The more you learn about massage and bodywork, the more you learn about life as a whole. I have been a therapist now for 30 years and a teacher for 25. I have run my school, The Lauterstein-Conway Massage School in Austin, Texas, for nearly 20 years. I’ve learned that the same principles that apply … read more »
Brian Smith, Instructor at Cortiva Institute and Staff Massage Therapist for Rutgers University Swimming Team, was invited to the qualifying swimming meet to provide massage treatments for swimmers competing for a spot on the US Olympic Swimming Team. One of the most memorable of many events for Brian was watching Jessica Botzum, an All-American swimmer … read more »
Lori-Ann Gallant graduated massage school in 2002 with a passion for healthy touch and helping athletes. Her fervor for the field of sports massage has taken Gallant across the country and around the world – all the way to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
“It was always my dream to work on Olympic athletes, and I … read more »
Grant Lessard has been on a journey of personal and professional growth, profound healing, and world travel. It all started with one massage. His journey began on a playground, and has taken him across Canada, through the US, to the African Kalahari desert and Hong Kong. Grant grew up in Saskatchewan, the center of the … read more »
The joy of giving relief and comfort to people in pain has long been part of Donna Schiller’s life. At age 8, Schiller’s grandmother showed her how to massage, in hopes of gaining reprieve from the pain of arthritis.
“She had really bad arthritis in her shoulders, and she thought if I would rub them they … read more »
Massage instructor Kate Ivane Henrioulle has been named executive director of the Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation (COMTA), the commission announced this week.
COMTA is a national accrediting organization for massage therapy and bodywork schools and programs.
Henrioulle recently served as dean of education for the International Professional School of Bodywork (IPSB) in San Diego, California. She … read more »
A massage-and-spa products manufacturer has announced the launch of its third annual Edu-Partner Community Outreach Award Program.
Two massage schools will receive $2,500 apiece from BIOTONE for massage therapy programs conducted in their communities during the year. BIOTONE will announce the recipients in February 2010.
BIOTONE established the Community Outreach Award in 2007 to reward massage therapy … read more »
If you are feeling trapped at your desk job or just plain tired of the direction your career path is going then maybe you should look at attending a Phoenix massage school. Massage therapy is a fast growing industry and in a short time you can attain the proper degrees and certificates necessary to practice … read more »
Everybody knows that feeling of dissatisfaction when you walk into work every day and sit at the same desk or drive the same bus or wait on the same tables. Feeling as if you made some wrong turn and now you are stuck in that career. It is time to stop feeling trapped and start … read more »
Being your own boss makes all the difference in the world.
There’s a certain freedom and romance to being self-employed, which is probably while massage therapy is consistently reported to be one of the most satisfying careers out there. Many massage therapists eventually go on to work for themselves, forming their own dedicated pool of clients … read more »
