About Anders

Anders Totten, LMT, ATSI, is a practicing bodyworker in the Madison, WI area since 2015

In Wisconsin, our licensure states that we are Massage or Bodywork Therapists. I use the title “Massage Therapist,” primarily for name recognition, as I do not technically massage, nor provide full-body relaxation massage. My more accurate title would be a structural bodyworker, specializing in Structural Integration and Therapeutic Bodywork. Anders Totten is my given name, but many people call me Ders.

When I got crunched

My journey healing began with a wrist injury. In the evening following a defeated game of mercy, I noticed a peculiar, sharp, and electric pain in the top of my wrist. I brushed it off, though when it did not subside, I sought help from my physician. X-Ray Imaging showed nothing and because I had no health insurance at the time, further imaging was simply not viable. The plan was to wait-and-see with Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation (R.I.C.E.).

For months, I felt no relief from R.I.C.E., and after eventually becoming insured, further experiences with doctors, specialists, physical therapists and the like, proved no benefit. As an active drummer in a wrist-intensive career as an ice cream scooper, to say the entire ordeal was dismaying would be an understatement.

It took about three years after the initial injury until I decided to take “matters into my own hands,” if you’ll excuse the pun. After Googling “acupressure points for wrist pain,” Google’s algorithms at the time pointed me to a website entitled acupressureschool.com, which happened to be the homepage of a massage therapy and eastern bodywork school a mere 20 minutes away.

At this point, I was so desperate for any inkling as to resolve my predicament, that the inherent risks associated with enrolling in massage therapy school with an injured hand seemed to evade me. I was engrossed by the drive to do anything I possibly could to understand my pain. This, combined with the need for a more promising career path and a dedication in service of others, was the propulsion into my new life.

Credentials

State of Wisconsin Massage/Bodywork Therapy Licensed (LMT) since 2015, license number 13337 – 146

Certified Anatomy Trains Structural Integrator (ATSI), June 2022

Certified Advanced Practitioner of Structural Integration, August 2025

Education

East-West Healing Arts Institute, under Dr. Xiping Zhou, 800-hours, Madison WI, Group 30-31/2013-2014

Anatomy Trains Structural Integration Certification, under Thomas Myers, 640.5 hours, Walpole ME, September 2021-June 2022

Anatomy Trains Structural Integration Advanced Practitioner, under Thomas Myers, 112 hours, Walpole ME, as of August 2025

Anatomy Trains Fascial Dissection with Tom Myers and Todd Garcia, 40 hours, Boulder CO, April 2023

Anatomy Trains ZOGA Face Integration 1 with Wojtek Cackowski, San Diego CA, July 2023

Manual Neurovascular Release for Structural Integration Part 1 with Kieran Schumaker, June 2023

Anatomy Trains in Motion, Slings Essentials, and Slings in Motion 1 with Karin Gurtner, August 2023

Member: Fascia Research Society

Attended: 6th and 7th International Fascia Research Congresses

John F Barnes’ Myofascial Release Seminars: MFR 1, Cervical-Thoracic, Unwinding and Rebounding under John F Barnes, PT, 2016-2017