Michelle Ebbin is a certified massage therapist and the founder of Basic Knead in Los Angeles. She is a graduate of Columbia University in New York and the Institute of Psycho-Structural Balancing in LA. Michelle is a certified Infant Massage Instructor, and an active member of the American Massage Therapy Association and the Reflexology Association of America.

After many years of private practice, Michelle began to develop a line of massage products to teach people, in a fun and user-friendly way, how to introduce massage into their daily lives. Michelle has written two books on massage, Hands on Feet and The Little Book of Reflexology, and has created several easy-to-follow videos for home use.