PasadenaMasseur's Personal Masseur Interview

Last Updated: Nov 07, 2023

- I am a big believer that everyone needs touch. I feel that the reason I've lasted so long in this business is because I'm called to it.

I want my clients to feel safe and relaxed. The session is focused on you and your needs.

- I am a musician (piano and voice) and regularly play the piano at parties, receptions, special events, etc. Believe it or not, I like to play the piano at funerals. I think it really helps to create a mood where people can have a cathartic and healing experience.
Besides music, I have a regular gym habit. Also I LOVE movies and the performing arts! I attend concerts, theatre, opera and other things as often as I can afford.
I have wonderful friends and I'm also close with some of my family.
And I am a dedicated, practicing secular Buddhist.

- After the first appointment, I hope they feel like they made a good choice and their money was well spent.

- I love to travel ! If money were no object, I would take a domestic trip every other year, and a foreign trip every other year.

In 2016 I walked alone about 120 miles when I did the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Northern Spain. Definitely an adventure!

- Not necessarily. I think a caring touch and a simple massage can be very therapeutic. Also, even though I had a lot of training in the beginning, I also learned a lot by getting massage from a couple of real pros.

- More than 20+ years now. I think I'll keep at it until I'm ready to retire. Even then, I could still see myself keeping a few regular clients as long as I'm physically able.

- I would want someone considering it to be clear about why they're pursuing massage. If you are just looking for a quick buck, I would advise against it. This is a JOB just like any other, and requires you to be an organized, professional, conscientious adult.

But if you feel called to be a healer and a sane, calming influence in this crazy world then, by all means, check out being a massage therapist.

- Well... to begin with, I've been doing massage for a long time because I enjoy it and my clients have been very loyal all these years.

Also, I endeavor to be a good person and people respond to that.

- It seemed like a really concrete, practical way to alleviate stress and bring comfort and sanity to my clients. So many people are starved for touch, and massage is a wonderful way to fulfill that need.

- I would like them to feel refreshed and relaxed, like they'd had a mini-vacation.

- YES! Massage has been my main job for many years. There have been ups and downs, based on the economy but, overall, massage has been very good to me.

- I don't know if I would use the word "addictive" but it can be very gratifying! If I stopped doing massage I would miss it for sure.

- When I first started doing massage, it was as a weekly volunteer at an in-patient hospice. I saw that patient a few times before he passed away. Yes, I definitely remember him and all the other people I met there.

After a year or so of doing massage as a volunteer, I was laid off from my corporate job due to a merger and started advertising my massage practice as a way to make money until I found another job. In a few months I realized I had a practice going and never looked back.