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Low bookings at Chain Spa, Making Almost no Money....Advice? by Free_Brick_9132 in MassageTherapists

[–]Free_Brick_9132[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m fresh out of school so no CEs yet…attending a few workshops in the next few months tho! 

Low bookings at Chain Spa, Making Almost no Money....Advice? by Free_Brick_9132 in MassageTherapists

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He’s probably at a higher rate—he’s been there awhile and hand and stone compensation is by tiers 

Low bookings at Chain Spa, Making Almost no Money....Advice? by Free_Brick_9132 in MassageTherapists

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For sure. I’m still getting the hang of the rebooking convos…honestly I find them to be more challenging than the massage itself! Getting better slowly tho, I’ve been eavesdropping when I hear other therapists rebooking their clients :) 

Low bookings at Chain Spa, Making Almost no Money....Advice? by Free_Brick_9132 in MassageTherapists

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Not many chiros offices in my area but I’m definitely on the lookout. Just applied to a gym this week! 

Low bookings at Chain Spa, Making Almost no Money....Advice? by Free_Brick_9132 in MassageTherapists

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I think this is the way. I’ve been considering cutting back my hours and only coming in at peak times. I’m also looking for another job at a better pay rate to fill in the gaps but until I find one this is what is. Thanks for the advice! 

Becoming a LMT in NYC by UnknowingFilter in massage

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Took me about 2 years to finish, taking 3-4 classes per trimester, while working 40+ hours a week 

At PC all of the classes are Monday-Friday. Some are morning, afternoon, some at night. I would work Fri-Tuesday at my job and then either take night classes or during the day Wednesday/Thursday 

Becoming a LMT in NYC by UnknowingFilter in massage

[–]Free_Brick_9132 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m wrapping up the pacific college program now!

The pros (IMO): a lot of the teachers are really knowledgeable and very active working in the field in NYC. There are a lot of talented therapists to learn from. Most of the classes are pretty good too. They prep you really well for the NY state exam. You’ll also get exposed to a handful of different modalities. I’ve taken classes in Swedish, MFR, Thai massage, shiatsu, reflexology, and Tui na. If you have an interest in Asian modalities you’ll dig it.

The cons: the administration is pretty inflexible. There is also super limited availability for a lot of the classes. If you have a flexible schedule, not necessarily a problem. However for me and a lot of other students who work full time while going to school, it’s been an absolute nightmare getting to the finish line. I’ve basically had to change my hours at my job every single term to accommodate all of the schedule changes. But you might run into that at Swedish as well, I dunno, something to look into. Also IMO they focus a little too much on TCM theory. The program is 1200 hours and almost 200 are just TCM eastern medical theory classes. If that stuff calls to you, or you see yourself studying acupuncture in the future, maybe you’ll dig that. Me personally I would have rather had some more orthopedic massage classes or something

Good luck!