Min Thorne, CMT

I am Min Thorne.  I practice an intuitively guided blend of Tui Na, Reflexology and gentle Qi balancing Medical Qigong. My style can be applied in an active and energizing way or in a softer and more nurturing session depending on your needs. I was originally drawn to the Asian healing arts to counterbalance the long hours and short deadlines of a computer-based career. The deeply restorative effects of the massage and acupuncture I was receiving opened my mind to a new world of possibilities. I now can’t imagine life without it and enthusiastically seek to share its benefits with any-and-everyone I can.

In my free time I enjoy nature, connection, browsing, writing and Qigong - and being a personal massage therapist to two aging kitties.

My education

I completed my 150 hour and 850 hour Asian Bodywork programs at Berkeley’s Acupressure Institute in 2010 and 2013, including Tui Na, Acupressure, Reflexology, Shiatsu, Gua Sha, Cupping, Intuitive Bodywork, and some Craniosacral, Lomi Lomi and herbal medicine studies. 

In 2005 I learnt Reiki I & II, and began my Qigong and Tai Chi studies with Dr Liping Zhu, as well as studying Qigong with Matthew Blazon-Yee.