Summary
Day spas on the Monterey Peninsula are almost as ubiquitous as Starbucks and golf courses. But finding a 50minute massage for under $50? It's unimaginable. The prices at MFC's massage therapy school can't be beat: 20 bucks for an hour (massages range from 30 minutes to two hours). Students get a break, at $10 an hour. MPC faculty and staff pay $15.
From the students' perspective, the program's got the benefit of allowing them to earn hours needed for certificates, and practice on people other than friends and family. (MFC's program offers a Massage Practitioner certificate, which requires 338 hours, and a Massage Therapist certificate at more than 700 hours.)The group atmosphere stops bothering me almost as soon as I lie face down on the heated massage table. (Truthfully, I would be a much happier person if every surface I came in contact with-chairs, desks, floors-radiated heat.) I tell Tara, my massage therapist in training, that I hold stress in my neck and shoulders. She's shocked by the tension in my shoulder blades (I am, too), and she says she can see the muscles spasming beneath my skin. I guess that means I need to do this more often. She spends a good amount of time on my back, which I appreciate. I hate it when massage therapists pay more attention to the clock than my body-10 minutes for the back, 10 minutes per leg, OK, time to flip over. Tara, on the other hand, listens to my concerns and my muscles.See the full content of this document
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I had two options: Arrive at work at 9am on a Friday, sit in front of a keyboard and get writing. Or lie around in my underwear for an hour while being rubbed down with lavender-scented oil. I chose the...
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