Building a Successful Massage Therapy Practice, One Step at the TimeWritten by Annick Lemieux, LMT
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Do you realize that, as a self-employed, if you don’t put a huge emphasize on marketing and make it a top priority, one step at time, your business is devoted to fail sooner or later? If your answer to these questions is “No”, then you should be sure to take care of this little but important detail. Start today! I suggest you to use your business card at all time, be out and about, get famous into your field of expertise, educate general public to what you do, have a professional image, be proactive! The list does not stop there. Can you add some more ideas to it? And remember, hardest action is always taking first step toward your dream success. Now, stop reading and go marketing!
Annick Lemieux is LMT at the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. She owned her private practice and worked internationally for Luxury Spas Onboard Cruises Ships. She also the author of the complimentary MaSsagE-ZinE, a publication dedicated to educate and help other professional Massage Therapists willing to build and keep their thriving practice. For more massage marketing tips and information, visit her website www.massagesolution.com
| | The Tip of the IceburgWritten by Daniel James Ahern
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In past, diuretic affects of caffeine in tea were considered a health risk, as it was generally accepted that caffeine causes dehydration. However, because tea only has 50mg of caffeine per serving, its holistic effect is that of a hydrator. Staying properly hydrated will reduce both mental and physical fatigue. The caffeine in tea also plays a part in tea's effect on metabolism. Tea increases metabolism by about 10%. Though it's not exactly clear and proven why, it is theorized that this is due to synergistic affects of caffeine and adrenal gland stimulation. Much of tea's greatest health-enhancing characteristics are result of its antioxidant content, which rids body of free radicals. Free radicals find their way into your body through normal metabolic processes, but, can also be formed in response to pollution, UV sunlight, and cigarette smoke. Free radicals are molecules that attack other molecules in body. Free radicals are thought to be cause of some chronic and aging diseases such as cancer, stroke, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, cataracts and Alzheimer's. Antioxidants rid body of free radicals by giving them something to attack, thus reducing risk of all those diseases. Vegetables and fruits, which contain antioxidants, should for same reason be eaten everyday. Of Chinese teas, green teas have most antioxidant content (one cup of green tea is equivalent to eating six apples), while black teas have least. So, you can see, for those concerned about their body and looking for a safe alternative to their everyday high-calorie caffeinated drinks, tea is a drink of choice. However, for our doctors to prescribe us whole range of world medicines, we will have to restructure our system to funnel more money to research methods that don't necessarily reap a handsome profit for drug industry. Until then, you can view tip of iceburg by drinking daily tea.
The author is an American living in China, working to pay off school debts before he continues his education in Chinese medicine. In the meantime, he is starting a site ilikegoodtea.com to begin marketing Chinese medicine to the west.
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