Sep 27, 2024

It can be easy to feel insulted by clients who ask for discounts, arrive late, or use the term “masseuse.” Business or Pressure host Allissa Haines walks through the policies and scripts to take the feelings out of these perceived slights.

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Allissa Haines is a practicing massage therapist and business owner...

Sep 24, 2024

As massage therapists, we spend a lot of time mastering anatomy—learning specialized vocabulary and the locations of muscles, bones, and nerves in the body. We can take our anatomy understanding even deeper by looking not just at where our client’s anatomy lives but also how their anatomy relates to each other:...

Sep 17, 2024

The Ayurvedic approach to exercise suggests nasal breathing instead of mouth breathing during exercise to replace exercise stress with a chemistry of composure and calm. In this episode of The ABMP Podcast, Angie and Darren are joined by renowned Ayurvedic educator, Dr. John Douillard, to discuss what efficient...

Sep 13, 2024

A spending freeze can help reorganize and add intention to business finances. In this episode of Business or Pressure, Allissa talks through the steps to customize a spending freeze for your business.

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Allissa Haines is a practicing massage therapist and business owner and columnist for Massage &...

Sep 10, 2024

A client has hereditary hemochromatosis, which has affected their hip and toes. It is bad enough that they are considering joint replacement. In the meantime, they would like to receive massage for hip pain. Oh, and there’s this tiny little issue about having recent strokes.

What is going on? How can iron overload...