MY ROUTE TO MASSAGE TRAINING AT OSM – Marie Dixson

Hi OSM,

I’ve been in Sales for most of my life and at age 40 I was feeling
like there must be more to working that just doing the job for
simply the money. Yet I didn’t know what that looked like to me at
that time.

In 2009 I had a serious car accident and realized after the accident
that I didn’t want to have my current career be as good as it gets
for me. So with that said I was receiving massages as part of my
healing process and noticed that Oregon School of Massage was having
a FREE training preview in Salem and it occurred to me that I would
love to be in a career that “Healed” others at the same time giving
my time to people that were in need of positive safe healing
massage. What a good feeling to have a job doing something like
that.

After the training preview I realized how affordable it could be at
the same time they offered night classes so I could still work and
go to school. OSM accepted my application for very low-interest loan. I’m grateful that the monthly loan payments are considerably less than what many people pay for car loans.

My life has changed so much since starting school at OSM. I have
more self esteem, better confidence, stronger hands and arms, and my
anxiety is almost completely gone which is a blessing in itself! I
am a much calmer individual. I get incredible respect from the OSM
staff as they welcome diversity completely. I also look forward to
seeing the people I’ve met through the school, it is like an
extended family. We exchange phone number in the beginning of each
class as students and that just strengthens a feeling of “being a
part of”!

I am lucky to have believed in myself enough that I took the chance
of getting the loan to start school for massage. It has helped me
be a better Me.

Sincerely,
Marie Dixson