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I know, I'm nosey. I was a travel writer.
For six years, I got to travel to Bed & Breakfasts and get massages, all for free, and write about it. So my roots are in traveling, meeting people and hearing their stories. Now I travel around and do The World Massage Festival & Massage Therapy Hall of Fame.
I found the adjustment to a single location massage establishment, inside a strip mall, very confining. So I started a way to stay "in the massage world and travel!" But that is another story!
What's your story? What did you do before massage? Tell us of your travels and what massage is like where you are, especially if you massage outside the U.S. We really like pictures, if possible.
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At present, I work full-time offering Therapeutic Massage and Craniosacral Therapy at a Community Center in a small town in Illinois. Previous to enrolling in massage school in 2002, I was working in graphic arts and manual drafting. But then I wanted to do more for people, but didn't know what. I did know I wanted to be self employed, so I took classes for small business through the local community college. After that, I went searching for my calling at a university and tried several majors, never settling on one.
Then one day I had a vision, and another day I had a thought. The vision was that of a single leaf, and I knew that natural medicine was the answer to health. The thought: that beginning a career as a massage therapist would pave the way to many natural health roads. A catalyst to this thought was that my sister told me I gave a good foot massage, and I believed her. Massage Therapy as a career was an excellent choice.
I am a retired Pa. State Corrections Officer. I retired with 20 years as a Sergent.
Well Daniel, we are glad you have chosen a much safer profession.
Daniel Lopes said:I am a retired Pa. State Corrections Officer. I retired with 20 years as a Sergent.
Great story, Kelli! If there is anything we can do to help, let us know!
Kelli B. said:At present, I work full-time offering Therapeutic Massage and Craniosacral Therapy at a Community Center in a small town in Illinois. Previous to enrolling in massage school in 2002, I was working in graphic arts and manual drafting. But then I wanted to do more for people, but didn't know what. I did know I wanted to be self employed, so I took classes for small business through the local community college. After that, I went searching for my calling at a university and tried several majors, never settling on one.
Then one day I had a vision, and another day I had a thought. The vision was that of a single leaf, and I knew that natural medicine was the answer to health. The thought: that beginning a career as a massage therapist would pave the way to many natural health roads. A catalyst to this thought was that my sister told me I gave a good foot massage, and I believed her. Massage Therapy as a career was an excellent choice.
Yea me too. I don't miss that line of work.
Mike Hinkle said:Well Daniel, we are glad you have chosen a much safer profession.
Daniel Lopes said:I am a retired Pa. State Corrections Officer. I retired with 20 years as a Sergent.
could you imagine the headlines in the tabloids!!
Cons get free massage
yikes
Mike Hinkle said:Sraight up! Would a massage a week get inmates to mellow out more? Could it be an incentive to be good? With your contacts, what a niche, if you could lower Officer/Inmate aggressive acts and what a study. I bet the government would fund it.
Daniel Lopes said:Yea me too. I don't miss that line of work.
Mike Hinkle said:Well Daniel, we are glad you have chosen a much safer profession.
Daniel Lopes said:I am a retired Pa. State Corrections Officer. I retired with 20 years as a Sergent.
If inmates were paroled quicker because there were less confrontations/deaths between inmates and taxpayers saved money, I think they may be happier. And who said free? They could have to accomplsh community work or tasks that might generate prison income. Probably illegal to profit off prisoners somehow/somewhere. But I'm looking for ideas here. where massage grows.
Rick Britton said:could you imagine the headlines in the tabloids!!
Cons get free massage
yikes
Mike Hinkle said:Sraight up! Would a massage a week get inmates to mellow out more? Could it be an incentive to be good? With your contacts, what a niche, if you could lower Officer/Inmate aggressive acts and what a study. I bet the government would fund it.
Daniel Lopes said:Yea me too. I don't miss that line of work.
Mike Hinkle said:Well Daniel, we are glad you have chosen a much safer profession.
Daniel Lopes said:I am a retired Pa. State Corrections Officer. I retired with 20 years as a Sergent.
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