Massage Students
Stop Complaining and Start Making Your Cake!
This post is part of the massageschool.org blog contest, check out the details and contribute here So you’re in school to become a massage therapist. Awesome! That’s a great first step, but education is like a fruit filled layer cake, … Read More
Stress, ninjas and taking care of yourself
This post is part of the massageschool.org blog contest, check out the details and contribute here Stress is weird. You can’t see it, it isn’t tangible, and it has a funny way of sneaking up on you. It’s like a … Read More
Building a Reputation
There are many important actions that go into developing a strong client base as a massage therapist, but they all boil down to one common factor: your reputation. Your skills, your space, your pricing, your superb taste in music … Read More
10 WORST Reasons to Attend Massage School
You’d like to see a lot of naked people. Firstly, if this is your motivation, you’re wasting your money. Massage school tuition is a lot more expensive than a strip club. Secondly, there’s surprisingly little nudity involved in massage school. … Read More
Caring and Cash in Massage Therapy
There’s a false dichotomy that you find sometimes in the massage world. The idea is that one is either in the massage business to be of service to others, or to make money. No debates, no middle ground. But as … Read More
Becoming a Massage Therapist: what you need to know
So you’ve decided to start a career in massage therapy: congratulations! You’re about to embark on an incredibly rewarding journey. Still, it’s a tough place to be in; you know that there are things you should learn before you begin, … Read More
Helping Others Massage School Scholarship
With student loan debt now greater than credit card debt in the United States, paying for higher education has become a major concern for both students and their families. While there are a number of grants, loans, and work-study opportunities … Read More
Tips for the Shy Massage Student
If you’re a shy person who is thinking about massage therapy as a career, know that it can be a really amazing experience. Throughout school, you’ll develop the ability to help others relax and heal, to understand people’s body language, … Read More
Massage Marketing 101
Where will I get clients? That’s the question most massage students start asking a few months before graduation. You finally know your olecranon from your ischium. You don’t poke clients in the knee on every full leg effleurage, so the … Read More
Massage Classes: what to expect
If you’re considering attending massage school, do you know what kinds of classes you’ll be attending? If you answered “massage classes,” you’d be right … but only partially so. Massage classes, which is to say, classes in massage techniques, are … Read More





