Mid July 2025 I had the opportunity to take Ian Harvey's (The Massage Sloth) continued education course in Washington. My friend Joe Glow told me he was going to be having a class near us after one of our trades. The class was full when I went to sign up but thankfully someone dropped out shortly before the class was going to begin. Day 1: It was filled with great classmates, a nice and knowledgeable TA, along with Ian Harvey himself. He did a great job explaining the minor d

When I first began massage therapy I had a hard time with giving deep pressure. After about a year of struggle with this problem, using tools that began hurting my hands, and starting to get fatigued; I decided it was time to see if I can learn techniques for increasing the depth that I can reach with my pressure. Luckily I had a connection with a person in California who practiced Traditional Chinese Medicine and Massage with years of experience. When the first lesson I lea

A little over a year ago I took a class in Seattle on Chest/Breast/Rib massage. Ever since I began massage school I thought that the chest and ribs were a very important part of the body that is overlooked consistently. I felt like this day and age, everyone is either on the phone, typing, driving, and essentially allowing their shoulders to turn into each other causing a rounded back and problems around their shoulders (even their low back). My prediction was that this was c