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THE STORY AND PRACTICE OF CHAIR MASSAGE IN AUSTIN
Crossing Paths with Chair Massage Lauterstein-Conway has been offering chair massage in Austin for decades, but before the mid-1980’s, there was no chair massage. Originally chair massage utilized a very specific routine devised by David Palmer, the co-designer of the first massage chair and the kata, or system of individual training exercises, that he taught.…
Read More3 Reasons the Next Gen Should Consider a Massage Therapy Job
What Could You Want in a Career More than Independence, Security and Freedom? Gen Z and young Millennials (Gen Y), are already doing things differently than the generations before then. Their career options and considerations are no exception. If you a member of one of the “next generations,” we hope you’ll consider the following: If…
Read MoreTwo Reasons to Deepen Your Deep Massage Practice
Why It Is Important to Continue Your Deep Massage Education – and How… Whether you’ve taken Deep Massage with us before or are more familiar with other deep modalities like Deep Tissue massage, to go deeper, pun intended, into your Deep Massage practice, we encourage you to revisit the deep modalities to truly embody the…
Read MoreMassage Careers: Work For Yourself
You Can Work for Yourself as a Self-Employed Massage Therapist Have you ever wanted to work for yourself? Be your own boss? Make your own work schedule? One of the benefits of a career in massage therapy is sheer number and variety of opportunities you have perform bodywork. Some licensed massage therapists (LMTs) choose to…
Read MoreThree Reasons Yogis Make Successful Massage Therapists
Whether You Want to Impact Your Personal Practice on the Mat or Your Career, Yogis Make Natural Massage Therapists Yoga enthusiasts make successful massage therapists for several reasons – most of which relate to the yogi’s experience with body awareness. Body awareness is the understanding of where one’s body is in space, and it is…
Read MoreIs Deep Tissue Massage Bad for You?
Deep Tissue massage is often what people request these days. Many massage centers say deep tissue is different than “deep Swedish,” which is an overall massage done with deeper pressure. But what exactly is deep tissue massage really? And is it bad for you? What is Deep Tissue? First, there’s no detailed definition for deep…
Read MoreThe Secret Why Massage Clients Make Successful Massage Therapists
You’ve Been Only a Massage Enthusiast…Until Now. After nearly 30 years in this business, we have uncovered many truths about massage therapy that only people who run both a massage school and a massage clinic can discover. It’s about love. Confucius wrote, “Choose a job you love, and you will never work a day in…
Read MoreKNOWLEDGE IS THERAPEUTIC!
Do You Feel Like You’re Chasing Your Client’s Problems? When I first began working as a therapist, I really enjoyed doing my sessions. Soon however, I found people asking me about their injuries and pains and I felt I didn’t know enough to assess exactly what the problems were and what was causing them. I…
Read MoreTHE MIRACLE OF YOUR SKIN
DNM is a structured, interactive approach to manual therapy that considers the nervous system of the patient – from skin cell to sense of self. We keep learning more and more about the impact of touch. There are some new ways of understanding touch that are coming from something called “Dermoneuomodulating” – quite the tongue…
Read MoreFinancial Aid Resources: What You Should Know Before You Take on Student Loans
Financial aid has helped thousands and thousands of student-hopefuls just like you achieve their academic dreams and go on to successful careers.But if you’ve listened to the news for even one minute, you know that many of those students are burdened by their student loans well into their working years. Student Loans are Still Loans…
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