I started my bodywork journey
in 1994, I attended a three weekend shiatsu workshop for martial
artists and by the third weekend I had enrolled on the course. I
thought it was a natural progression for a martial artist to
take, I am still on that journey now!
2. What do you find most exciting about
bodywork therapy?
The most exciting things about
bodywork is the people I work with and work on, to see the
face's when they come in to our clinics and to see them without
pain 30 mins later!
3. What is your most favourite bodywork
book?
The Web that Has No Weaver by
Ted Kaptchuk, I have read it many times now and there is always
new things in it, as if someone is adding things to it when I
put it down. (The longer I practice the more I understand the
more the book makes sense.)
4. What is the most challenging
part of your work?
Changing with the times,
moving from lecture notes to the www. so much information and
the patients know as much as I do, so I have to study more.
5. What advise you can give to fresh
massage therapists who wish to make a career out of it?
This is a hands-on business so
it is important to touch as many people as you can, if yours is
a talking business talk then you should talk a lot. Try to hook
up with other practitioner in different fields of
medicine/therapy so they can refer people to you.
If you tell people how good you are, they may think you are
showing off, but if another respected person tells people how
good you are they tend to trust you more and your ability to
help them, so try to massage as many people as you can. It is
better than a paid add in a magazine
6. How do you see the future of massage
therapy?
The future of massage is up and down! We are still in the
service industry, so when things are tight people tend to stop
the pleasure's in life first. If you practice a pain relieving
massage when things are tight the patient will beg for money to
relieve the pain so they can continue to work.
on another level massage will improve
people's quality of life as we do tend to live longer!
