Just Breathe Massage Therapy

✨️August massage availability✨️

8/6: 7pm
8/8: 9am & 10:30am
8/10: 9-4
8/12: 12-5
8/14: 6pm
8/17: 12-5
8/18: 6pm
8/19: 9-1
8/21: 6pm
8/22: 9am & 10:30am
8/24- 9-5
8/26: 12-7
8/31: 9-5

✨️Fb message, text or call 304-788-8050 to schedule.

✨️Just Breathe Massage Therapy
518 Beachley St
Meyersdale, Pa 15552

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Saturday morning massage appt available. July 25 at 9am!

Did you know that massage therapists in Pennsylvania are required to be licensed?

Many people don’t realize just how much goes into becoming - and remaining - a Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT). Licensure doesn’t exist simply to create hoops for massage therapists to jump through. It exists to help protect the public.

To become licensed in PA, massage therapists must complete:
• At least 600 hours of education
• Extensive hours in anatomy, physiology, pathology, kinesiology, ethics, assessment, contraindications, and hands-on techniques
• A state licensing examination
• A criminal background check

Then, every two years, we’re required to complete:
• 24 hours of continuing education
• Ethics training
• Mandatory child abuse recognition and reporting training
• CPR (re)certification

Why does all of this matter?

Because massage therapists aren’t just trained in how to massage - we’re trained in when massage is appropriate, when it should be modified, and when it shouldn’t be performed at all. We learn to recognize health conditions, medications, injuries, pregnancies, surgeries, and other situations that affect how massage should be provided safely.

Unfortunately, unlicensed massage practice does exist. While no single sign tells the whole story, some potential red flags include:
• Prices that seem dramatically lower than the local market
• No health history or intake before your first session
• Businesses advertising only “reflexology” while appearing to provide full-body massage
• Poor hygiene or cleanliness
• An inability or unwillingness to provide a PA massage license number

The good news? Verifying a license takes less than a minute.

Visit:
https://www.pa.gov/services/dos/verify-a-professional-or-occupational-license

Search by profession and name to confirm that your massage therapist’s license is active.

Your body deserves care from someone who has met professional standards and is committed to maintaining them 🙏

Credit: Exhale, Massage and Yoga.

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Nobody talks about why massage actually works.

Yes, it reduces stress. Yes, it relieves pain.

But here's the deeper thing: it teaches you to live inside your body again.

Many people spend their days almost entirely in their heads. Screens, thoughts, plans, noise. The body becomes just a vehicle — something we drag around to the next meeting.

Research calls what we lose "interoceptive awareness" — the ability to accurately read your own internal signals. Hunger. Tension. Emotion. Safety.

When that channel goes quiet, you stop trusting yourself. You outsource your decisions. You miss what your nervous system is trying to tell you.

An hour of bodywork doesn't just relax your muscles. It reminds your brain that you have a body. And that body has things to say.

That's not woo. That's neuroscience.

💬 When did you last feel truly at home in your body?

I'm sometimes guilty on the oil change but not a regular massage. Fb message, text or call 304-788-8050 to schedule. You will definitely feel the difference with regular massage appointments.

☀️The sun is hard on our skin during the summer. Let me know if you would like to add a back scrub onto your massage.☀️

Fb message, text or call 304-788-8050 to schedule!

Booked ✨️Massage openings available this week✨️
5/20: 1:30-3
5/21: 7pm
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✨️I am offering a new service starting in May.✨️

A 30 min scalp massage! With or without oil you can experience a scalp massage that will relax your nervous system and entire body.

With the use of a few massage tools and gentle rhythmic massage strokes your entire body will relax. Similar to the massage received during the popular scalp therapy treatments done at salons or even like the ASMR videos online.

If your feeling frazzled and stressed this will give your mind and body a moment to "Just Breathe."

Get ahead of the rush! A gift certificate for Mother's Day. What a good idea! Choose a 30-60-90 minute massage and maybe an add-on. She will love it.