By Bosten Morehart
Staff writer
Mock business exercise
from school ended up becoming a real business for Taylor Jacot with West River
Massage.
Jacot came up with the
name of her business during a mock business exercise while she was in school.
While the name fits geographically that is not the only reason she chose that
name.
“I wanted something
professional, I didn’t want something weird, I just wanted something straight
to the point.”
While she mentioned
wanting it to be straight to the point and professional, she also mentioned it
being easy to remember.
Jacot started her
massage therapist career at day spa Mystique Edge in Rapid City. She worked
there for a year right out of school.
While working there,
she learned from massage therapists who have been in the business for a while
before she went out on her own. “I didn’t want to go on my own right away. I
was kind of nervous to do it but then after a year of massaging I felt
confident enough, so I wanted to start my own thing,” said Jacot.
On May 22 of this
year, she opened shop in Burke where she rents out part of the Deep Healing
Salon. So far, business has been going well and she even has some customers who
come in once each week to once a month.
She is not where she
would like to be for the number of massages each week, but she Is happy with
where she’s at. “I’ve been averaging about 10 to 13. So, for just starting out
and I am new to Gregory, so no one knows me. It’s a slow start, but I’m pretty
happy with how it’s going,” said Jacot.
The challenges she has
with being new to the area is not being known but is very happy with how she
has been treated. “So, just kind of being unfamiliar with the people, other
than that, everyone’s been pretty welcoming, and everything has been going
pretty smoothly,” said Jacot.
Some of the types of
massages Jacot offers are regular full body, therapeutic, relaxation, deep
tissue, she is also just starting to offer two new forms of massage.
“I also offer cupping
now; I can do just an area of cupping, or I can do a full body with cupping. I
can also do hot bamboo full body or just an area.”
One of Jacot’s goals
is to reach 20 massages a week but her other goal comes from motivation of the
owner of Deep Healing Salon, Darcy Duerfeldt.
“She’s one of the few
that does really deep tissue and really therapeutic and she really knows her
stuff. That’s kind of what I’m trying to aim at I kind of want to do the things
that she’s doing.”
Jacot’s favorite thing
about her job is being able to help people and give them the treatment that
they need. “If they come in and they are in pain, I like them leaving better
and also progress. If I can actually help fix their issue after a period of
time that’s what makes me satisfied with what I do,” said Jacot.
Even though she wants
to keep her business on the smaller, simpler side of things, she wants to keep
doing education so she can provide more services to clients.
West River Massage is
located at 637 Main in Burke. It is located in the Deep Healing Salon which
shares the building with the senior center.
You can contact Taylor
Jacot by text or call at 1 (605) 517-5030 or email at
Taylor.Jacot.lmt@gmail.com.
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