Tim Holt is a nationally certified massage therapist and California state approved instructor of massage therapy. His somatic education began with the Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco, where he became a certified Hatha Yoga instructor in 1980. Tim was originally certified as a massage therapist in 1987 through the Body Therapy Center in Palo Alto, California. He moved to Kobe, Japan in 1989 where he opened a successful private massage practice working with both local Japanese clients as well as foreigners living in Japan. He also studied Masunaga or Zen style Shiatsu with an instructor in Kyoto. Using Japan as a base , he explored Asia and it's healing systems. He has studied the traditional massage of Thailand with several respected teachers.
The Yoga training and background in traditional Asian massage had led Tim to develop a unique massage style. He has taken the traditional stretches and manipulations of eastern disciplines and blended them with western deep tissue massage techniques. He is an accomplished practitioner with many years of private practice and spa experience.
Tim is an accomplished instructor of massage therapy. He is an teacher at the Massage Therapy Institute in Davis and the Diamond Light School of Massage and Healing Arts in San Anselmo, Ca. He organizes private workshops in California and provides bodywork training for spas.
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Holt CMT, RTT. 