Practical Approaches with Lymphatic Drainage in Everyday Massage Treatments (two day 10 CEU workshop)

Practical Approaches with Lymphatic Drainage in Everyday Massage Treatments (two day 10 CEU workshop)

Lymph Drainage workshop oct 1 and 2 2022

The Keplinger Institute Proudly Presents:
Practical Approaches with Lymphatic Drainage in Everyday Massage Treatments
Two Day – 10 CEU – Workshop

Lymphatic drainage is a specialized form of massage that can profoundly impact the lymphatic system, helping to encourage lymph flow and drainage throughout the body. This type of massage can be very helpful in treating conditions such as lymphedema, sinus problems, and headaches. It can also be used to relax the body and promote overall lymphatic health.

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Why Practical Approaches with Lymphatic Drainage?

While lymphatic drainage massage requires special training and certification (as it should!), these courses are often five days to a week (or more) in length, require travel, and 80% of the time you’re using only 20% of the information for your investment of thousands of dollars. However, the Keplinger Institute’s KI RESULTS: Practical Approaches with Lymphatic Drainage in Everyday Massage Treatments is different, learn techniques you will use EVERY DAY in your treatments to improve your service, your client’s results, and your business’s bottom line. In this two-day (10-hour total) class, we will explore practical approaches to incorporating lymphatic drainage into your massage practice. We will cover topics such as the history and utilization of lymphatic techniques, how to assess lymphatic function, and specific lymphatic massage strokes and techniques.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:
– Assess lymphatic function in clients
– Incorporate lymphatic drainage techniques into your existing massage practice
– Use specific lymphatic massage strokes and techniques to promote lymph flow and drainage

This class is approved for continuing education credits (10 CEUs) by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCTMB). Upon completion of this class, you will receive a certificate of completion indicating that you have earned 10 CEUs.

Are you ready to upgrade your practice in a weekend? Looking for a way to integrate lymphatic drainage massage skills and knowledge into your daily services? SIGN UP for the KI RESULTS: Practical Approaches with Lymphatic Drainage in Everyday Massage Treatments course today (Click here to go to our booking page)! Signing up for DAY ONE automatically signs you up for DAY TWO, five hours each day. Please see the booking page for exact dates and times).

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QUESTIONS? Please email Lisa@KeplingerInstitute.com

All Workshops and Classes take place LIVE and IN-PERSON at The Keplinger Institute: 205 N. College Ave, Suite 215, Bloomington, Indiana 47404

KI Guided Couples Massage Workshop

KI Guided Couples Massage Workshop

Register TODAY for the KI Guided Couples Massage Workshop!
KI Guided Couples Massage is designed for the two of you to learn how to give and receive bodywork to each other. We will walk you and your favorite partner (you must bring your own) through different techniques including, but not limited to, massage techniques, range of motion, and breathwork. 
 
This workshop is 90 minutes total, with each partner receiving and giving a 35–40-minute massage guided by our massage instructors in the proper techniques and forms (This week, is taught by Lisa…yes, THAT Lisa). Each week is different according to the needs of the participants, it may be repeated as often as you like, and you will learn new and exciting techniques every time. This class is limited to SIX people (3 pairs of partners), is done fully clothed (so do wear comfortable clothing), and is ONLY $35 each ($70 for the pair)!
Endings, Origins, and Beginnings: Introducing the Keplinger Institute of Massage & Wellness (KI)

Endings, Origins, and Beginnings: Introducing the Keplinger Institute of Massage & Wellness (KI)

William Bullard - Father, friend, and chef

This story begins on a somber note: my father passed away recently — and to be candid, some might say he died when he retired. He was a very passionate cook his entire life and it’s all he loved to do. Shortly after he retired he had a stroke and his health, slowly at times and quickly in others, declined, until he was no longer able to cook or taste things of which he was once a master. I learned a lot from my father; how to be passionate about the work I do, a good work ethic, and not living my life in fear of living. The last one by omission as my father never pursued what he really wanted: to own his own restaurant out of fear it would fail. From watching his trepidation growing up, I worked on building my resistance to fear and the skills for something I was passionate about.

Finding that passion took a lot of twists and turns, but eventually, I landed on the thing I knew I was meant to do. I have always (even as a child) been interested in the human body and anatomy, especially the way the body works.

As condensed as possible, my story:

While living in South Korea in the mid-1990s, I studied to become a group fitness instructor and entrepreneurially began a fitness program for the military children after school as a volunteer, while also teaching aerobics at Yongsan AIN, and conversational English at a nearby university – my education passion was sparked. After we moved (off to Germany that time) the volunteer position I’d created became a paid position, which proved there was demand in the market for what I wanted to teach. When we moved to Frankfort (Rhein-Main AFB), I added personal training to the mix and managed even more after-school programs for kids (this time a paid position, modeled on the one I created in Seoul), with, of course, a focus on physical fitness. More sparks.

The irony of that position was how excited I was to have my own office with a desk (not exactly physical fitness), which I didn’t use much as I was always playing with the kids. While in Germany a friend of mine, an occupational therapist, suggested she thought I would make a good massage therapist and the idea just stayed in the back of my head. Once I returned stateside — we were living in Utah in a small town on the south side of the Great Salt Lake – an hour away, Salt Lake City (at the time) was the capital of massage training (I don’t know if it is any longer) and after a tour of the Utah College of Massage Therapy campus, I was so excited I signed up for the program on a Friday, paid for my parking pass, quit my job and started classes that next Monday. As anyone who has been through massage school can tell you, it’s rigorous training and it changes your life, from the inside out — The very first day, I was hooked. I chose massage because it’s a vast field of change, opportunity, and many modalities to choose from so I knew I would never be bored with this job. That’s right! I’d found what I was passionate about.

I was also right that I would never be bored. My massage career in 21 years has had a lot of twists and turns, but I’m still doing bodywork and have really created my own style, which I introduced with That’s the Rub 12 years ago in our wonderful little burg of Bloomington. For the last five years, I’ve been teaching in the massage program I helped found at Ivy Tech some of my style and now I’m bringing it to our own school with the opening of Keplinger Institute of Massage and Wellness (website coming soon). Not only will be teaching massage professionals continuing education, we will be introducing wellness classes to the community while also working on our trade school curriculum to soon be able to train people for licensure.

Every day I choose to live through my passion for the anatomy of the human body that has followed me since my early childhood. Each time I strayed something brought me back to it. Anatomy, massage, fitness, nutrition, teaching, growing, and wellness, the options are endless, and I am most passionate about sharing them with YOU!

I invite you to join me for our FIST community offering: Ki for Stretch and Relax, and very soon for Guided Couples Massage, or any of the classes my passion leads us to. Sparks are flying, I’m excited about the adventure, I can’t wait to meet you!

That’s the Rub,

Lisa

2020 is Off and Running: The New Year’s Here Blog

2020 is Off and Running: The New Year’s Here Blog

new years 2020

Hello there and Happy New Year Rub Family!

Now, I know and you know it’s been a long time since I’ve posted a blog and I’m really sorry about that, it’s just we’ve had so much going on that it’s been a real challenge just to sit at the computer, let alone write and when I do, I want to make sure it’s because I have something to say.

A lot of people have come up to me in the last few weeks and told me how much they love and appreciate coming to That’s the Rub and that they refer their friends. Words cannot describe how wonderful that makes me feel! When I managed destination spas all over the country, I dreamed I would own my own spa one day and that it would have local art on the wall, it would be five-star quality services and hospitality with a comfortable atmosphere that could be enjoyed by everyone, clients and staff alike. I’m so over the moon to say that the feedback we receive says that Jim and I nailed it right on the head! Thank You so much for spending your time with us.

What have we been busy with you ask? Well, I’m so glad you did, but don’t worry, there is NO way I will remember everything, so I’m going to start and see how far I get.

In December (2019), just before the holiday, we graduated another cohort of students at Ivy Tech. Never a dull moment, we incorporate the students that would like to do so into The Rub to further their education in daily operations of the spa, expand on their massage techniques and to do more hands-on work with the general public who are unable to make it out to Ivy Tech for our clinics. Our student massages have been a smash hit with clients and students alike, and this semester promises even more with our new batch of senior massage students!

Over the summer (yeah, way back then) I learned how to teach and launched a class called Yomassage. Yomassage combines supported yoga postures with massage and breath and it’s amazing. It’s amazing because you don’t have to be flexible (thank goodness), you wear clothes, there is music, it’s done in a group format, AND it’s VERY relaxing. So it’s a great pick me up in the middle of the day when you need to hit the reset button or at the end of your workday to unwind and get a good night’s sleep. It’s amazing for people who’ve never had a massage (come on and get into some self-care already!), special occasions, or team building workshops. Please see our website for more details or feel free to write to me (lisa@thatstherub.com) if you want more information. This is starting to get a little too sales pitchy for my taste and that’s NOT what this post is about. I just get excited when I talk about it and I really enjoy teaching it.

Of course there were the holidays to prepare for, which seemed to be a little crazier for me than usual; I hope all of you came out unscathed.

That’s the Rub is proud to have donated more than $2,000 in 2019 back to the community in goods and services this year to support what we love and where we live.

We also want to say THANK YOU for a wonderful year! Your patronage has sustained many therapists and their families this past year and we couldn’t be more grateful.

Thank you for being part of The Rub family. Thank you for your continued support. Thank you for valuing the skills that we bring to the table. Thank you for choosing The Rub to be your partner in helping to attain your personal healthcare goals. Thank you for referring your friends and family. We love what we do and we’re so happy that you share that with us.

It’s Our 10th Anniversary! Join us this year as we celebrate 10 years of That’s the Rub! In 2019 we rebranded the business to That’s the Rub the Therapeutic Day Spa because we felt it would say more of what we do now vs what we did when we first began. Ten years ago, The Rub started with just me and Jim and we’ve continued to expand and grow ever since, not just our square footage, but our service menu and our staff as well.

So stay tuned and look for our save the date notification (in March) for our anniversary celebration! We hope to see you there! In the meantime, if you have questions about massage, benefits of massage, classes we offer, etc please check out our website, www.thatstherub.com OR you can write me directly at lisa@thatstherub.com and I can include your question and answers in my blog. I want to ensure you are getting the information you want about what we do here at That’s the Rub.

May your 2020 bring you light, love, and happiness.

That’s the Rub,

Lisa

Impossible is Nothing: The Lessons of Aunt Fran and The GOAT

Impossible is Nothing: The Lessons of Aunt Fran and The GOAT

Impossible is Nothing 2019 top image

“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given, than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” – Mohamed Ali

The above quote came out in a Sports Illustrated trifold poster sometime between 2003 – 2004, I don’t remember the exact time period because it was a time in my life when I moved quite a bit and memory is a blur. Those words still bring tears of potential to my eyes when I read them.

When I first saw the poster I was working my first Spa Director position and I felt like the odds were against me. I started that job with such high hopes, but I found out that we didn’t have front desk staff, and the “manager” at the time was EXTREMELY overwhelmed. She decided to not give me and my methods a shot to help her out and quit two days later. It would’ve been easy to throw in the towel and say that I couldn’t do it, but as was recently reaffirmed to me earlier this month Drewry (my mother’s family name) women don’t give up — we work hard and tirelessly to make things happen.

You see, my Aunt Fran passed away in late June. Fran was the one constant in my life who believed in me, especially when I didn’t know how to believe in myself. She taught me the philosophies I use as the foundation of my business: hard work and perseverance will pay off, keep your eye on the prize, switch gears when necessary, and believe anyway. She encouraged me to embrace my life, get an education, travel, don’t be afraid, and never let anything or anyone hold you back. Fran taught me about myself in ways I will probably still be unraveling when I’m 85. She was stubborn, smart, and strong. At her funeral, some of the last words said about her was she was a hard worker, but she was so much more than that. She lived her life on her terms and no one else’s and she taught me to do the same. Fran taught me I had the knowhow and the drive to accomplish anything.

So, in that first spa, I worked 12-14 hour days, conducted front desk interviews for staff, while working on the front desk because there was no one else but me to do it. I managed treatment staff, booked appointments, conducted interviews for even more staff, and trained treatment staff in the services they needed to be able to perform, all while working full time at that front desk. I learned a lot about myself in that first directing job, there were days where I felt like all I did was walk back and forth from the human resources department to pick up my next interviewee — I put a lot of steps in before anyone was ever counting them. I built a world class spa out of that property, I hired and trained over 20 people while I was there, I redeveloped the service menu, chose and nurtured fresh product lines, amplified and the expectations, increased the bottom line, and radically changed how my boss thought the spa was (just an amenity to the guests) by turning it in to its own destination. I added a café to serve food because my guests wanted to stay longer and the restaurant delivered gourmet it to the spa. I redecorated it with the company interior designer which gave it a unique look and feel from the rest of the resort. Ah, it was the worst of times and it was the best of times. There were days so hard I didn’t know if I wanted to go back, but I couldn’t bring myself to quit until I felt that I had succeeded in doing all I could and I had nothing left to give.

Last year, I visited the spa for the first time in over a decade. I was astounded and delighted to find at least three of the treatment staff I hired and trained are still there (I just checked, it’s been 17 years). Not much had changed, until the following week when they were to begin breaking ground on building a fresh, new spa, updating it to this century, no small task I assure you. I can’t wait to see what they do!

Why do I bring this up you ask? Because if I truly believed I couldn’t do the impossible, I wouldn’t be sitting in front of you today writing this blog. I went on to become known (and recognized by Conde-Nast – ed.), The Spa Fixer (cue ominous music – your humble editor). Every spa I directed from then on needed some kind of triage help. They were bleeding, damaged, and needed to be staunched. Each task required yet another level of increasing stick-to-itiveness to get the job done, not only to succeed, but to always exceed the expectations of what the spas were capable of doing in the right hands.

If I had believed these tasks and contracts were impossible I wouldn’t be sitting at my own desk, in my own business (10 years and counting), writing this blog, mentoring the next wave of therapists, training my own front desk staff, teaching massage school, and being a boss. There are days just as hard as when I first started as a director, but now I call my own shots, work as much or as little as necessary to get the job done without someone else’s judgment, change things that aren’t working, and embrace all the things that do.

I am the owner, director, daily operations manager, massage therapist, and lead shot caller of That’s the Rub, The Therapeutic Day Spa and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Impossible is NOTHING! I have the power to change my world and I own it! Thank you Aunt Fran for showing me the way, I will be forever grateful.

That’s the Rub,

Lisa