Hand & Stone featured in The Trentoninan

Hand & Stone was recently featured in The Trentoninan in Trenton, NJ about its new Hamilton location as well as CEO Todd Leff’s decision to move the franchise’s headquarters to the Hamilton area. The new spa location has been receiving tremendous traffic since its opening in early June. Leff hopes to capitalize on the demand in the area by drawing on Philadelphia’s “wealth of talent in franchising” to bolster his management team.


“It was awesome. I really enjoyed it. I’m really relaxed now,” said 25-year-old Lindsay Linderman of Bordentown after she received a 15-minute rubdown at the new Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa at the Hamilton Marketplace.

“He did exactly what I needed him to do: He relieved the tension in my back,” Linderman said of the Hand & Stone employee who gave her the soothing massage.

That man was Anton Yankelevich, 26, who became a certified massage therapist about two years ago after giving up on his unrewarding stints as a car salesman and construction worker.

“I’m doing something I enjoy,” Yankelevich, a Philadelphia resident originally from Ewing, said of his prowess as a massage therapist. “It’s kind of an art. I like muscles.”

When Yankelevich found out how pleased Linderman was with his massage, his face widened with a big grin and he said, “That feels good. Just making the world a better place.”

Yankelevich’s co-workers share the view that they make people’s lives better through the therapy they provide as massage therapists.

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