Today we’d like to introduce you to Ashlee Love.
Hi Ashlee, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
My career in the healing arts began almost a decade ago- then, I was performing bodywork under certifications until I took the step to study massage therapy in school (at Healing Mountain Massage School in SLC, UT) and become professionally licensed. After that I was taken under the wing of a mentor, Penelope Bateman, who was 20 years into her bodywork career herself. With her, I had the opportunity to study her techniques, her interactions with her clients, how she ran her business (which was, at the time, the Wind of Keltia Spa in Holladay, UT), ask her questions, and receive answers- answers that only someone with her level of experience and success could provide. It was an opportunity of a lifetime that quickly propelled me into success in private practice myself- within a year of launching my private practice, my client base was established and I was earning a full-time income doing what I love. Today, Penelope and I are close friends and colleagues who trade bodywork, and I carry everything she taught me into my work with SO much gratitude and love! And, later into my career, I also had the opportunity to mentor an up-and-coming massage therapist myself!
As you know, we’re big fans of Ashlee Love Body & Light Worker. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about the brand?
I am a licensed massage therapist who specializes in chronic pain relief. My background in the healing arts includes studies of many clinical bodywork modalities and, with those, I help people who suffer from chronic pain due to accidents, injuries, and structural misalignments. I am also trauma informed which gives me the ability to perform somatic awareness practices with my clients, and safely guide them through releases that may occur while receiving (compassionate) touch.
What my clients love most about my work is my intuitive ability to find root points of pain, and that I hold these points until they completely release. From almost a decade of experience I can say that pain often lingers because our tissues (and nervous systems) are not given the time they need to unwind their physical, mental, and emotional tension all the way. Resolving root points of pain fosters lasting physiological healing and moves stuck energy, allowing us to be more vibrant, self-realized, and kinder versions of ourselves to ourselves and to others!
My “why” for doing what I do is to connect people more fully to their own innate healing potential by connecting them more fully to their bodies. I believe that our bodies (rather than something outside of ourselves) offer us the insight we need to heal, and ultimately thrive! And, I care deeply about the wellbeing of people.
The latest development in my business that I am SO excited about is that I now also offer business mentoring for bodyworkers! 75% of bodyworkers burn out within their first 5 years of practice and we are told that the reasons why are due to poor body mechanics, but I know that the reasons why actually have more to do with the absence of business know-how in our industry. We are taught in school how to perform our craft but not how to run a successful business. So I began offering business mentoring and I also launched an Instagram page, Business Success for Bodyworkers (@bizsuccessforbodyworkers), to resolve that statistic. Business Success for Bodyworkers is a content hub of business insight, inspiration, and guidance from experienced bodyworkers, and it will eventually become an online course that can be taken from home! My hope is to launch this by the end of 2026.
Having been mentored myself, I know the value of mentorship and I want to give back and elevate the bodywork industry in any way I can. I also have a Bachelor’s Degree in Business and I love teaching people, no matter the type of business, how to structure, grow, and expand their business using strategies that protect the longevity of their career – and, using strategies that come from the heart.
We’d love to hear about any fond memories you have from when you were growing up?
I lived in upstate New York (Albany) for the first part of my childhood. I have tender memories of me playing in the wilderness that surrounded my neighborhood, sometimes with friends and sometimes by myself getting lost in nature and in the crevices of my imagination. I was like a modern Anne of Green Gables making flower crowns, climbing trees, building forts, splashing in creeks, and telling stories to birds and squirrels or whoever would listen. I remember feeling most at home with the sounds and sensations of nature. I am grateful that my parents trusted I would be safe, and they somehow always knew where I was. I am also grateful that my early childhood was characterized by childhood whimsy and not screens!
Contact Info:
- Website: https://ashleeloveblw.simplybook.me
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/bizsuccessforbodyworkers
