Swedish_Viking's Personal Masseur Interview

Last Updated: Sep 18, 2020

- The biggest thing is confidence when giving someone a massage as you are dealing with people closely in a 1 on 1 scenario - so it helps to work on this first with family and friends.

- I'm a people person and I have benefitted from massage myself in the past - it made sense to see whether I could progress my interest in helping other people.

- The aim is that it's that good that they book back in for the next session haha!

- Yes! and I think you have to continue adding to your skills and knowledge continuously. Clients can tell straight away if you don't know what you're doing.

- I love to travel (covid permitting) and seeing different parts of the world is another passion of mine. I would love to go to Bali and learn some more of their massage techniques!

- I have now been doing it for 6 years on a self employed basis. - I would like to have my own retreat at some point in the future.

- I'm an extremely positive and friendly person and can immediately put anyone at ease - I've been told that this sets me apart.

- Being a masseuse can sometimes mean unsociable hours - however, when I do take some time off I like to explore London and especially new places to eat!

- Well, they should definitely feel better than when they arrived! Depending on the type of massage they could feel relaxed, relieved, revived, lighter, happier. I always discuss which of these the client would like to achieve.

- I used to play football semi-professionally and it was always my dream to follow that route - sadly it wasn't to be.

- I think that giving (and receiving) massages is a health and wellbeing choice and so it just becomes a lifestyle - I don't know what else I would do :)

- I am! It takes a long time and a lot of hard work to build up a client base - however, once you have put the energy in to this as a career you will find lots of clients become repeat clients and even friends and then it becomes a lot easier.

- My first clients were my family and friends. I've always loved the benefits that a good massage can bring to someone and so my first memory is the relief that a paying customer also found my massage enjoyable and it hadn't just been my family and friends being kind to me about my skills.