Golden Opportunities For Massage Therapy Instructors

Blog by Ariana Vincent, LMT, MTI, NCTMB - CEO of The Ariana Institute http://www.arianainstitute.com/CE/mti.htm

What opportunities lie ahead for massage therapy instructors? The first step to answering this question is to go within and determine the type of…

Your Massage Business - Practical Tips for Success from The Ariana Institute

• Create a clear vision of what you want and need based on your values. Clarity is power.

• Appreciate what you have. Focus on what you’re grateful for in your life.

• Networking – Let people know you offer massage

• Effective use of e-mail and direct mail

• Newsletters – add information about massage in your newsletters

• Gift certificates – offer gift certificates for an…

Another successful Burn Scar Massage Therapy Class. This one was a small 3 therapist class in Las Vegas. I love then enthusiasm of the therapists and how comfortable they are with our burn survivor volunteers. Looking forward to Sunday's class at NHI in Sacramento, CA. There is still room for anyone who wants to register.....…

We sat down with Rachel and she answered some of our in-depth questions about massage. Check out the interview!

Why did you choose massage as a career?

I love working with my hands, and working with people. I knew from early on that a 9-5 office scenario wasn’t right for me, and massage as a career allows for a degree of freedom and flexibility. (Many of the LMTs that I work with have other full-time careers as dancers, yoga teachers, actors, etc.) I work with…

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FUN is the key word at Festival! Join us for "VEGAS II" July 20-23 in Las Vegas at the Tuscany Suites and Casino! 120 days to go! See details at http://worldmassagefestival.com/…

Hi all - this is an article I recently wrote for our newsletter:

Depending on what you read, the ankle is a combination of two or three joints.  Some say the ankle is the true ankle joint or talocrural joint and the subtalar joint.  Others include the distal tibiofibular joint in the term…

I’ve spent the past day or so reviewing the CAMTC Sunset Review Report…at over 200 pages, it’s a narrative of the who, what, where, when, and why of the organization, which is now in its fifth year.

California operates differently from the other regulated states. The CAMTC is not officially a state regulatory board. It is a…

Handle with Care Massage Therapy just taught a class of 37 massage therapist in Studio City, CA as part of the AMTA National Massage Education Convention. We were honored to have so many California chapter presidents and vice presidents in attendance for our class.

Handle with Care are the official trainers for the 2014 World Burn Congress (WBC) in Anaheim, CA…

I came upon a statistic which showed that in the December of 2013, Google garnered a 67.3% share of search engine queries, while Bing (18.2%) and Yahoo (10.8%) trailed considerably. My favorite search engine, Google Scholar, did not make the list. Google has…

Hello my massage therapy peeps,

There is an exciting massage therapy volunteer opportunity the week of October 22nd-25th in Anaheim, CA. It is the Phoenix Society's annual World Burn Congress. Over 900 burn survivors from all over the world will be in Anaheim for this meeting and the AMTA is comprising a team of volunteers to provide both chair and table massage sessions for this unique event.

This being said, you DO NOT have to be a member of AMTA to…

Hello everyone,

I just signed up for the site.   My name is Karen and I am looking forward to being able to learn from other massage therapists.  I am a recent graduate, May 2013.  I would love any tips for a new graduate in the field.  It gets kind of isolating out here once you are out of school.  I have my own studio and things are going pretty good.  I also do seated chair massage at some offices.  I love to continue learning new techniques and just want to grow in knowledge and…

     We get more and more benefits, the more and more "likes" we get on our business pages.  Now, therapists who live really near each other might not want to like the pages of competition, but what about therapists nationwide?   I'm in SW Michigan, and so if a California therapist likes my FB business page and I theres, it won't affect us competitionwise, but it will increase the status of both FB pages.  So, my FB business page is…

Thank you for your interest in my annual reports on the financial status of the major non-profit organizations of the massage therapy profession. I am not an accountant or a financial expert. This information was taken directly from FORM 990, the Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax, which is published on Guidestar. This filing is for NCBTMB‘s fiscal year ending12-31-2012. Non-profits are on a different tax filing schedule than the rest of us.

This has not been a banner year…

Hello all I am a LMT from south texas and decided to improve  my practice that i should network with my fellow therapists

I’ll say one thing for the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork: at least they’re consistent in bending the rules.

The NCBTMB has a new Government Relations Liason, Billie Shea of Nevada. Shea has been a massage therapist for 14 years. She has previously served as the chair of  the Nevada State Board of Massage Therapy, and has also served as a delegate and later as a board member on the Federation of…

I've been using my Spa Pro Professional Stone Warmer, 6 quarts, for over a year to do water-based hot-stone massage. I just purchased some Himalayan salt stones and wonder something: The first thing the stone heater instructions said was that after purchase one was to have it on high heat for a while, empty and dry, to basically b urn away any chemicals left on it from manufacture and shipping. This shows that the electrical apparatus can work dry. So, is there a safe way to arrange…

Dear Colleagues,

I am wanting to have a system for faxing via email, as I do all my paperwork from home and no option of fax machine.  I do not want to get scammed, so I was wondering what recommendations any of you may have. Thoughts?