KoltinPlowman's Massage Interview
Do you remember your first client ? Tell us something about that first day when you decided to be a Masseur!
My first client? Or the first paid massage? 😉
Ok, the Beginning:
I started with head, scalp, face massage after being shown what to do in a workshop in high school.
Years later, friends were telling me I should do massage professionally, I was so good.
After I got into personal training when I graduated from University, I would sometimes work on my clients. They raved about what I do, and I started working on non-clients-of-mine. Injuries, rehab; physio, as well as post-workout, pre-workout, and recuperative in the day(s) after. Things developed further, and, well, here I am; Loving it!
I guess you could call me a healer. Physical, mental, and in the heart.
Some people say that being a Masseur is addictive. Would you miss your Masseur days ?
I intended to stop when I moved to Toronto, but this is an expensive city, and before long, I was doing it more than I was doing personal training. It helps that I love muscles; watching them move under the skin, feeling them move, working them--that is addictive, to me. Well, more meditative, and I can "see" muscle issues with my fingers, even with my eyes closed.
Do you consider yourself a successful Masseur?
Success comes with pleasure, with loving what you do. So, yes, I am a successful masseur, and effective, and complete in treating the guys who come to me. Define success differently from the way the bean counters and bankers do. They are miserable without us.
Tell us a little about yourself, if you were to pick something what would you like your clients to absolutely know about you?
I am passionate about what I do, be it history, social concerns, freedom of the soul, massage, training, food, or friends--family. Sometimes clients become a part of my family. Everyone matters, and they appreciate my healing skills and abilities as much as they do my outgoing, shiney personality. 😁 I can also be introverted, but it only lasts as long as I need it to.
How would you like someone that contacts you for a massage to feel when they leave?
All my clients feel they have got what they came for, or more. Some get manifestations of my work in the hours and days afterward, and they can't wait to come back again. And.again. When guys get off my table, they are renewed in body, mind and spirit. Some actually cry from the release from stuff they did not have to carry in the first place. They are the first to book again. 😇
What are your hobbies, what do you like to do in your spare time?
I love to work out. I do my own rehab for the issues that life tossed at me, and I love good food. There is a balance. Maybe 😉
Photography, art, appreciation of the aesthetics of design, be it furniture, architecture, consumer goods, humanity, or nature. Learn. Read. Grow.
Enjoy the fascets of the diamond that is this planet.
Why did you become a Masseur?
Becoming a masseur was gradual, organic, and a calling. Healing the body and mind and spirit from the onslaughts we suffer in the LGBTIQ2 World is important, and necessary. This is one way I do The Work. Sure, the cash is good, but actually helping people heal is fulfilling beyond anything money can buy.
What advice would you give to someone who wants to be a Masseur?
If you want to be a masseur, skip the school parts, and read everything you can on how to do it. Study anatomy, muscle function, and variations that exist. Work out, to understand HOW a muscle feels, should feel, in all stages of work and recovery. Then follow your instincts, and care about the person you are with in the moment, while you care for them, and after they leave.
School can come later, but don't let them teach you to limit your natural abilities. Healing is Giving. Don't do it for the money. You will burn out.
What distinguishes you from all the other Masseurs?
Nobody does what I do, in massage, in this city. There are good ones, yes, but what I do is better than just good. I do for you what I wish I could find for me. Maybe being the best in the city is a curse, that way; I suffer, you don't.
How long have you been a Masseur and how long do think you'd like to continue?
Since 1984, with friends, then also with lovers, and then also with clients. I don't see me stopping.
How often do you travel? Do you prefer to travel or are you more of a homebody?
I like to travel. Overseas, I need to do more. Chicago, I get to at least once a year. Montreal, on occasion. Ottawa, mostly in Summer; I left there for a reason--Winter does not really happen in Toronto! Lol
Been to James Bay to certify fitness instructors, been to the Southern US, and from Boston to Sacramento, and the Eastern Townships to Edmonton, to Vancouver, Lesser Slave Lake to Windsor, places in between, and some of them more often. The Mediterranean Sea haunts my mind ever since dipping into it.
Travelling? TAKE ME WITH YOU! Lol
Is extensive training necessary for a Masseur in order to be successful?
Define extensive training.
If it is your vocation, you will instinctively do it and do it well.
Certifications only limit your capacity. Don't let people convince you a system set up by insurance companies to limit payouts is actually a good system to learn in.
How do you like clients to feel about the experience when they leave?
Many of my clients leave in a blissful haze, and the ones that don't, also leave with endorphins and compounds coursing through them, that make them feel exuberantly alive, joyful, and ready to take on Life with a renewed perspective.
How is that? 😉
Touch is healing, and be it therapeutic, tantral, sport, relaxation, recuperative, rehab, erotic--all and any--touch, your body produces healing compounds, chemicals and substances with effects in all of the 7 systems of the body.
The body will sleep well after a session, and if a guy has the rest of the day to still finish, I send them on their way ready and energised to engage the World, and they will still sleep deeply when they are done their day.