Wellness & Expat Community Spa Therapist

Responsibilities

• Build ongoing therapeutic relationships with SMA's expat and long-stay resident community — predominantly North American retirees and remote workers
• Deliver regular therapeutic massage — deep tissue, myofascial release, lymphatic drainage, prenatal
• Apply altitude-appropriate protocols for regular elderly clients — cardiovascular awareness, heat caution
• Coordinate wellness programming with yoga studios, pilates centers, and nutrition practitioners in SMA's integrated wellness community
• Serve seasonal population spikes — wedding season (October–December) and high-season visitor influx (November–March)
• Maintain reliable weekly and bi-weekly appointment schedule for regular clients

Requirements

• Certified massage therapist with 2+ years professional experience
• Therapeutic modality knowledge — regular clients at this demographic expect clinical outcomes
• English proficiency — SMA expat community is predominantly English-speaking North American
• Altitude awareness in therapeutic practice for elderly and cardiovascular-sensitive regular clients
• Reliable, consistent professional approach — regular client base depends on it

Benefits

• IMSS, Aguinaldo, vacation + premium
• Tips
• Products provided

Work environment

Boutique wellness spa or day spa in San Miguel de Allende. SMA's spa market is year-round, not seasonal — the expat community provides consistent monthly income across all 12 months, unlike coastal resort destinations with distinct low seasons.

About the role

The therapist who sustains wellbeing across years. The SMA expat who retires to the colonial highlands of Guanajuato — who finds a massage therapist they trust within their first month, who books every Thursday at 10am, who tells every newly arrived neighbor to book with that same therapist — has found something that contributes measurably to their daily quality of life. The therapist who provides that consistency, for years, for a small community of loyal clients, has built something rare: a practice that functions more like a long-term health relationship than a service transaction.