Posts Tagged ‘career’
MY FIRST MASSAGE TABLE
By David Lauterstein, LMT, MTI, Certified Zero Balancing Teacher, Co-founder of Lauterstein-Conway Massage School In my early years I was mostly studying and playing music. But as I moved into my late 20’s I started to realize I didn’t want to do music for a living. I got into therapy and the therapist recommended receiving…
Read MoreGrad Chronicle – Natalie Durkin
Natalie Durkin, LMT I attended Semesters 1 & 2 at TLC during 1999-2000. My immediate passion became working with clients for pain management, sports performance, and rehabilitative/restorative bodywork. In my first years starting out, I continued to work part-time in corporate office environments while completing my licensing requirements and building my practice. In the Winter…
Read MoreMASSAGE – THE ANTIDOTE TO THE ECONOMY?
For years, I was fascinated with System-Centered Therapy and worked hard in a group. One thing I learned was that many of our fears are not based on reality. Rather, we often make negative predictions about what may happen in the future – a meeting might not go well next week, this new client might…
Read MoreHow to Choose a Good Massage Therapist
How to Choose: 5 Characteristics of a Good Massage Therapist Do you hop from massage therapist to massage therapist or feel like you’ve tried them all but can’t settle on one? Maybe there’s a good reason! Finding a massage therapist who is the complete package can be challenging, and depending on what is important to…
Read MoreWhat’s Better Self-Employment or Massage Jobs
What’s Better? Self-Employment vs. Getting a Massage Job A massage job, often massage jobs, or self-employment, I’ve done them both. But what’s better? Obviously, the answer depends completely on you – your needs and goals, your dreams – but I’d like to share my experience with you in an effort to shed some light on…
Read MoreMassage School | Success as a Student & Therapist
Success: How to Get the Most Out of Massage School and Beyond Success in massage school not only means you learned how to give a good massage, but that you also understand how the human body works, what pains it and how it can heal through massage therapy. Also, since just about anyone is eligible…
Read MoreMassage Therapy as a Second Job: Benefits and Barriers
Diary of a Massage Therapist Some of you know me already. My name is Jennifer Bonessi, formerly Shaw, and I’ve been a massage therapist with a private practice in Austin since 2007. You may also know, I was the Marketing Director at Lauterstein-Conway Massage School for several years. I have also worked for a massage…
Read More8 Places a Massage Therapist Can Work
Some professions have you in a cubicle your whole life. Others have just one track you can take. But Massage Therapy is different! It’s a personally fulfilling career. You get to help others and you get to work in so many different environments. Massage Centers – the popularity of businesses like Massage Envy, Massage Harmony,…
Read MoreMoving Meditation
by Lauren Bilbe A few years back, I made a fortuitous decision to leave my career as a bureaucrat. My goal was to find a calling that allowed me to live a rhythm of life that works optimally for me, allowing for more free time. I desired to have a greater, more immediate impact on…
Read MoreGrad Chronicles – Rhianna Sanford
by Rhianna Sanford Over the past 10 years I keep coming back to the reality that a good education is paramount in finding fulfillment and maintaining a sustainable practice. When I became a Massage Therapist I felt I had finally found something I loved doing and loved who I was doing it. Becoming a massage…
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