Work in Groups and Watch Your Business Grow
Many massage practitioners lead rather solitary lives. The nature of this field is that while practitioners work with a variety of clients…
Use Ayurveda to Care for Your Inner Landscape
Ayurveda is a 6,000-year-old system of healing that is referred to as "The Mother of Modern Medicine." This consciousness-based medicine …
[Body Awareness] Reveal Your Authentic Self
Part One: Feel Your Way to Real Most of us expend a lot of energy running away from ourselves. Unaware of what we are avoiding or why, we multi-tas…
Do You Have What it Takes to Work in Oncology Massage?
Many massage therapists tell me their hearts and hands are called to work with people with cancer. They want to provide comforting, safe touch during…
Labels Matter: What Kind of Worker Are You, Really?
Last year I was offering workshops at a day spa, and I had a meeting with the spa manager. We got to talking about her massage therapists, and I l…
Feeling Down? How to Remain Positive as a Massage Therapist
One day in Chicago, I was a little lost. I was standing up on an elevated train platform, trying to get my bearings and unsure of how to g…
Get Your Practice Back On Course—Even When Life Gets Choppy
In my imagination, nothing eclipses my fear of the sea at night. The same waters I enjoy and swim in comfortably by day transform into a f…
Improve Your Life With Yoga
When I had only been practicing massage therapy for one year, I injured my lower back while performing massage. I went to a massage school…