Malvern School of Massage and kinesiology

Victoria University

Creator of MELT: Massage for Couples, $30 Date Night and owner of Merkas Health

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

MELT Massage for Couples is my artwork and proudest career moment so far.A 2006 side project:  Casual live workshop teaching couples the basics of massage at home.Over 8 years the workshops organically grew eventually booking out, with more than 120 people attending workshops in one day. In Feb 2014, capital was raised using an Australian crowdfunding platform to test the idea of an online training course for couples at home. Would it work?MELT was filmed in the Arts District, Los Angeles using cinema quality RED cameras. The result is a stunning series of massage routines and techniques that will make any relationship no matter how awesome, a little better! The Couples Video Series is the result of eight years of refinement. It is 100% original massage techniques that has evolved through direct and immediate feedback of couples experience through the live workshops. No other practitioner has dedicated this much time to the research of couples massage.Now, more than 40,000 couples have been taugh in over 50 countries. MELT also produces it's own oil, bottled in Miami Florida, it is a leading brand on Amazon USA. The philosophy: a tool for couples to use to build connection in their relationship using touch therapy and sensate focus. Although couples are using it to build broken relationship, break down walls created with PTSD and to connect with their children during formative years (minus the intimacy of course).This is my artwork - the techniques were tested for many years on thousands of couples in live workshops before being filmed. My never ending goal is to continue searching for ways to better teach couples and aid them in finding connection.There's something very special with whats been created - learn more, visit: <a href="https://couplesmassagecourses.com/">https://couplesmassagecourses.com/</a>

Couples Massage Courses

Creator of MELT: Massage for Couples

A website that offers couples date ideas they can do with their partner for $30 in total. $30 Date Night was a way to serve up random date ideas we could do each week for each other, on the cheap. A beautiful way to keep the fun in a relationship, because sharing new experiences is what keeps adding excitement to your relationship, always keep creating new memories! We began this site with no expectations, no business plan and no revenue model. It was my introduction to working with websites, design, coders and programmers. I learned more than what I needed to know about SEO and Google algorithms. My biggest failure with this site was not implementing a clearly defined revenue model from the beginning, a valuable but difficult lesson to learn. $30 Date Night gave us global presence, extensive knowledge and research into relationships and the behaviour of couples. Although this site gets very little attention from me now, it remains on the web as a resource with brilliant articles, some amazing date ideas (and some not so) and a wealth of knowledge for the enthusiastic couple willing to participate in a bit of fun together.

$30 Date Night

Co-Founder

The true beginning of establishing a brand Merkas Health specialises in Hotel Massage with the biggest Hotels in Melbourne, Australia. Clients include a long list of celebrities and VIPs. It also provides a diverse range of disorders to treat due to the global influence of Hotel guests.We massage people including:Olympians, F1 drivers, Tennis Players, Footballers, Musicians such as Pearl Jam, Pussy Cat Dolls, Alice in Chains, Art Garfunkel, Daniel Johns (Silverchair), Flo Ryda, Jared Leto (30 Seconds to Mars), Keith Flint (Prodigy). We've massaged actors like Adrian Grenier (Entourage), James Earl Jones, William Hurt, Pierce Brosnan as well as industry legends like Stan Lee. The list continues, including politicians, royalty, writers, and countless actors & musicians – I stopped counting after a while.Merkas Health taught me the importance of service, as well as the importance of practitioner development and employee management. It’s been the perfect stepping stone into the corporate business world dealing with world-class Hotels. It’s also presented me with countless hurdles, failures and emotional rollercoasters that I wouldn't trade for anything in the world. My favourite memorable moment was being told that people from UK were choosing which Hotels to stay in Melbourne Australia based on our presence in that Hotel. It’s a wonderful feeling to think you've created something that has an influence on decisions made on the other side of the globe.

Denis Merkas

Denis Merkas