About BIOM

Kitty Bradshaw, O.M.M.; L.Ac.

Michael Kessler, BS; MBA; Black Belt

The Meaning of BIOM

Kitty Bradshaw
Herbalist, Acupuncturist, Health & Wellness Coach
Kitty is a licensed acupuncturist (L.Ac.) with an advanced clinical degree in Oriental Medicine (O.M.M.). Studying and working with Oriental Medicine since 1986, Kitty combines Traditional Oriental Medicine with Taoist healing methods to offer healing possibilities beyond the level of standard health care. Her deep understanding of Chinese medical herbs, combined with her intuitive abilities to diagnose and treat difficult problems, has helped many people regain and maintain their health. 

Kitty's holistic approach to healing combines acupuncture, acupressure, herbal medicine, diet and nutrition, Facial Rejuvenessence, and Chi Kung.

Experienced With Western Medicine
Kitty also has experience working with Western medicine. She maintains professional relationships with local medical doctors (MDs) from whom she receives ongoing referrals. Kitty attended nursing school, worked in several hospitals, and went on to co-found a well-woman's health center in the early 1970's. 

Helping People
Kitty spent 12 years as a leadership and management consultant, serving a wide variety of Fortune 500 companies. During this time of working with people in very demanding, high stress jobs, her focus included contributing to their health, and the health of the organizations they worked in. 

At the same time she was working as a business consultant, Kitty taught an ongoing Chi Kung class, where she worked with people individually to help them to regain and maintain their health.

BIOM is the result of Kitty's passion, and the high quality health care she provides is her commitment to you.

Michael Kessler
Executive and Personal Coach
Tai Chi, Aikido, Ba Gua & Chi Kung Instructor

Guided by his perspective that "your life is your career," Michael has gathered a wide range of personal, professional, and educational experiences over the past 25 years, which include: a BS degree in Economics, an MBA degree in International Business, a Black Belt degree in Aikido, and many years of experience practicing and teaching the Chinese meditative martial arts of Tai Chi Chuan and Pa Kua Chuan.

From the time he began working on Wall Street as an analyst, technical writer, instructional designer, and trainer, to the time spent working at companies like Microsoft and Boeing, Michael has relied on, and applied, his 25 years of experience in the meditative martial arts of Aikido, Tai Chi, and Pa Kua to meet the continual challenges of the corporate battlefield.

Executive and Personal Coach
Michael combines his workplace experience, martial arts wisdom, and basic street-savvy to work with you to strategize the best ways to achieve the personal and professional goals you want to reach along your way.

By integrating martial art principles like listening, blending, sticking, yielding, and pushing into the coaching process, Michael works with you to discover the inner resources used by warriors to calm themselves before, strengthen themselves during, and heal themselves after a battle: Skills that remain useful today—at home, at work, and on the Way.

Working With Young People
Michael has significant experience working with and coaching young people. Since 1977 he has coached, taught, and mentored young people, in settings that include: inner city and suburban public schools, community colleges, Fortune 500 companies, and classes teaching the meditative martial arts.

The Meaning of BIOM
BIOM provides a combination of experiences, and the name itself represents those experiences.

Relationships. One aspect of the name is based on the ecological idea of a "biome," a place where life is experienced as a combination of interdependent relationships. At BIOM, we work to create an ecology of body, mind, and spirit that promotes and supports your health and well-being—including the "biome of relationships you're part of: at work, at school, at home, and on your Way.

Oriental Medicine. We're located on Bainbridge Island, WA, so "BIOM" also refers to "Bainbridge Island Oriental Medicine."

Mindfulness. BIOM is also a "conscious place for health and well-being"; and a key aspect to being "conscious," is to be "mindful." Because the foundation of what we practice, facilitate, and teach at BIOM focuses on being mindful, BIOM also stands for the "Bainbridge Institute of Mindfulness." 

BIOM Get-Away Packages
Get away for a day—or a weekend—to enjoy health and well-being at BIOM on beautiful and relaxing Bainbridge Island. BIOM is a quiet, semi-secluded refuge from the hustle and bustle of hectic schedules—just a relaxing 35-minute ferry ride from downtown Seattle.

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Chi Kung at BIOM
Learn more about this ancient system of simple and gentle exercises that cultivate health and well-being.

Meditative Martial Arts at BIOM
Learn how to use Tai Chi Chuan, Aikido, Pa Kua Chuan, and Chi Kung to meet the challenges that meet you.

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