Energy Medicine Healer & Instructor
Brendan Thorson, MS, CMT is a Vital Energy Medicine healer, coach, and instructor with over 24 years of experience in energy medicine, qigong, Reiki, tai-chi and meditation. He trains future expert Vital Energy Medicine healers and teachers, and he also specializes in working with chronic illness, and everyone from youth to seniors, athletes to sedentary and everyone in between. Brendan is a published energy medicine author, who holds a Master’s in Acupuncture and Traditional Oriental Medicine from Pacific College of Health & Sciences, New York, and is a graduate of Brenneke School of Massage.
Brendan’s healing journey began early—at 15, he suffered from chronic knee tendonitis, and by his early 20s, he endured persistent pain in his knees, back, shoulders, and elbows. After years of unsuccessful physical therapy, he explored weight training, meditation, yoga, tai chi, qigong, massage therapy, and acupuncture, but it still did not restore his health.
In 1999, still seeking to reclaim his vitality, he began learning (energy medicine) an energic style of qigong, from a Chinese energy master. He began integrating energy medicine into his massage sessions and in 2001 he started teaching energy medicine classes and doing energy healing sessions. Through his many years of training, teaching and doing energy healing sessions he learned how to harness his internal energy to restore and balance his health and how to help his students and clients restore their vitality.
In 2009 Brendan started the Noble School of Qigong in Seattle, WA. In 2017 he moved from Seattle, WA to the NYC area. While in NYC he taught qigong, did energy healing, and got his master’s degree in acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine. In 2021, Brendan temporarily changed the name of his business to Genesis Qigong before Americanizing the name to Vital Energy Medicine. He returned to the Seattle area in 2023, establishing his healing office in Kirkland, WA.
His Vital Energy Medicine training—a fusion of energy exercises inspired by the heavens—helps students deeply connect with the earth, the heavens, themselves, and their innate healing potential.
Seeking Research Opportunities For Chronic Illnesses:
Brendan has witnessed firsthand how Vital Energy Medicine can restore the health and vitality of people with many chronic illnesses and is seeking opportunities to conduct research to further demonstrate its effectiveness. Chronic illness remains a major gap in Western medicine, which often struggles to provide lasting solutions beyond symptom management—while also carrying the risk of significant pharmaceutical side effects. With nearly 50% of American adults living with a chronic illness and around 25% managing more than one, there is an urgent need for holistic approaches like Vital Energy Medicine to help people reclaim their health and well-being.