I spoke to Anastasia Dorosh, massage therapist, about her love for Montenegro, and the stress-busting benefits of massage. It's funny, but before moving to Montenegro I didn't know anything about the country. A move from Ukraine to live in Montenegro wasn't part of my plan at all.
I first came to Montenegro, as I say, 6 years ago, for seasonal work in a hotel, and my employer offered to extend my stay to a full year. For the first two years I was still considering a move to another country, but I started to get used to the Montenegrin lifestyle and local mentality. And now I can't imagine myself anywhere else.
First of all, I am in love with the natural beauty of Montenegro, really the Montenegrin landscapes are amazing. I love travelling and discovering the country. The rhythm of my life has changed a lot here. I was born and lived 23 years in a capital city, and I became really tired of big city life. I always dreamed of living in a small cozy town with a sea view.
And I found this perfect place in Montenegro - Tivat. As is the case for many other people, I wanted to be self-employed, and here I successfully achieved my goal. And here I also met my husband, he also moved to Montenegro from another country. How did your massage therapy business come about?
Where did you train and where have you worked previously? I loved doing massage from my childhood, I often gave massages to my family and I really liked it. I took my first steps into massage training in at the Medical Centre «Alternative medicine» in Kiev, where I completed a programme «Health massage with bases of anatomy». The same year I began to practice in a spa that was owned by the biggest hotel chain in Greece.
