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THE 3 SECRET QUESTIONS REVEALED THAT YOU MUST ASK TO
FIND THE PERFECT MASSAGE THERAPY SCHOOL!
Before I tell you more, let’s talk about you!
People have told you that you’re good with your hands! You love making people
feel good and you would love making money while you do!
So now you say to yourself, “I need to find the right school for me.”
You start calling schools and every single school tells you they are the best
school and each school claims that when you graduate you will have all the
skills you need to start your exciting new career. Wow! An exciting new career
awaits you!
But whoa! Stop! Hold your horses! Which school do you pick? They all say they’re
the best! Can they all be? Can they all be the best for you?
How do you choose the school that will give you the highest level of training so
you’ll be one of the most sought after massage therapists in the field?
How will you know the difference between a school that offers you an exceptional
education and a school that offers you a slick marketing campaign but gives you
a mediocre education?
Well, I’ve got a secret. I’ve worked on the inside as an “Admissions Director”
in a number of schools for big corporate to small schools and I know what they
do to try to “convince you” to go to their school regardless of the quality of
education you’ll receive and regardless of what would be best for you!
They don’t want you to know the inside secrets which I’m about to share with
you.
Now, don’t get me wrong, there a number of exceptional massage therapy schools
throughout the country and the 3 powerful questions you’ll receive momentarily
will help you find those diamonds amongst the glass!
Here’s more of the secret! All massage therapy schools are a business. Well,
nothings wrong with that, but the problem comes when a school cares more about
the bottom line than the success of their students.
So what do some schools do? Sometimes they invest more money in their marketing
than they do in the quality of your education. Why would any school do that?
It’s a whole lot easier to create slick marketing ads than it is to create an
exceptional curriculum and education!
A number of schools pay big bucks to giant marketing companies to spin their
school so you will enroll! What are most people impressed by? Pretty, shiny
brochures, with pretty shiny people in it and polished sales presentations.
Now there’s nothing wrong with all that, but will any of those marketing devices
really let you know the true quality of education you’ll actually receive?
No, but people usually base their decision to enroll in a school based on the
sales pitch they are given and if they “like” the “admissions advisor”. Now some
of you may know this already, but the titles; “admissions rep” or admissions
advisor are simply fancy names for trained sales people that have big quotas to
meet and in some schools you are simply a number to help them meet that quota! I
should know, I used to train them!
Now even though your “admissions rep” may be a really wonderful person, how can
you possibly know the quality of the education you’ll receive from a person
telling you what they want you to hear.
This brings us to the 3 powerful, secret questions you *must* ask to find the
truly exceptional school:
#1. How many modalities will you be able to *practice* upon graduation?
(A modality is a style of massage)
Why is it so important to learn multiple modalities? If you only learn one style
of massage, you will be working in the same way every day. If you do anything
repetitively, you risk injury or burnout and with only one style of massage,
believe me, you will get burned out! If you learn multiple styles you will enjoy
massaging your clients for years!
Imagine if you were a hair stylist but were only taught how to cut one style of
hair. Let’s say a bowl-cut. Two things would happen. One, you would get very
bored and two, not all of your clients would want that particular style. One
style does not fit all.
The same goes for your massage therapy clients. Each of them will need different
styles depending on who they are and what they need from their massage therapy
session. Some will need the energizing effects of Shiatsu. Some will need the
deeper work of Neuro-muscular therapy. Some clients may need the clearing work
of polarity. Make sure the school you select offers multiple modalities!
Now here’s another secret! A slick marketing trick that a number of schools use.
Most schools offer only one type of massage training and little teaser intros on
some other types during your education. They usually include these teasers in
their brochures and presentations. You will probably think you learn all of
those styles during your training but in reality, they do *not* teach you the
other styles. You will only be qualified to practice *one* type of massage upon
your graduation.
Remember, ask the school how many modalities you will be qualified to practice
when you graduate!
#2. How does the school teach body mechanics, that is how will they teach you
the techniques of massaging clients so you won’t burn-out?
Did you know that over 100,000 new massage therapists have left the field in the
last 4 years? Why? Simple answer. Because of burnout. They were not taught the
proper way of using their bodies to massage their clients. Make sure the school
you select can clearly explain to you how they’ll teach you good body mechanics.
#3. Does the school offer a holistic approach to your training and have them
explain it to you.
(This is the MOST important question because most schools teach a one
dimensional technical approach.)
You need to decide if you want a technical training, which teaches you how to do
a technical massage which is very one dimensional or a holistic training which
teaches multiple modalities and has a multi-dimensional approach.
Graduates of technical based massage therapy schools receive a competent
knowledge of the body and learn a thorough technical approach to giving massages
to their clients, but they tend to give their clients impersonal, technical
massages. They simply learn how to move muscles around.
Graduates of a holistic training not only learn the science of massage, you will
actually transform as a person which will make you a better therapist. From that
foundation you can then transform your client during their massage session.
How will you transform as a person you may ask? A holistic massage therapy
school teaches you from a Mind/Body/Spirit approach that is heart-centered and
takes into account the entire person not simply their muscles. It’s not just
what techniques you use in a massage that matter, but how you apply those
techniques. The “how” involves the kind of environment you create during your
session so your client feels safe and open to receive your massage.
That massage would then be called a “Mindful Massage”. Being mindful means you
learn how to become calm, centered, open-hearted and fully focused on your
client throughout the massage. Mindfulness also involves being “embodied.”
Embodiment means you are not just in your “head” but alive and aware in your
body and connected with the entire Wisdom of your Being. All of this allows you
to trust your intuition to create a unique massage every time for your client
instead of the same “routine.”
Your clients will receive a much deeper experience from someone who is trained
in the holistic approach. If you have a client that has only known the technical
massage, they will be absolutely blown away by the multi-dimensional, heart
centered holistic massage that you give them!
In a technical massage the massage therapist works “on” you. In a heart-centered
holistic massage, the therapist works “with” you.
I have a test you can try on your self right now that illustrates the difference
perfectly!
Test # 1. Take your left thumb and find a spot on your right forearm that’s
sore. Press down hard on it with your thumb. How does that feel?
Test # 2. Now, take your right thumb and find a spot on your left forearm that
is sore. Lightly place your thumb over that spot. Lightly. Take a deep breath in
and as you exhale, increase your pressure only as fast as the muscle releases
under your thumb. This is called sinking in. You sink into the muscle instead of
pushing on it.
Which experience did you prefer? If you picked # 1, then by all means go to a
technical massage school. However, if you picked # 2, a holistic massage school
would be perfect for you. I think your clients would probably pick # 2 as well.
You now have the 3 *powerful* questions that will help you choose the perfect
massage school for you. Make sure that you ask these 3 questions to any school
that you are considering and you will find the school of your dreams!
Search the internet to find a number of schools to visit.
Contributed by
Lex X Filipowski
www.LexTheGenie.com
Lex X Filipowski is a Sales and Marketing Expert as well as a Motivational and
Transformational speaker. His vision and work is to help people to "Be Who They
Are", "To Live Their Dreams and Find and Express their Life Purpose!"
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