Conversations with Steve Capellini

Steve Capellini has been working in the spa industry since 1983, first as a massage therapist, then as a trainer, supervisor, consultant and writer. He has trained the staffs at several top properties and presented spa workshops to massage therapists, estheticians, and entrepreneurs across the U.S. and Canada. He wrote the monthly Spa Letters column for Massage & Spa Today, and he has published 5 books: The Royal Treatment, Massage Therapy Career Guide, Massage for Dummies, The Complete Spa Book for Massage Therapists, and Making the Switch to Being Rich. As a spa spokesperson, he’s given keynote speeches and appeared on dozens of TV shows and in many magazine articles. He was in charge of developing the spa programs for the new Pelican Hill Resort in Newport Beach, California and the Pritikin Longevity Center in Miami, FL. He also created the spa training curriculum for East-West College in Portland, OR. Steve has traveled to Thailand to learn Thai massage and Thai Herbal Ball techniques to incorporate into massage and spa treatments. He also recently returned from Nepal where he worked with the “Himalayan Healers,” a group that teaches untouchables to be massage therapists.