Awakenings Healing Touch

I've posted about this before. Please understand what you are supporting when you choose to go to a chain rather than an independent massage business....

Massage and wellness chain franchises are quietly killing the profession they claim to represent.

Not the workers. Not the clients. The model behind them.

Here is how it actually works:

The advertised wage on the job board ("$25 to $35 an hour") is what you might earn after tips, if you hit your upsell quota, in the top experience tier. The actual base could be anywhere from $15 to $22, tiered by experience and hours committed. To hit the advertised number, you have to sell hot stones, aromatherapy, CBD, retail, and memberships in every session. Miss the quota and you stay at the base.

The membership is the actual product. Clients pay a monthly fee for one massage, banked credits never expire, cancellation is intentionally hard. The therapist sees none of that recurring revenue. When the therapist burns out and leaves, the membership stays. The franchise loses nothing.

Volume schedules wreck bodies. Most therapists are gone within a few years. Clients lose the practitioner who actually knew their body, every eighteen months, and start over.

I love that so many of you are trying cupping! I'm really enjoying this enhancement to massage sessions, and seeing the results my clients are getting. The negative pressure created by the cups acts as an inverted deep-tissue massage. It helps to lift muscle fibers and separate fascial layers, providing temporary relief for chronic back, neck, and knee pain as well as sports-related muscle soreness. Ask about giving it a try at your next massage session!

Monday motivation- if you're wanting to create a healthier you- mind, body and soul, it's time to schedule your next massage 💆‍♂️

Welcome Summer! ☀️ Mark your calendars for June 20th and celebrate the summer solstice with Awakenings at Root to Rise Yoga .pgh Chair massage will be offered, along with tarot readings, coffee, flowers, cold plunges and more! Meet the owner Nicole, and learn about her unique yoga class offerings, including my favorite themed music classes like Taylor Swift, John Legend, Noah Kahan, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Olivia Dean 🧘‍♀️🎶

✔️ Continuing Education completed for another license period! Many of you may not know, massage therapists have different credentials and requirements in every state. In Pennsylvania, we have to reapply for our license every 2 years and must complete 24 continuing education hours (8 hours can be on line, 16 must be with a live instructor). In addition we must be CPR certified and are mandatory reporters and have to take child abuse detection classes. Licensed massage therapists are always taking classes to improve our skills and learning how we can best help our clients. I'm excited that the lymphatic system and fascia are being highlighted in a lot of classes right now. We're learning more and more about how the body stores stress and emotions and how to release this. This latest class I took was about using tuning forks during body work. Fascinating!

Comment from my 90+ year old today on the table- "I feel like an old wash rag." (In a good way😅)

Then she went on to say- "this makes you feel like the queen!"

"I could live to 150 if I stay here!"