Spa Party Idea
This was taken off the Sarasota-Manatee Chapter's website. It was written by their President Nicole Deitrick. It's worth passing along. Maybe someone in the Southwest Chapter will pick up on it. "Hello! I hope this message finds you happy and healthy. If not, take your own advice and get a massage! A little more than a month ago I decided to have a Spa Party for my therapists. I figured, if we can do it for our clients, we deserved the same thing! So, on a Friday night after our last clients left, we locked the door, opened some wine, and treated each other. We each gave two treatments and received two treatments, ranging from Ashiatsu to Microdermabrasion to Thai Massage. It was fabulous! One of the best parts to it was the buildup to that night. For two weeks prior we were all saying "I can't wait until our Spa Party!" The moral to the story is this: treat yourself like a client. Remember what it is like to set an appointment and let the anticipation build up to it. Get excited about it. Enjoy it. All too often as therapists (especially when you are busy) get into a routine of "just another massage" and forget that your clients really look forward to your massage, sometimes for a week or more before. They specially arrange their day and probably get up early to shave their legs (or not), arrange for someone to pick up the kids or let the dog out, and battle traffic to get here on time (or close to it). To them, it is not "just another massage", it's "Their Massage". When you set appointments for massage for yourself it is easier to keep your client's experience in the forefront of your mind. If you can't do it on your own, make sure you come to our "3rd Annual Chapter Swap Meet" in October! Swap treatments from other members, bring a dish, and have some fun!

To find a Therapist in your area
To find a therapist close to you in miles, click on https://secure.fsmta.org/searchTherapist.asp. If this doesn't open for you, then click on www.fsmta.org and on the left-hand side go down to the fifth picture "Therapist Locator". Click that and you'll get in. This is the master list of FMSTA's state-wide membership roster.

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