How to Choose Continuing Education Courses to Build Your LMT Business
When it comes to selecting continuing education for massage therapy, different therapists have different goals. Some LMTs take CE courses to meet license renewal requirements. (Here in Oregon, massage licensing requirements include 25 hours of massage CE every two years.) Others are drawn to the connection, inspiration, and hands-on learning that come from studying alongside other practitioners. Today we’re examining a third motivation for [...]
Interstate Compact for Massage Therapists: Imagining a Future of LMT Career Mobility
Just imagine: if massage licenses were reciprocal from state to state, massage therapists could work across state lines. Students could graduate from massage therapy schools in Oregon and work in both Portland and Vancouver. LMTs could enjoy professional mobility, providing massages in different locations in the summer and winter, or facilitating retreats across the country. All of this is possible with the newly suggested [...]
Helping Massage Graduates Take the Next Step
“My instructors at East West helped me realize that I could still feel smart and capable while learning things that didn’t come easily to me. I might need to approach things differently, but I could do it — and that’s something I’ve carried with me throughout my massage career.” For Anne Nutwell, massage therapy offered the kind of career she had been looking for. [...]
Neuromuscular Therapy: The Art of Targeted Bodywork
Neuromuscular Therapy offers students a way to work with greater focus, precision, and curiosity. Instead of looking only at where discomfort shows up, this approach helps students consider the larger patterns that may be contributing to it — from trigger points and referral patterns to movement habits, muscle function, and client participation. It is targeted work, but it is also collaborative work, asking both [...]
Where Are They Now? Kira’s Full-Circle Journey Back to East West
“Ayurveda taught me how to listen—to myself and to my clients in a deeper way.” For Kira, graduation wasn’t the end of her journey with East West—it was the beginning of something deeper. After completing the program, she continued to grow as a practitioner, following her curiosity, refining her skills, and discovering new layers within her work. Over time, that growth led her back [...]
Ayurvedic Massage: A Nourishing Approach to Balance
Ayurvedic Massage offers something many students and clients don’t realize they’re craving until they experience it: warmth, rhythm, nervous system support, and a more connected way of caring for the body. Rooted in Ayurveda, the ancient healing system of India, this work invites a different perspective—one that focuses less on chasing symptoms and more on restoring balance, building awareness, and trusting the body’s own [...]
How to Choose Continuing Education Courses to Build Your LMT Business
When it comes to selecting continuing education for massage therapy, different therapists have different goals. Some LMTs take CE courses to meet license renewal requirements. (Here in Oregon, massage licensing requirements include 25 hours of massage CE every two years.) Others are drawn to the connection, inspiration, and hands-on learning that come from studying alongside other practitioners. Today we’re examining a third motivation for [...]
Interstate Compact for Massage Therapists: Imagining a Future of LMT Career Mobility
Just imagine: if massage licenses were reciprocal from state to state, massage therapists could work across state lines. Students could graduate from massage therapy schools in Oregon and work in both Portland and Vancouver. LMTs could enjoy professional mobility, providing massages in different locations in the summer and winter, or facilitating retreats across the country. All of this is possible with the newly suggested [...]
Helping Massage Graduates Take the Next Step
“My instructors at East West helped me realize that I could still feel smart and capable while learning things that didn’t come easily to me. I might need to approach things differently, but I could do it — and that’s something I’ve carried with me throughout my massage career.” For Anne Nutwell, massage therapy offered the kind of career she had been looking for. [...]
Neuromuscular Therapy: The Art of Targeted Bodywork
Neuromuscular Therapy offers students a way to work with greater focus, precision, and curiosity. Instead of looking only at where discomfort shows up, this approach helps students consider the larger patterns that may be contributing to it — from trigger points and referral patterns to movement habits, muscle function, and client participation. It is targeted work, but it is also collaborative work, asking both [...]
Where Are They Now? Kira’s Full-Circle Journey Back to East West
“Ayurveda taught me how to listen—to myself and to my clients in a deeper way.” For Kira, graduation wasn’t the end of her journey with East West—it was the beginning of something deeper. After completing the program, she continued to grow as a practitioner, following her curiosity, refining her skills, and discovering new layers within her work. Over time, that growth led her back [...]
Ayurvedic Massage: A Nourishing Approach to Balance
Ayurvedic Massage offers something many students and clients don’t realize they’re craving until they experience it: warmth, rhythm, nervous system support, and a more connected way of caring for the body. Rooted in Ayurveda, the ancient healing system of India, this work invites a different perspective—one that focuses less on chasing symptoms and more on restoring balance, building awareness, and trusting the body’s own [...]