The Making Of A Massage Room - From Start To Finish - New Beginnings

in #life7 years ago (edited)

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First we find the room...

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We Enter The Space...

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We Feel The Space...

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We View The Space...

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We Imagine From Perspective Of Potential...

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Imagining Possibilities...

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Deciding...

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Claiming The Space...

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Seeing How My Table Will Fit...

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Getting ready to paint...

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It took us quite a while to choose the color of the paint...

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We wanted it to be just right, Tasteful. Stylish. Relaxing. Soothing. An overall good feeling...

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Placing everything in the center of the room. In preparation to paint...

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(Laying down newspapers to protect the floor...)

I first began my career in massage, as a Ayurvedic technician at a little Ayurvedic clinic in Iowa in 1998...

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At this present time in my history I have not practiced in about 5 years...

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(Proper preparation before painting, means a better job and less cleanup time! )

My last place of employment as a massage therapist was at a local spa. I was there when they first opened and worked there for about 3 years.

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But I eventually decided that I would rather keep the profits instead of working for someone else...

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So I left. Figuring I would just work out of my apartment...

(The color of this paint is 'Hawaiian Teal' by Glidden)

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Nice idea but I soon discovered that I wasn't 'zoned' for business where I lived...

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Since I also had another job at the same time as 'front desk' at a local hotel, I was still able to survive...

(This paint went on really nice and I'm happy to say that it only took 2 coats.)

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But...

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The days go by and suddenly it's been 5 years since I've practiced!

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And so about 3 months ago @yenmoon and I started looking around for a space to rent so I could finally begin practicing again...

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And so here we are! Making the room ready in preparation of my reentering the marvelous world of the bodyworker professional!

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All massage therapists bring something of their own personality to the work they do...

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Since I have always been metaphysically oriented I cannot help but bring that into the experience that I share...

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Tibetan bowls... Tingsha... Tuning forks... Magnets...
Crystal energy... Peace... Love... Understanding... Compassion... Are a few things that I bring to the massage room...

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Here we're placing shelves for the speakers...

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We got some really awesome remote controlled LED lights.

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They can turn into all kinds of colors but for now I'm really into the pink. It just seems soothing and relaxing and looks wonderful with the Hawaiian Teal.

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I view massage as a spiritual experience...

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I like to say that, "When I love you, I am loving myself..."

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Being a massage practitioner has been a spiritually evolutionary process for me...

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I remember that before I quit about 5 years ago that it was not unusual to feel energy vibrations while working on some people... Very clear and strong vibrations as if they were a large ringing bell that I was touching... Strongly vibrating beneath my fingers... It's kind of hard to describe actually...

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I had my energy channels opened years ago in relation to being initiated into and studying Usui Reiki & Terra Mai Reiki Levels 1, 2 & 3...

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Lots of people call level 3 "Master Level", but I just don't because to me that just sounds pretentious...

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But that's just me... If you want to call yourself a "Reiki Master" then be my guest.

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I just don't feel like a master of anything. So I just say level 3. :-)

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So anyway maybe the opening of those energy centers helped in developing my energy flow...

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Actually I'm sure they did... And then of course there's my study of Quantum Touch...

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Yup more energy work...

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Yup put it all together and ya got a pretty interesting mix of what comprises my technique...

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But now it's been 5 years and I'm way out of practice...

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I must admit that I'm more than just a bit concerned about beginning again...

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I mean I used to be pretty good...

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But now I'm feeling so out of practice that my ego is concerned about not performing as well as I used to when I first begin again...

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I know that I will redevelop my skills and even go beyond my past experiences...

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But I am still feeling uncomfortable about getting from here to there...

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I guess I'll take a few missteps in the beginning...

Intellectually I understand that, that may be a necessary part of the new growth process as I walk into my future...

But I don't like to take missteps. I don't like to stumble, and I don't like to perform any less than spectacularly...

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It's funny though cuz even with the feelings of discomfort associated with being out of practice for so long, at the same time there's a part of me that is saying, "Don't worry it'll be alright"

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Oh well, either way the room is ready...
And the day after tomorrow I actually have my first client...

...So I will just walk out the door this Monday morning. Head over to my new massage studio and step back into that person that I have always been.

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Your brother and your friend...

...Remembering that when I love you... I am loving myself... :-)

I hope you have enjoyed this peek into my present adventure! And that you have found it to be interesting and perhaps even a bit inspirational in the sense of embracing new beginnings even if it's uncomfortable...


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Yes please and thank you so much! :-)

Awesome journey of transformation.... Awesome transformation of a room and space :)

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very good and very beautiful degin

Thank you for your great comment! I very much appreciate it and I hope your day is happy! :-)
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This is pretty awesome, amazing transformation

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This turned out nice. I like the Hawaiian Teal colour.

Good luck with your business!

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Great work and photos @as-i-see-it, reminded me to book a massage :)

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This is an incredible transformation and I love the final product. Just looking at picture of the room I can imagine enjoying a nice massage in there.

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Best wishes and great post !! It brings back a lot of positive memories I loved manifesting and creating sacred spaces for our massage practice. I quit five years ago but my husband has kept up the business and is a spectacular therapist. Upvoted and following.

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That's very excellent! I appreciate your great comment here. I'd like to see your husbands present work-space. I bet it's pretty wonderful. Wanna share a picture?

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