About Me

Marian Wolfe Dixon, MA, LMT (OR #3902) is a licensed massage therapist, nationally certified Continuing Education Provider (NCTMB #769) and hypnotherapist with master's degrees in psychology and health education.  Marian has been working professionally as a massage therapist (since 1992), hypnotherapist (since 1993), and health educator (since 1977).  She is the author of Body Mechanics and Self Care Manual, Bodylessons, and Myofascial Massage. (For more information about her books, go to www.amazon.com and search Marian Wolfe Dixon.) Marian has been an instructor in pain classses for bodyworkers, massage, anatomy, qigong/tai chi, foam rolling, yoga, and stress reduction for the American Massage Therapy Association, Oregon Health Sciences University, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Oregon, NIH's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and universities and massage schools locally, nationally and internationally (with Embodied Health Learning).


Marian provides massage and hypnosis by appointment at her SE Portland office just south of the Woodstock neighborhood in Portland, Oregon and leads affordable community qigong practices on Zoom.

Special 3 -hour (NCTMB Approved - Continuing Education Zoom Classes on Understanding Chronic Pain, Understanding Pain and Inflammation, Pain and Trauma, Pain and Stress, Getting the Shame out of Pain, Inquiring into Pain Stories  and Moving Patients from Helplessness to Hope are offered with sufficient group interest.  Also Medical Qigong, 5-element Qigong, Qigong for Improved Digestion and Tai Chi for Better Balance are Zoom half day retreats offered with enough group interest. 

For more information, simply give me a call at 503-232-7282 or send me an email. I look forward to hearing from you.