I attended a school in Spokane that allowed me to continue working full time and attend the classes. For one year I worked full time and completed a very thorough school program, with over 900 hours of combined hands on work and classroom work.  Students would give and receive 2-4 massages a week throughout the year long program. The program is very hands on focused to get their students as many working hours as possible. The in person training consisted of going over each muscle individually, explaining how to find it and how to work on it, along with the joints and bones that those muscles are directly related to. After we finished studying a section of the body, the focus of the massages would be on what we had just learned. The same school I attended offers continued ed classes throughout the year in a series. Focusing on different techniques and modalities, and the structural release of each region of the body. I have taken many online courses in ethics and boundaries, passive and active stretching, self care for massage therapists to lengthen my career. I look forward to increasing my knowledge through a variety of these classes so I can be a greater help to those who need it.

I had been working in small town government for a couple of years when I decided to explore different avenues and careers. I was in college for personal training and worked at a gym for a year, giving me good experience dealing with anatomy and physiology inan active setting. Massage therapy crossed my mind when exploring careers in a similar world, albeit a more serene setting. I believed that massage therapy was something I could understand, and proficiently help people.

Having a personal home routine for keeping your body healthy is imperative for long term wellness. Whether that’s stretching, exercising, treating aches and pains appropriately with ice or heat, etc. Taking the initiative to care for your body at home, after a massage appointment or chiropractic adjustment or doctor visit, is the best way to sustain the work that has been for your body.

My favorite part of the body to work on are the legs. The legs/lower body are the base of your whole body providing many different areas to work on for a variety of reasons. From your low back and hips, to your knees, ankles and feet. Your lower body does an incredible amount of work for you without you even realizing it. Working on and freeing

up the base support system for your body plays a vital role in your everyday comfort and movement longevity. 

Two of my favorite things to do outside of massage are snowboarding, and golfing. I try to make it to the mountains as much as I can in the winter to enjoy the cold mountain air. The rest of the year I love to spend my time golfing with friends and family. I make it a goal of mine to make it to at least a few new mountains each winter, and a few new golf courses each summer to explore new areas.