One
of the most common questions I receive as a Registered Massage Therapist is:
"Why did I become a Massage Therapist?" I suppose it is a common question
when meeting anyone for the first time and learning more about what they do and
how they got started.
I
am fortunate that for as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be a Massage
Therapist. I have been blessed with the gift of Massage. It was my grandmother
who nurtured this gift by asking me for massages before she went to bed. This
was when I was as young as two years old and continued until her sudden passing in
1999 when I was sixteen years old.
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| Giving Grandma a Massage. Vancouver, 1985 |
Since
I was told I was naturally good at something, it only made sense that I should
pursue it as a career. At this point, I was also giving massages to my friends,
and even when I tried a "new technique" that I assumed would not be desired
(just to get out of giving the massage sometimes), it turned out to be a hit.
It would also turn out to be an actual technique that I would learn once I
attended Massage Therapy School.
My
post secondary goal also included attending Queen’s University, simply because I wanted to be attached
to the Queen’s name, and the campus is beautiful. Since Queen’s did not offer Massage Therapy :P I chose to
take a B.A. in Arts majoring in English and whenever anybody would ask what I
was going to do with the degree I would answer, “Massage Therapy” and leave
them confused and curious.
My
B.A. was completed in April 2005, and in the same month I was enrolled in the
Massage Therapy Program at CDI College (currently Everest) in Ottawa, ON. How I
arrived in Ottawa, after Kingston, is another blog entirely J
And
now you know the start of my journey in Massage Therapy. I look forward to
taking you along over six years in the profession.
Until next time, take care!
Krista Dicks, R.M.T.
Learn more about my practice as a Registered Massage Therapist
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