Brendan R. Van Valkenburgh is a Nationally Certified Licensed Massage Therapist.

Born in Seattle and raised in the San Juan Islands, he has spent much of his life traveling, cooking, playing music, building homes and creating a home for his daughter. He graduated from the therapeutic massage therapy program at Career Academy in Anchorage with National and Alpha Beta Kappa Honors. He is now attending a certification program from two of the world's leading researcher/practitioners in Myofascial Trigger Point Pain and Dysfunction in Chicago.

Brendan celebrates and studies a diet of raw, organic food and instructs in basic raw food classes at Avante. He enjoys life in fatherhood, art, music and outdoor recreation. Brendan looks forward to seeing all at Avante in the coming months.