Why am I Always Exhausted?
I went into massage for the same reasons many people do: so that I didn't have to sit at a desk all day, so I could be my own boss, so I could set my own hours, travel whenever, have a family and not miss out on all the good stuff. I wanted to help people, and as luck would have it, I had the type of touch that people loved.
I finish school and start my own practice. Every office move I made was an upgrade, until I was working in one of San Diego's most affluent neighborhoods. I shared space with incredibly talented massage therapists, and was constantly learning. I was receiving massage trades regularly, and had a great flow of paying clients. I hardly had to do any marketing, because I received so many "word of mouth" referrals. At this point in my life, I was still deciding whether I wanted to do massage full time or not, so I was testing the waters working in marketing during the daytime and taking evening and weekend massage clients, and regularly at NFL games.
At this point in my life, I was physically fit, challenging myself in distance running races like the Ragnar Relay, and training for half marathons. I was eating beautiful, fresh food and had an ample social life.
Things were nearly perfect, but I noticed that I had an increasingly difficult time with exhaustion at the end of my massages, whether I had one client, or 6. It didn't matter whether I had done a body scrub and half hour massage, or a full body sports massage. I was depleted.
Through much soul searching, and testing different techniques, I came to the realization that I am an empath, and that I am a magnet for other people's emotions and energies.
I was not exhausted physically, but after almost every massage, I wanted to be in complete silence, alone, and needed some sort of comfort - which for me was either food, coffee, or sunshine.
Do you know what I'm talking about? Some of you are nodding your heads, like YES, I get it! YES, I want to crawl into a dark corner and be alone after massages. Well then you, my friend, are also an empath.
As time went on, I learned how to prepare myself for massages, and connect with people on a safe level where I was not giving myself away fully to the clients. I learned how to block other people's energies, so that I was able to stop feeling people's pain, and I learned how to turn what once completely drained me, into a tool that set me apart from other therapists.
Now I am in a position to teach this to others. I know there are some amazing bodyworkers out there, who are reaching burn out, or a breaking point and are ready to call it quits, but you need to know that you can lengthen your career, by learning the Intuitiflow Method, which involves continuing the bodywork style you currently use, but adding mindfulness, blocking, grounding, trusting your own intuition, and connecting safely with your clients energy.
Not only will you lengthen your career, but you will deepen your practice and your ability to facilitate healing in your clients.
Interested?
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I finish school and start my own practice. Every office move I made was an upgrade, until I was working in one of San Diego's most affluent neighborhoods. I shared space with incredibly talented massage therapists, and was constantly learning. I was receiving massage trades regularly, and had a great flow of paying clients. I hardly had to do any marketing, because I received so many "word of mouth" referrals. At this point in my life, I was still deciding whether I wanted to do massage full time or not, so I was testing the waters working in marketing during the daytime and taking evening and weekend massage clients, and regularly at NFL games.
At this point in my life, I was physically fit, challenging myself in distance running races like the Ragnar Relay, and training for half marathons. I was eating beautiful, fresh food and had an ample social life.
Things were nearly perfect, but I noticed that I had an increasingly difficult time with exhaustion at the end of my massages, whether I had one client, or 6. It didn't matter whether I had done a body scrub and half hour massage, or a full body sports massage. I was depleted.
Through much soul searching, and testing different techniques, I came to the realization that I am an empath, and that I am a magnet for other people's emotions and energies.
I was not exhausted physically, but after almost every massage, I wanted to be in complete silence, alone, and needed some sort of comfort - which for me was either food, coffee, or sunshine.
Do you know what I'm talking about? Some of you are nodding your heads, like YES, I get it! YES, I want to crawl into a dark corner and be alone after massages. Well then you, my friend, are also an empath.
As time went on, I learned how to prepare myself for massages, and connect with people on a safe level where I was not giving myself away fully to the clients. I learned how to block other people's energies, so that I was able to stop feeling people's pain, and I learned how to turn what once completely drained me, into a tool that set me apart from other therapists.
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Not only will you lengthen your career, but you will deepen your practice and your ability to facilitate healing in your clients.
Interested?
Soon, Intuitiflow will be launching a course for the Massage Therapist who is tired of being tired, and wants to learn some practical ways to avoid energetic depletion.
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