{"id":235,"date":"2019-03-19T07:31:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T07:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rockyourmassagepractice.com\/?p=235"},"modified":"2021-10-18T01:19:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T01:19:26","slug":"spotlight-eli-shumakers-successful-launch-of-body-euphoria-a-trans-friendly-trans-owned-massage-therapy-center-in-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockyourmassagepractice.com\/2019\/03\/spotlight-eli-shumakers-successful-launch-of-body-euphoria-a-trans-friendly-trans-owned-massage-therapy-center-in-pittsburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight &#8211; Eli&#8217;s Successful Launch of Body Euphoria, a Trans-Friendly, Trans-Owned Massage Therapy Center in Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rockyourmassagepractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/46237092_10161119160325204_3708994294942531584_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-236\" width=\"382\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rockyourmassagepractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/46237092_10161119160325204_3708994294942531584_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/rockyourmassagepractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/46237092_10161119160325204_3708994294942531584_n-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rockyourmassagepractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/46237092_10161119160325204_3708994294942531584_n-768x518.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rockyourmassagepractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/eli-710x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-237\" width=\"257\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rockyourmassagepractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/eli-710x1024.jpg 710w, https:\/\/rockyourmassagepractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/eli-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/rockyourmassagepractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/eli.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-queerpgh\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MVNxtbG7qh\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerpgh.com\/trans-friendly-trans-owned-massage-therapy-center-in-pittsburgh\/\">Trans-Friendly, Trans-Owned Massage Therapy Center in Pittsburgh<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"http:\/\/www.queerpgh.com\/trans-friendly-trans-owned-massage-therapy-center-in-pittsburgh\/embed\/#?secret=MVNxtbG7qh\" data-secret=\"MVNxtbG7qh\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" title=\"&#8220;Trans-Friendly, Trans-Owned Massage Therapy Center in Pittsburgh&#8221; &#8212; QueerPGH\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Just bragging about one of my favorite humans on the PLANET!&#8230; Eli Shumaker! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerpgh.com\/trans-friendly-trans-owned-massage-therapy-center-in-pittsburgh\/?fbclid=IwAR2z5ZTEmiC5IZ5oQy-lDSJszSmLtobGXu8VmMfvWf2YpXF9cQR2KNUTYdc\">Check out this link <\/a>above to an awesome writeup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have had the honor of helping this beautiful soul make his dream of a purpose-driven private practice come true. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In just 8 weeks, Eli and I worked together and created, branded, and launched his trans-friendly massage practice, with a mission to help members of the LGBTQ community feel at home in their bodies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is so. needed. And the dream is now a REALITY!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a personal note&#8230; Eli is going down in history as the most coachable massage therapist I have ever had the privilege of mentoring. I knew from the start that he had the drive and passion, but just needed some strategy and guidance &#8211; and confidence &#8211; to make it GO. He soaked up every lesson, every call, every assignment, and just poured his heart and soul into this project. Eli, thank you for trusting me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I'm proud. Just&#8230; freaking proud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I remember telling Eli, &#8220;You are never doing anyone any favors by dimming your light.&#8221; It was like a switch flipped &#8211; and his reasons and fears and excuses turned into action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eli, thank you for DOING WHAT IT TAKES to let your light shine!  The world needs you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just bragging about one of my favorite humans on the PLANET!&#8230; Eli Shumaker! Check out this link above to an awesome writeup. I have had the honor of helping this beautiful soul make his dream of a purpose-driven private practice come true. In just 8 weeks, Eli and I worked together and created, branded, and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rockyourmassagepractice.com\/2019\/03\/spotlight-eli-shumakers-successful-launch-of-body-euphoria-a-trans-friendly-trans-owned-massage-therapy-center-in-pittsburgh\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Spotlight &#8211; Eli&#8217;s Successful Launch of Body Euphoria, a Trans-Friendly, Trans-Owned Massage Therapy Center in Pittsburgh&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,15,21,20],"tags":[10,9],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockyourmassagepractice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockyourmassagepractice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockyourmassagepractice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockyourmassagepractice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockyourmassagepractice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/rockyourmassagepractice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1852,"href":"https:\/\/rockyourmassagepractice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions\/1852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockyourmassagepractice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockyourmassagepractice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockyourmassagepractice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockyourmassagepractice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}