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Parting Thoughts from Terrie Yardley-Nohr

3/29/2019

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By Terrie Yardley-Nohr
Terrie and students, faculty and staff on her last day at HAC
Terrie on her last day at the Healing Arts Center, with faculty, staff, and students from Basic Technique and Anatomy and Physiology 2
    As I sit at my desk at work for the last time, it is a great time to reflect on what an adventure my career has been.  It was over 31 years ago that I graduated from Kaleidoscope School of Massage.  So much has happened since then.  I have been blessed with so many mentors such as Donna Zieger (owner of Kaleidoscope), the late Diana Gordon and Cherie Sohnen-Moe.   All are incredible individuals in the massage community.   I guess that I looked at my career as an adventure, something new with a lot to do.  The massage community was just getting started in Missouri and I was pleased to work with a team of people (Estaban Ruvulcaba, Jennifer Peters and Juliet Mee) on the legislation for the state.  Being involved with the AMTA at the chapter level enabled me to meet so many wonderful therapists that were dedicated to moving our profession forward.   As I moved on to the National level of the AMTA, a whole new world opened up to me.  Meeting so many wonderful therapists and educators helped educate me about the massage community and provide mentorship for me in the field. 
    During my career, I quickly realized that I could never do any of this alone.  There is always a team of people involved.  From the state and national chapters of the AMTA, to the schools such as Missouri College, Anthem and The Healing Arts Center, there is always a team of people there to help.  I thank each and every one that has been there helping and supporting along the way.
    I am not totally fading into the sunset with retirement.  I was recently offered an opportunity to write for a national magazine and there are several other projects in the works.  Feel free to friend me on Facebook to see future adventures.   I am looking forward to some travel time in the RV with the animals and friends.  And I am still serving on the Board of the Alliance of Massage Educators (AFMTE) for several years to come.  What a great group of dedicated people. 
    To the students that I have had the privilege of teaching,  Thank you.  I always learned from you and that helped to write a book and to help future students in their careers.  A student recently asked me what advice I would offer to a new therapist.  My advice would be to remember that every therapist makes an impression on the public about our profession.  We hope that it will be a positive impression of nurturing, kindness, patience, integrity and ethical behavior.  Those that came before us paved the way for a career that can be rewarding, fulfilling and wonderful.  Now you can carry on and pave the way for those that will follow you.  Take care of you and show the clients what a wonderful therapist you can be and above all else – stay ethical!!!

In peace - Terrie
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HAC Grad Carrie Burnett Shares With Students How She Is Building Success

4/25/2018

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HAC Graduate Carrie Burnett, LMT, Brings Wisdom, Knowledge and Business Savvy Back to Business Class
     Carrie Burnett is up to big things.  Since graduating from The Healing Arts Center, she has started her own massage business, undertaken professional training towards receiving a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) certificate, is studying psychology at Webster University and has plans to pursue a doctorate in neuroscience.  She has a passionate belief that the power of touch is not understood by science or therefore utilized to its fullest extent and has every intention of changing that through her current practice and future research.

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The Evolution of the Massage Therapist Into The Modern Wellness Professional

7/19/2017

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Training In A Spectrum Of Holistic Healing Techniques Can Make All The Difference Between Having A Job As A Wellness Worker And Creating A Wellness Practice

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Kwan Yin by Zeng Hao, www.zhdhart.com
For nearly thirty years, The Healing Arts Center has been training massage therapists and has evolved to be, by far, the largest and most well-loved massage training program in the St. Louis region.  It ain’t braggin’ if it’s true and statistically, it’s true.  The HAC curriculum has always been unique.  We have always required Reiki training as a requirement for graduation and every student s required to have at least some transformative breathwork training as well.  We require an entire term
 of Myofascial Release, one of the most useful massage modalities for injury recovery, scar rehabilitation and sports recovery.  Our students start clinical practice after their first term in school.  HAC is nothing if not a “learning by doing” school.  Our students will spend the better part of a year working on the public so that when they graduate they are as comfortable with clients as they are with their friends.  Like most massage therapists nation-wide, roughly 60% of our graduates will wind up running their own independent wellness practices.
And this is the new gold standard at HAC: comprehensive wellness practice.

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The Healing Arts Center Adds Entrepreneur Studies To Its Business Curriculum

6/19/2017

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With 60% Of All Massage Therapists Practicing As Independents, HAC Ramps Up Business Development And Marketing Skills In Business Class And Looks At Business Incubation.

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   The Healing Arts Center trains more licensed massage therapists in the St. Louis region than all other programs combined.  As the oldest and largest school around, we feel that we have a responsibility to train massage therapists for prosperity in the real world.   Given that nearly 60% of all massage therapists are self-employed, independent operators, HAC has decided that it must improve its business training to assist its graduates in creating their own massage practices should they chose that direction.
     Massage therapy is a wonderful profession, but it does not have be practiced full-time to be useful for personal prosperity.  A significant segment of the massage therapy community are part-time therapists who use the practice to augment income  that they earn in other professions.

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Myth-busting For The Wellness Entrepreneur (Part 1 of 5)

4/5/2017

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This New HAC Blog Series Is Designed To Improve The Business Skills Of The Entire Massage Therapy Community

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David Kenyon is the president of the Healing Arts Center in St. Louis, Missouri.  He is an attorney, business consultant and entrepreneur who has specialized in developing local and regional small-cap businesses with high job creation densities.  Over the course of his career, he has helped a number of companies  survive the start-up phase and go on to create multi-million dollar revenue streams.  David emphasizes creating lean, tribal operating environments and enhancing product value exchanges with social value. David's primary rule is that entrepreneurs must transcend the vast body of widely-believed business myths in order to get "real" about what business actually is and how it works.

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