Angie Parris is a licensed massage therapist and the advertising director for ABMP. Angie is Chopra Center Certified in meditation, Ayurvedic lifestyle, and total well-being coaching. Her training explores physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health. You can also see Angie in ABMP’s Meditate & Move series on ABMP’s YouTube Playlist. Angie is also the founder of the nonprofit Project Inti, an organization that provides aid and education to low-income Peruvian families and communities. For more information, visit projectinti.org.

Amanda Long is a writer and massage therapist in Falls Church, Virginia. She likes to dance and laugh, loudly.

Lola Michelin, LMT, LAMT, SAMT, founded the Northwest School of Animal Massage in 2001. She has practiced animal massage for over 30 years and massage for people for 17 of those years. A graduate of the animal science program at Michigan State University, she has experience in both the veterinarian and zoological fields. For more information, visit nwsam.com.

Samantha Lynn is a writer and massage therapist from Michigan. She graduated from Central Michigan University with a bachelor’s degree in English literature in 2012. She lives with her husband and two fur babies, Juno and Sophie. She loves to read, write, travel, and practice yoga.

Machelle Varma, LMT, owns a 60-acre farm in Sherwood, Oregon, where she started an organic co-op—Our Table Cooperative—and a Pilates and massage studio called InnerConnections on the property with a focus on women’s health and empowerment. A professionally trained dancer, Varma’s fascination with the mental, physical, and energetic connection of movement and its influence on health and well-being, along with the experience of birthing her first child, led her to becoming a birth doula in 2000, a certified Pilates instructor in 2006, and a licensed massage therapist in 2020.

Catherine Ryan is a CMTBC-registered massage therapist with a strong interest in patient-centered care, evidence informed practices, and lifelong learning. Over her 30-plus year career, Ryan has engaged in the profession in a variety of clinical, educational, and leadership capacities. An established continuing education instructor, Ryan has presented internationally at conferences, in the areas of scar-tissue management and myofascial pain and dysfunction, which also constitute her clinical practice focus. She has written numerous articles featured in various publications, co-authored Traumatic Scar Tissue Management: Massage Therapy Principles, Practice and Protocols (Handspring 2016), and written a chapter contribution in Fascia, Function and Medical Applications (2020) and Oncology Massage: An Integrative Approach to Cancer Care for Manual Therapists (Handspring 2020). Ryan is also the co-host of the podcast Massage Therapy Without Borders.

Dr. Joe Muscolino has been a manual and movement therapy educator for more than 35 years. He has created several online streaming subscription platforms for manual therapy continuing education, including LearnMuscles Continuing Education with more than 3,300 video lessons and more than 320 hours of NCBTMB credit. He has also created Massage Therapy—Master Online Curriculum, a full online curriculum for massage therapy schools. He is the author of multiple textbooks with Elsevier and has authored more than 90 articles. For more information on any of Dr. Joe’s content, visit learnmuscles.com. To contact Dr. Joe directly, you can reach him at joseph.e.muscolino@gmail.com.  

Cal Cates is an educator, writer, and speaker on topics ranging from massage therapy in the hospital setting to end-of-life care and massage therapy policy and regulation. A founding director of the Society for Oncology Massage from 2007–2014 and current executive director and founder of Healwell, Cates works within and beyond the massage therapy community to elevate the level of practice and integration of massage overall and in health care specifically. Cates also is the co-creator of the podcasts Massage Therapy Without Borders and Interdisciplinary.