ABOUT

Michelle, wearing glasses, smiling.

Michelle Racich

(She/her) is a board certified Asian Bodywork Therapist (NCCAOM)*; and certified practitioner member of the AOBTA® with over 40+ years experience training and teaching Ki (Qi) cultivation through qigong, martial arts, meditation, zazen and tea practices.

Michelle maintains Heart of Zen, a private Zen shiatsu clinical practice in Suttons Bay, MI.

Michelle has been featured on the Anxiety Slayer podcast: The Way of Tea for Your Health ; in MysticMag, and in Voyage Michigan.

Balanced Heart is a cooperative offering from Tamara Graf (Balance for Self Healing) and Michelle Racich (Heart of Zen) who together have over 60 years of intensive qi cultivation training. Steeped in ancient Asian practices, philosophies and traditions and as Masters of their disciplines, Graf and Racich will share the guiding principles and practices of Asian medicines, the world’s oldest, literate, continually practiced healthcare system.

*The National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (www.nccaom.org) offers exam-based certification for Asian bodywork therapists (Dipl. ABT). The American Organization for Bodywork Therapies of Asia® (www.aobta.org) recognizes certified practitioners of Asian bodywork therapy (AOBTA®-CP) based on educational standards.