Kneaded Energy, Inc - Established in 2000.  Bill Norman, LMBT NC 1601 and Shelley Johnson, LMBT NC 1619 are the co-creators of Kneaded Energy.  

    * Bill is native of Whitesboro, Texas.  His background is in the food industry having graduated from the famed Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY.  Bill gave 20 years of service as a corporate executive chef.  Bill is also a graduate of the Body Therapy Institute where he trained as a massage therapist.

    * Shelley is a native of Wichita, Kansas.  She is a graduate of Friends University and the Body Therapy Institute.  Shelley built a 20 year career in corporate purchasing and outsourcing that provided her the opportunity for international travel.

      Both found their way to massage therapy at the age of 40 for a career change.  They met in massage school at Body Therapy Institute.  They started their practice directly after graduating and worked 40+ hours a week to grow the business.  If they didn't have clients - they networked, they volunteered, they invited people to come get massage, they touched and introduced as many people to massage and Kneaded Energy as they possibly could.  They covered the phone into the evening, to make sure people were able to talk to a live person about massage, if they called.  They looked at, planned and thought of their massage business the same way as every new successful business owner thinks of their business - 24/7.  This was their future and their income.  Slowly they got their name out...

Today, Kneaded Energy is a well known practice in Greensboro.  They are now open 7 days a week, 9 am-9 pm weekdays, 10-8 on Saturday and 12-8 on Sunday, serving Greensboro through massage therapy.  They employ 9 therapists. 


In 2009, Kneaded Energy School of Massage was born of a combined thought from Bill and Shelley and Nancy Triplett, influenced by Gerald Shean.  Both Nancy and Gerald were instructors at Guilford Technical Community College.  GTCC's massage history lineage was influenced by Wayne Saville as they developed the massage therapy program.  Wayne received his training in Miami, Florida, at the Educating Hands School of Massage.  The founding owner of Body Therapy Institute, (the school Bill and Shelley attended) Rick Rosen graduated and was influenced from Florida School of Massage.

Kneaded Energy School of Massage is flavored from the Body Therapy Institute, Florida School of Massage, The Educating Hands School of Massage, and Guilford Technical Community College.  It honors the past and welcomes the future. 

The Kneaded Energy School of Massage program is part of the leading edge of thought and Bill and Shelley seek to grow, change and challenge the profession of massage therapy with technological advances while honoring the ancient hands-on modality and practice of massage therapy. 

Everyone at the Kneaded Energy companies are actively creating and writing the history of the school and the practice.  You are invited to come be a part of this history.