I love the relaxed, at ease look that people have after receiving Massage or Raindrop Therapy. It is thrilling for me to see people be able to make positive change in their life. There are many things that I love about my work. Stress is a huge factor in so many illnesses that you owe it to yourself to take some time for yourself & let the stress go! Massage Therapy can be an important part of your health maintanence program. Once a week to once a month seems to help most people. I feel that prevention is much easier and fun (for both practitioner & client) than cure and therefore, encourage people to set up a regular schedule of massage. Once I started learning Massage, I knew that I had found my calling-my natural ability. I put myself through massage school by working in a health food store & cleaning homes. I have had a long-time interest in complementary health & healing modalities & wanted to explore doing massage therapy. Neither of these fields felt like a perfect fit for me, so I explored a variety of other jobs. I also have done Social work for Children's Services. I received my degree in Elementary Education from Bowling Green State University in Ohio and taught for several years. I had many hats before doing Massage Therapy. Here is a partial list of modalities that I have studied-Accutonics, Sound Therapy, Sport Massage & British Sport Massage, Hot Stone Therapy, Lomi Lomi, Bowen Technique, Anma, Chair Massage, Trigger Point Therapy, Polarity, and Cupping. My original studies focused on Swedish Massage-this is what most people think of as massage. A partial list will follow, but my current practice focuses on Swedish Massage & Raindrop Therapy with sound as an optional addition. I have studied many different modalities since obtaining my license. After moving to Oregon, I did further study at East-West College in Portland, Oregon & obtained my Oregon license in 1987. I originally studied at Sarasota School of Natural Healing Arts in Sarasota, Florida in 1982-83 and was licensed in the State of Florida in 1983. Mary Kirkpatrick, LMT (Licensed Massage Therapist)
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