ABOUT ME

Massage is about you but I hope the information below will make you comfortable about my dedication to your satisfaction.

Married to Julie since we were twenty-two. One of our three children, Geoff, designed this website. We live in the Galena Terrirory and share our home with five horses, three dogs and three cats.

My background includes a BA degree with an English major with minors in Philosophy and Theology. I spent all of my career in Buying and Marketing Management, mostly at Sears Roebuck's national headquarters. I used massage for stress relief in my last ten years of my career. I have had massages almost everywhere in the world that business took me: China, Hong Kong, Turkey, Pakistan, France, Spain and the United States.

I was drawn to massage as a second career because it is a positive experience for the client and therapist – compared to the pressures of business performance careers.

I was formally trained in massage at Capri College in Dubuque, Iowa.
I am insured and certified as a member of the Associated Bodywork
and Massage Professionals (ABMP # 625940), and am licensed by
the State of Illinois (State License # 12121853).

Neck, shoulders and lower back issues are my areas of concentration and expertise. I've spent twleve years developing techniques that address relief and relaxation here. I am capable of delivering any kind of pressure you desire from gentle to deep tissue and am fit enough to work eight hours for your group. I now have over twelve years of massage practice.

Massage is about you.