John “The NHI Guy” Caguin will be starring in a new video series, showcasing massage therapy techniques, massage school facts and tips, and other NHI related videos.  To make sure you receieve updates when new videos are released, subscribe to the NHI Youtube Channel and subscribe to the NHI Blog.

For the first video, we thought it would be appropriate to show you something that will help no matter what type of massage you are giving.  Proper body mechanics can keep you from becoming fatigued or injured as a massage therapist and also increase the effectiveness of the massage so that your client is 100% satisfied.

Even if you aren’t an expert in massage therapy, these tips will give you more confidence and strength while providing massage.

Without further ado, let me introduce The NHI Guy!

Every year for during our annual Staff Day at the National Holistic Institute, we have made it a tradition to read aloud stories of our students’ personal experiences with NHI.  This year we decided to do it a bit different by letting the students share it themselves.  Two graduating students from Group 1 at the NHI Emeryville campus, Saideh Houston and Anne Nelsen, got to have a few minutes in the spotlight to kick off our new series of student and graduate videos.  Cheri Brown, a 2009 Group 47 grad who now has a thriving private practice also shared her story about how NHI helped her to overcome her struggles and become successful and confident in her career.

Congratulations to all of our graduating seniors and a special thanks to Saideh, Anne, and Cheri.  We are looking forward to hearing from many more students and graduates in the future we are also excited to announce another video series with John Caguin (The NHI Guy) who will be giving insight into lots of interesting massage therapy modalities and techniques as well as a sneak peek of campus life and the NHI community.

We hope you enjoy!  Please keep an eye on our Facebook and Youtube pages for more videos in the future.

If so, consider, you should attending Holistic Buzz Camp, a four-hour interactive workshop designed to provide you with highly effective yet free or inexpensive word of mouth marketing tools and techniques to grow your massage therapy practice. This event will be offered on 4/28/11 at NHI Emeryville and 5/21/11 NHI Studio City. You will learn how to:

• Boost repeat and referred business through online newsletters, seminars, events, blogs, networking (both face-to-face and online), consumer review websites (Yelp, Google, Angie’s List, CitySearch, etc.), client recognition programs, and videos.
• Choose and use social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn to communicate effectively with your clients and prospects.
• Increase the loyalty and enthusiasm of your clients so they recommend your services.
• Land your practice in the top results of Google and other leading search engines through legitimate search engine optimization (SEO) techniques without wasting money on pay-per-click (PPC) advertising.

About the Presenter

Patrick Galvin is the chief galvanizer of Galvin Communications (www.galvincomm.com), a word of mouth marketing firm in Portland, Oregon that has helped increase credibility, visibility, and sales for hundreds of businesses from massage therapists just starting out to publicly traded companies with billions of dollars in annual revenue. Over the past three years, his company has provided word of mouth marketing services for the National Holistic Institute (NHI). He led a popular Holistic Buzz Camp at NHI in 2009 which is why he was asked to present again.

Testimonials from Past Holistic Buzz Camp Participants

“I enjoyed hearing Patrick’s lively presentation and passion for growing businesses without advertising. If you’re looking to build your massage therapy practice on a shoestring, you should definitely attend Buzz Camp.”
Tim Veitzer, President, National Holistic Institute

“Attendees left Buzz Camp with great energy and excellent ideas for growing their practices with cool ideas and tools.”
Linda Rikli, Vice President of Education, National Holistic Institute

“Patrick consistently impresses me with his creative marketing ideas – particularly since they have been extremely helpful in growing my massage therapy practice.”
Lyn Hughey, LMT, Asha Integrative Wellness

Registration Details

For the Thursday, 4/28/11 event at NHI Emeryville: Register by 4/14 and the cost is $35 (NHI students), $59 (NHI graduates), and $69 (public). After 4/14 the cost is $50, $75, and $95 respectively.

For the Saturday, 5/21/11 event at NHI Studio City: Register by 5/7 and the cost is $35 (NHI students), $59 (NHI graduates), and $69 (public). After 5/7 the cost is $50, $75, and $95 respectively.

Seating is limited so register ASAP by calling Denise at 510-547-6444 Ext. 354. For more information, visit www.holisticbuzzcamp.com/nhi.

Special thanks also to Gabriel and all of his students for giving a sneak peek into their reflexology class and to all of the other students and staff at NHI who made a cameo.  You are all amazing!

For more information on our new campus, get in touch with us!
NHI Sacramento on the Web
(916) 568-6411

We hope to share more videos with you all in the future – If you’re curious about a certain part of life at NHI, leave us a comment and let us know what you’d like to see!

Welcome to NHI’s YouTube Channel!

In the video above, longtime NHI teacher Melissa Wheeler gives some chair massage pointers to a group of NHI students.  We encourage you to try these techniques on friends, family, and co-workers.

Click below to visit our YouTube Channel.  Let us know if you’d like to see other “how-to” videos.

Later in the day, we made our way onto YouTube courtesy of Mahalo Daily.  Leah D’Emilio visited us in Encino to learn some tips on how to give a 15 minute relaxation massage.  Over 25,000 people have viewed it so far!  You can add to those numbers by clicking below.

Who knows where we’ll pop up next!