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 ... studied Masunaga or Zen style Shiatsu with an instructor in Kyoto. Using Japan as a base , he explored Asia +and it's healing systems.