Jack_verMieten

- I am always looking forward to the next adventure in life. Even the unknown ones because I believe every adventure or chapter in our lives have significance. Maybe we will be in a place of importance or meet a person of importance, or act in a way that will change something in the grand scheme of things for someone, maybe not quite like the Butterfly did in Ray Bradbury's " A Sound of Thunder." Providing massage definitely impacts at least two people's day; the client and myself and then and to an extent, everyone we encounter through the rest of the day and to an extent, however minuscule, the rest of our lives, so..what was the original question? Oh, YES I would miss it . I love rubbing someone down. I like the way it feels, the way it looks to see their skin shine in the low lighting and to feel it and watch it as I work it and as one example, break down the stress, the lactic acid and allow the muscle to replenish the oxygen it needs to do what it can do. very few jobs allow such a personal connection between client and service provider. Yes I will miss my masseur days but I can't wait to find out what I will replace it with!

- I have been giving friends massages for years but had never been paid until f a friend called me and said he heard I gave great massages. He had a particular area that needed work, and he would pay me to relieve him with a massage. I started to say, no, it was just a hobby t. But just before I started talking, I saw my cat, Ozzy. Ozzy’s lower jaw didn’t look right since the day before, and it was getting worse. For the last day, my little buddy was continually wincing in pain and drooling excessively and, not his usual self at all. And the local vet was always costly for any previous treatments. So, I quickly said YES, I would accept the money for the massage. I explained why I was doing it as well. He offered to pay the entire vet bill if I would trade a few massages over the next couple of weeks. I cheerily accepted this offer and read up on his specific muscle injury and came to learn much more about massage. I guess I had a natural talent for it, But learning about massage through written and online learning and from LMT’s, I vastly improved as a masseur, and I have never stopped learning more about technique since then. So yes, I remember.”

- I will always be motivated to be a successful masseur. But success is a very subjective term. I see success as enjoying what I do, doing it well enough that people want to get massages from me, feel safe placing their body into my hands, My goal is for each client to enjoy the session, the health and mental benefits, and a strong desire to come back. I want to feel good about what I am doing. That I am always learning more about massage, studying the newest trends & techniques, trying new things, enhancing my abilities, learning to be a better masseur every day. My clients will help me do that. With the client feedback, I get. Ill know even when it isnt an intense therapeutic massage and what its right and what’s not right for my clients. Their feedback is valuable to me and might influence what I am going to do for the next client that comes through needing a massage. If I can continue to work on being successful and feeling good about what I’m doing, then yes, I’m a successful masseur.