massage

By practicing using your whole body in every movement you make, your sessions will start to feel flowing and full of ease, rather than heavy and full of effort.

Finding new ways to press, squeeze, and glide can help reduce the repetitive-use injuries common for massage therapy and bodywork practitioners. Experimenting with different combinations, angles of pressure, and positions around the table can help you massage pain-free.

“Each of us has one body that presents us with all the experiences we will ever have in this form; your body is precious and should be cared for with respect and reverence.”

"I enjoy my connection with people."—Lee Hodges

4 Nineteen Education & Training was founded to support professional growth in massage therapy, while the Black Massage Therapists Facebook group and Conference were created to build community and address challenges faced by Black therapists.

What would you think if I told you the potential effects from bodywork can impact each individual cell in your body?

Be consistent in funding yourself through savings accounts and the future you will thank you.

If you start to think of your business as an asset you manage, and not an inseparable part of your identity, you will focus on ways to make it more valuable.

It’s important to understand the components and criteria that define what it means to demonstrate professionalism.

Practicing active listening fosters compassionate client relationships and equips you to more accurately respond to client needs.

Using a variety of tools can create complexity in your work and can help prevent injury.

When we angle the palm by supinating or pronating the forearm, we can diminish the size of the palm contact, making it much more specific without being pokey the way thumb and finger pads can be.