bring into your own work.
WHAT YOU WILL EXPLORE
- Returning attention to the here and now—the starting point of Zero Point
- Being before Doing—how the practitioner’s state shapes the quality of touch
- Using space, silence, pacing, rhythm and transitions with intention
- Attentiveness, respect and responsibility in each encounter
- Creating the conditions for tension to settle, without trying to fix or control the person
- The complete client journey, from welcome and consultation to farewell
- Client comfort, consent, hygiene, contraindications and professional scope
Before practical training, you will complete Essentials online at your own pace and submit a short written reflection. This connects the learning to your own work, helps Keiko tailor the training, and preserves our time together for observation, practice, adjustment and direct feedback.
An illustrated A4 Essentials manual is included as a downloadable PDF.
2.
PRIVATE HANDS-ON TRAINING
Bring the foundation into practice.
Practical training brings the principles explored in Essentials into touch, movement, water and treatment flow. You will observe, practise and repeat each element with close guidance and direct feedback, then connect the individual elements into a complete and coherent client journey.
CORE · 2 DAYS
12 Practical Hours
The practitioner and the quality of touch
- Comfortable working posture and sustainable body mechanics
- Supporting the head, neck and body safely
- Pressure, rhythm, pace and continuity
- Observing and responding through the hands
Consultation and preparation
- Introducing the treatment and preparing the guest
- Client comfort, positioning, towels and cape
- Scalp preparation, cleansing application and scalp massage
- Creating a calm transition from chair to basin
Basin technique
- Positioning and supporting the guest at the basin
- Cleansing shampoo and massage shampoo
- Controlled rinsing and thoughtful use of water
- Conditioner, treatment, steam, cap and hot-towel techniques
- Working thoughtfully with different hair lengths and textures
The complete treatment journey
- Neck, head and shoulder massage
- Moving smoothly between each stage
- Maintaining rhythm, comfort and continuity
- Practising the complete 70-minute treatment with individual feedback
Private 1:1
$3,850
2 learners together
$3,300 per person
Training at your salon
Same course fee + travel and accommodation
GST included
EXTENDED · 3 DAYS
18 Practical Hours
EXTENDED BUILDS ON CORE
Everything in Core, plus a third day to develop, practise and refine an expanded 90-minute treatment.
THE THIRD DAY ADDS
- Scalp mask application and an extended treatment sequence
- Hand massage
- Facial muscle massage
- Décolletage massage
- Integrating the additional elements without losing flow or intention
Private 1:1
$5,500
2 learners together
$4,700 per person
Training at your salon
Same course fee + travel and accommodation
GST included
Included with Core & Extended
AN IN-DEPTH PDF MANUAL
Hair & Scalp Foundations is an illustrated digital manual designed to deepen your understanding, support thoughtful consultation and remain a useful reference as you develop your own head spa practice.
30-DAY FOLLOW UP SUPPORT
Both Core and Extended include 30 days of follow-up support. As you begin putting the learning into practice, you may submit questions by email on up to three occasions and receive guidance on the techniques, treatment flow and client comfort covered during training.
A TREATMENT - FLOW GUIDE
A visual reference to support your practice and help you shape the treatment for your own service menu, clients and setting.
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
Issued after the required online study, written reflection and practical training have been completed.
Optional Basin Foundation Session
3 Practical Hours
We can discuss before booking whether this additional session would be helpful for you. It covers:
- Workspace set-up, working posture, towels and cape
- Sprayer handling, water flow, temperature and thorough wetting
- Shampooing, rinsing and conditioning
- Practising the complete basin sequence
- Repeating the sequence with feedback and adjustment
Private 1:1
$660
2 learners together
$550 per person
GST included
- Training is based on six practical hours per day. For training at K’s in Cairns, the hours may be divided into shorter sessions by arrangement.
03 · THE PERSON SHARING THE WORK
Keiko 'K’ Murphy
Owner & Practitioner at K’s Japanese Head Spa
Born and raised in Tokyo, K has lived in Cairns since 1993. Before opening K’s, she spent many years connecting Cairns and Japan through publishing, media coordination, events, design, retail and tours.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, her long-held wish to share something meaningful from Japan in Australia became one of the reasons she created K’s Japanese Head Spa. Her own experience of receiving gentle touch to the head during a difficult period also shaped the direction of her work.
Her continuing practice and study of tea ceremony, Koshintō and iaidō deepen her understanding of Japanese aesthetics, presence and discipline.
Since opening in 2021, K’s has grown almost entirely through word of mouth. Without paid advertising, appointments are frequently booked well in advance and the salon maintains an ongoing cancellation waitlist.
Through the Academy, K shares this work privately—keeping the learning close, responsive and grounded in each practitioner’s own setting.
04 · FAQ
Questions before you begin
A deposit is required to secure your training dates, with the remaining balance payable in up to two instalments.
The full course fee must be paid before practical training begins. Your payment schedule will be confirmed in writing before booking.
No ongoing step-by-step video library is provided.
The details of touch, pressure, rhythm and positioning are taught in person, where they can be observed and adjusted directly. You may record selected demonstrations on your own device with prior permission for personal study.
An illustrated Essentials manual and written treatment flow are included.
For one-to-one training, a suitable model may be required for selected basin work and complete treatment practice. You are welcome to nominate a friend, and there is no additional fee for the model.
The model attends only during the agreed practice times and does not participate as a learner or observer. As this is supervised training, the treatment may be paused, repeated or adjusted.
Model requirements and timing will be confirmed before training. For two-learner bookings, participants will generally practise on one another, so an additional model is usually not required.
No equipment or product package is attached to the course.
When training at K’s, you will use the salon’s equipment and products during practical sessions. When training at your salon, we will review and work with your existing set-up.
Any equipment or products you choose to purchase for your own practice are additional to the course fee.
No. This is private professional education and is not a nationally recognised qualification.
A certificate of completion is provided after the required online and practical components have been completed. It records the training undertaken but does not replace professional licensing, insurance or local regulatory requirements.
05 · FLOW
What Happens Next
01
GET IN TOUCH
Complete the form and choose how you would like to begin. An enquiry does not commit you to booking.
02
SECURE YOUR DATES
Once your dates are agreed, a deposit of A$1,000 secures your booking. You will then receive access to Essentials.
03
PREPARE FOR TRAINING
The remaining balance is due 30 days before practical training. Complete Essentials and submit your written reflection at least 14 days before training.
04
TRAIN AND CONTINUE
Attend 12 or 18 hours of private practical training. On completion, you will receive your treatment-flow guide and Certificate of Completion, followed by 30 days of support.
06 · ENQUIRE
Begin In The Way That Feels Right