{"id":15883,"date":"2014-11-05T14:40:28","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T19:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2014\/11\/elements-massage-welcomes-walk-ins-and-appointments.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T14:40:28","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T19:40:28","slug":"elements-massage-welcomes-walk-ins-and-appointments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2014\/11\/elements-massage-welcomes-walk-ins-and-appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"Elements Massage Welcomes Walk-Ins, As Well As Appointments, Seven Days A Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-left\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"elements-spa-wm.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/11\/elements-spa-wm.jpg\" class=\"alignleft\" height=\"222\" width=\"300\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img-caption\">Beth Godsill, left, opened Elements Massage in Clifton Park, a studio with six rooms that operate daily. Massage therapist Ashley Paul, right, works on a patient in one of the rooms\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>BY JILL NAGY<\/p>\n<p>With 10 massage therapists on staff, Elements<br \/>\nMassage in Clifton Park welcomes<br \/>\nwalk-ins as well as people with appointments.<\/p>\n<p>The studio has been very busy since it<br \/>\nopened only weeks ago, so an appointment<br \/>\nis advisable.<br \/>\nIt is located at 5 Southside Drive at the<br \/>\nShops at Village Plaza.<\/p>\n<p>Elements Massage is a franchise and the<br \/>\nnew Clifton Park site is the first in Upstate<br \/>\nNew York, said Beth Godsil, who co-owns<br \/>\nthe business with her husband Rob Hanks.<br \/>\nThere are some 180 Elements Massage<br \/>\nfranchises in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The massage therapists offer a variety<br \/>\nof massage types, including Swedish, trigger<br \/>\npoint, deep tissue, prenatal and hotstone.<br \/>\nAll of the therapists have New York<br \/>\nstate licenses and more than half of them<br \/>\ntrained at the Center for Natural Wellness<br \/>\nin Albany.<\/p>\n<p>Godsil said most of the therapists work<br \/>\npart time, between 10 and 25 hours a week.<br \/>\nThey are employees of the business, with<br \/>\nElements providing tools and supplies,<br \/>\ndoing their marketing and providing quarterly<br \/>\neducation programs to keep them<br \/>\nup-to-date on latest trends or changes.<br \/>\nThere are six massage rooms, which owner Godsil described as &#8220;very calm and<br \/>\ncomforting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Three weeks into the business, Godsil<br \/>\nreported there are 65 members of the<br \/>\nwellness program. Members are entitled<br \/>\nto regular services at a discounted price.<br \/>\nShe estimated that more than 200 massage<br \/>\nsessions had been completed in the<br \/>\nfirst three weeks the business was open.<\/p>\n<p>She attributed the early surge to the fact<br \/>\nthat the business sign went up several<br \/>\nweeks before it opened, whetting curiosity,<br \/>\nand to a postcard campaign just before<br \/>\nthe shop opened. In addition, they offer<br \/>\na special introductory rate of $49 for a<br \/>\n55-minute massage.<\/p>\n<p>Godsil&#8217;s background is in retail sales<br \/>\nand human resources. Most recently, she<br \/>\nworked for Verizon in Nashville Tenn. She<br \/>\nand her husband moved to the area from<br \/>\nNashville, but both of them are from upstate<br \/>\nNew York.<\/p>\n<p>When her husband took a position in<br \/>\nMalta, &#8220;it kind of brought us home,&#8221; she<br \/>\nsaid. They looked at several business opportunities<br \/>\nbut the Elements franchise<br \/>\n&#8220;spoke to us the most,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Elements Massage is open seven days a<br \/>\nweek, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday<br \/>\nand 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays. The telephone<br \/>\nnumber is 245-9505.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Beth Godsill, left, opened Elements Massage in Clifton Park, a studio with six rooms that operate daily. 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