Founded in 1995 by JoAnn Reinhardt, Burnsville Shiatsu Center (BSC) recently celebrated its 15th anniversary.  Karen Hielsberg bought the practice in 1997 when JoAnn retired and moved to Nevada.  Karen's interest in shiatsu started while she was teaching English in Japan after college.  She graduated from Minnesota Center for Shiatsu Study, now CenterPoint, in 1994 and practiced shiatsu at BSC starting in 1995.  Since 1999, bodywork has been her full-time job.

Shortly after Karen bought BSC, she was joined in the practice by Laurel Regan, a 1998 graduate of Minnesota Center for Shiatsu Studies.  Laurel was already a yoga teacher, and her interest in practicing shiatsu came in