A Magical Place
When I was in public school, I felt deeply isolated because I knew I was not like other people. I always felt like an imposter. Like I didn’t belong anywhere except for the cracks in the sidewalks, where I’d hide myself so nobody would see me fully. This pushed me to really want to understand […]
A Healing Journey
My story is unique in that it is a dolphin story. When I toured SSMT in 2021 as a prospective student, I had no real direction in my life and I was unsure whether this was the path for me, but a little voice inside of me said, “You can do it!” I did do […]
Magic in These Walls
Becoming a massage therapist is one of the the best decisions I’ve made in my life. Some people are just not satisfied with their lives unless their work has meaning. I stumbled into massage therapy when I became interested in all different kinds of healing. Once I met the intake coordinator and some of the […]
A New Adventure
I committed to study at Sarasota School of Massage Therapy 10 years ago and as of the fall of 2023 I have finally stepped fully into being a LMT buisness owner here in St. Petersburg. The training I received from the instructors there prepared me for this new adventure and I am so grateful that […]
Work with Athletes
My name is Kayla Mitchell. I attended SSMT in 2019 after being in the fitness industry for 5 years. I had been working with clients suffering from chronic pain and injuries, so I decided to take my education a step further by adding massage to my services in order to help my clients even more. […]
Trust the Process
If I could go back in time and tell myself to trust the process the first time around, I would’ve.I signed up to SSMT 3x and finally completed the program in 2018! I was so nervous and didn’t have faith on what could come of this. But looking back, that’s what makes my journey mean […]
Real Change
What can I say about massage therapy? Perhaps the only words I can express about the field is “life changing”. It all started many years ago with my wife deciding to become a licensed massage therapist in 2002. Though I spent years of my life working in western medicine, specifically in treating the human body […]
Full Circle
When I was 17 years old in 2010 I told my grandmother I wanted to be a massage therapist and that I was really interested in going to massage school after I graduated high school. My grandmother was a traveling nurse and had many clients in Sarasota. One day she had a new client close […]
Passion and Purpose
I graduated from SSMT in 1996 and over the course of my career in massage therapy I have worked in day spas, chiropractic offices, as well as being self employed with my own house call business. Through my own health challenges and learning to heal myself, I developed a passion for injury specific work and […]
Heart Opening Experiences
Going to SSMT was the best decision I have ever made. The year was 1989 and I was working as a community health nurse when I returned from my vacation in FL, and was getting a massage. I said to my therapist at the time, “I love FL and I love massage. Maybe I ought […]