Meet Randy Lind, CMT
I’ve been a massage therapist in private practice for over 30 years, and for more than 25 of those, I’ve focused on advanced manual therapy and medical massage—helping people move out of pain and back into fuller, more comfortable movement.
My relationship with touch began early. At 17, I found myself instinctively working with people, animals, even plants—drawn to how presence, expressed through embodied gentle touch, seemed to shift other beings and myself in positive ways. That early curiosity matured into a lifelong practice grounded in clinical training, orthopedic assessment, and deep respect for the body’s intelligence.
A Life in Practice
Over the years, my work has taken place in many settings—sports therapy clinics, chiropractic offices, conference centers, and world-class spas. Over time, I came to see that the setting mattered less than the thread running through the work—listening closely, responding thoughtfully with presence, and letting the body guide the process.
For more than 15 years, I taught massage and orthopedic assessment in Bay Area schools, guiding students through anatomy, technique, and perceptive touch. I’ve also led volunteer efforts, including serving as massage team leader for the AIDS Lifecycle for several years and organizing a community-based manual therapy clinic in Berkeley focused on teaching and mentoring, as well as providing accessible care.
Training & Lineage
My work has been shaped by extensive training with a range of influential teachers over more than three decades of practice.
I completed my initial massage training in 1996 in Virginia, where I began practicing Swedish-style massage. I later moved to Oakland, California, and spent a year in private study with Art Riggs, deepening my foundation in deep tissue massage and myofascial work.
I developed the core of my clinical approach through advanced training with Tom Hendrickson, D.C., between 2001 and 2007 at the Hendrickson Method Institute. This included completing the Institute’s two-year manual therapy program, followed by two additional years of direct mentorship. In 2006 and 2007, I also served as an instructor at the Institute, teaching manual therapy alongside Dr. Hendrickson.
Training in the Hendrickson Method significantly shaped my palpation skills and how I work with the body, with further refinement through my study of NeuroKinetic Therapy, which sharpened my clinical reasoning and assessment-based approach. Both continue to profoundly inform how I work with clients today.
I remain a lifelong student of human anatomy and movement, continually refining how I listen to and engage with the body—both in my clinical work and in my own ongoing practice.
In Clients’ Words
“I’ve been seeing Randy for several different issues—some recent and some decades old. He is incredibly intuitive and knowledgeable, often understanding where the pain is coming from even before I do, and when additional support is needed, his referrals are thoughtful and well-integrated with his work.”
— Google Review
Blog Bio:
Randy Lind is a manual therapist and educator with nearly 30 years of clinical experience. His work blends advanced orthopedic manual therapy with deep respect for the body’s innate somatic intelligence.
A breathwork practitioner and retreat facilitator, Randy is a longtime student of the human body and its capacity for transformation and change. His curiosity extends beyond the treatment room into meditation, Earth connections, and both ordinary and expanded states of consciousness—as pathways for healing the individual and the wider community.