Becoming a
Massage Therapist is a God driven thing for me. I
was driving home from work one day and praying about
my purpose in life. He spoke to me very clearly,
about becoming a Massage Therapist to work with the
elderly and disabled children. Where this is such a
significant need. In being obedient, I enrolled in
Teresa’s 40 hr. class prior to full registration.
After the first instruction and application, I knew
this was my passion. I immediately became like a
sponge, absorbing her techniques and knowledge. I
began practicing on family and friends.
My first “official” client
was a Mother of a friend who was battling breast
cancer. This experience confirmed to me the need
that God was using me for. During the head massage,
her hair was falling out in my hands. She had been
very insecure prior to her massage about that issue,
and her body was insecure as well. However, once
the massage began she could finally relax; something
she had not been able to do since she had been
diagnosed. Battling breast cancer is enduring one
hurdle after another. During this one hour, she
could clear her mind, and her body could rest.
After the massage she was a “noodle.” During this
experience I was in awe, seeing God’s work through
my hands, and the comfort I was able to provide
her. I was hooked. Since I have began the 11-month
course at Teresa’s, we have learned more techniques
that I intend to use as a career, and information to
enhance my own health. The atmosphere at Teresa’s
is amazing. When you walk in the door, you know
that God is at work in her life as well. It is
evident all over the walls in her business, and also
in the smile that’s always on her face. You become
like a family. She instructs with passion,
spirituality, and grace. She is dedicated to making
positive changes within each client/student. You
can’t find that just anywhere.
-Annette Smith,
Massage Therapist; Kokomo, IN (Class #7)
After obtaining my
bachelor’s degree I had ever intention of going on
to get my Master’s. However, after working in the
field I decided that I was not feeling fulfilled and
decided against pursuing my Master’s degree. Unsure
what to do, I began to research different fields of
study and came upon Massage Therapy. I had heard
from several different people the positive outcomes
that massage had played in their lives and decided
that I too wanted to be able to provide that type of
outcome in people’s lives. That is when I heard
about Teresa’s School of Therapeutic Massage and
immediately signed up.
Although I have only been
studying massage for a couple of months now, what I
have learned has been so powerful it is amazing.
Teresa has taught us several techniques that when
applied correctly can help ease the simplest to the
worst ailments. I hope to continue discovering the
power of massage and find a job that allows me to
apply these techniques on a daily basis.
-Anonymous
Kokomo, IN
I first started getting
interested in massage when I had my children. I
loved to massage them, and saw the great benefits
that massage had on them. I thought to myself, “If
I can do this for my children with no training, just
think of how many children and adults that I could
help0 with the proper schooling.” That is what
began my search for a good, Certified Massage
Therapy School.
I searched the internet for
Massage schools. The only ones that I could find
was at least an hour to an hour and a half drive
away from home. That would take too much time from
my family, which is what got me started in massage
to begin with. Then I heard of “Teresa’s School of
Therapeutic Massage.” That led me to the “40 hour
into to Massage class,” that Teresa offers.
The 40 hour class was
great. I learned to give a full body Swedish
massage. Not only did I learn about massage, but
also a lot about people and the profession. Teresa
was a really good teacher and very willing to help
in any way she could to make sure you understood
everything that she was teaching, no matter what it
took.
After the 40 hr. class, I
was able to give massage to family and friends. I
took after that immediately. Not long after that, I
had a friend who was dying of cancer. I, along with
her family and friends would sit, talk, and read to
her with no response. I started to massage her
hands, and for the first time she opened her eyes
and looked up at ME! I knew in my heart that
massaging just her hands made her feel at peace.
The next day she passed away very peacefully. Just
knowing that I made her feel more at peace was the
greatest feeling anyone could ever have. I knew
from then, that this is what I wanted to do; this is
how I wanted to help other people forever. I am now
currently taking the 606 hour Certified Massage
Therapy Program and loving it. I have started
working in massage while still in school. I have a
lot to learn and can’t wait to learn it.
-Tracy Jones;
Kokomo, IN
I decided to start Teresa’s
School of Therapeutic Massage after I had fallen
down a flight stairs. I came to a day that the
students have an open client massage. The student
did such an impressing job it made me reconsider my
path in life. I realized that learning the
technique of massage would complete me, since I was
already interested in “Life’s Natural Way of
Healing” and being able to see people smile.
Once I started school here
at Teresa’s, we were quickly learning hands on
techniques. One of the techniques was a Detox
Massage which is a full body massage that stimulates
the body’s circulation and metabolism so that the
body can improve its own processes. In massaging
the body, it helps to open up the lymph nodes,
helping the body to rid itself of toxins and waste
to allow fresh oxygen flow. After learning the
technique of a Detox Massage, I had the privilege to
practice on my Mother. She has many health
problems. One of her health problems is she has
immature lungs. Thus, it comes with a lot of
respiratory difficulties. It came along with ta
terrible tight cough. She even has to sleep with
oxygen at night. After about two Detox Massages,
she informed me that her cough was looser and she
was able to cough and clear her lungs and breathe.
She added that she was also able to sleep without
her oxygen as much. With each Detox Massage she is
feeling much better. Our hopes are that she will be
able to get completely off the oxygen.
-Wendy Ward;
Kokomo, IN Class #7
My husband
has suffered with severe headaches frequently his
entire adult life. For many years he tried
different prescription medications and after no
positive result, she settled with taking massive
doses of Ibuprofen to ease the pain. I was uneasy
with the amount of pain medication he was taking and
encouraged him to visit the doctor one more time.
One year ago, he had a consultation with this new
MD, Dr. Tuchscherer, and after finding no obvious
causes for his headaches, his doctor wrote a
prescription for weekly Massage Therapy with Teresa
and Kokomo Family Care. The headaches suddenly
became less frequent, less intense, and his neck and
shoulder muscles became much more flexible.
After watching the results
that Massage Therapy achieved, I was inspired to
learn more about the profession. This led me to
Teresa’s School of Therapeutic Massage where I am
currently enrolled in the program. I’ve really
enjoyed the program thus far because of Teresa’s
interesting teaching method, and her ability to
connect with her students on a soul level.
Activities such as going outside for class, and
visiting her home to perform massage on the horses
make the course extremely enjoyable. I am looking
forward to graduating from the school in February
2006, and to applying the skills and knowledge I’m
obtaining to help others achieve positive results
from Massage Therapy.
-Lisa Weed;
Kokomo, IN
I took the 40 hour class,
and my reason by doing so explains why I decided to
do massage and continue with my classes. My husband
and I had a daughter in January of 2004. I had her
by cesarean section and about three weeks after my
surgery I started having extremely painful muscle
spasms in my back. These spasms were bad enough
that one day my moth r thought I was having a heart
attack and called an ambulance. My doctor put me on
a muscle relaxant and a pain killer which helped
with the pain, but I could still tell that the
problem was still there. I asked my doctor about
massage therapy and he decided he wanted to try
physical therapy first. I went through with the
physical therapy for about a month and was still
having the spasms; the physical therapy just seemed
to make the problem worse. I went back to my doctor
and asked him again about massage therapy and he
referred me to Teresa. I went to see her twice, the
first time she did a Swedish massage which seemed to
relax the muscles some but I could tell something
was still not right. The second time she did a
cranial sacral massage, and I was able to go off
both of th e medications. I was amazed on how much
the massage helped me and so quickly. I decided to
do massage because I want to help people the way
that Teresa was able to help me. I’m really
enjoying my classes and I’m learning a lot.
I like the gloves that we
use in class because I think they glide over the
skin better. I seem to get right in the muscle
easier with them then without, and they protect my
hands from the spreading of germs.
-Michelle R.
Fagner; Kokomo, IN Class #7
