Suggestions as to what to study next?

Well MRS shouldn't you get the courses you are on out of the way before jumping on to the next one?!

Nice to see you are so passionate and want to learn everything. But somtimes you just got to get out there and practice. You're soon learn what people want and what you wish to practice.

To be successful this days you need to be skillfully ecletic, this means having a wide skills and knowledge base based on experience, and be very careful not to be a jack of all trades and a master of none.

From a business point of view, the real "earner" and "hook" to other therapies is massage. But not just the massage foundation level 3 course as taught by a college, but being the best god-damn massage therapist around.

Best wishes

RP

Thanks for the advice RP 🙂

From a business point of view what would you consider a 'popular' therapy? Aromatherapy, EFT, Bowen, crystal healing, any others etc?

Is your question purely from a business point of view? If so, steer clear of shamanism. It changes lives, turns them upside-down, but hasn't made any practitioners (as opposed to people like Michael Harner0 rich.

True, very few therapists/teachers/practitioners/healers (choose your label :rolleyes:) make bucket loads of cash. It is a vocation more than a career decision.

Having said that, using business skills to promote and support the practice, even as a vocation, helps to get those people into the treatment room that have a need for therapy. This needs focused intention. Without a focus, it's hard to develop a practice.

RP

Having said that, using business skills to promote and support the practice, even as a vocation, helps to get those people into the treatment room that have a need for therapy.

I can see that with many therapies, particularly the ones which don't require a world view/spiritual practice, this would be so. But with shamanism (and, I would have thought, with Spiritual Healing, which MRSLTK mentions), just bringing in people maybe doesn't help.

I'd be interested in your thoughts (and anyone else's) on this - I don't see the point of seeing clients who want a healing but don't want to buy into a belief in spirits. I just think, "What are you doing here?" What's in it for the spirits?

Maybe that's the attitude that stops me making a million.

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don't see the point of seeing clients who want a healing but don't want to buy into a belief in spirits.

To be fair, Crowan, a lot of people who want healing aren't neccessarily going to buy into the belief system behind the treatment - they are suffering, and are searching for relief. If they feel the treatment has worked for them, then they might become more interested in learning more.

I can see Kiga's and Crowan's point of view.

There is cultural stuff we have to take into consideration. After over 1000 years of religious brain washing from a particular belief system :rolleyes: and a modern scientific/medical system that denigns the existence of an etheric body and soul :p, interest of exotic esoteric methods won't have general appeal. So taking this to it's logical conclusion, the amount of potential clients for shamanics, reiki, crystal healing and so forth going to be low. Either because it's "woo" (as the skeptics called it) or because you going to burn in hell (as religious brain washing has told us).

Just as a constrast, I was recently in Bali. The Balinese have no problem in spirits and energies. Whenever I was talking to a Balinese person and said that part of my work was hands-on healing, they would instantly ask me to read their palm. In their culture a healer starts by reading the lines on the hand. I wouldn't expect that in the UK.

Going back to Kiga's comment, those clients that may not be into the background philosophy but want a treatment is still an act of faith, and who knows what's going on a subconscious level.

Personally I think many people are ill because of a lack of a holistic world view and life philosophy.

Going back to Crowans comment quote: can see that with many therapies, particularly the ones which don't require a world view/spiritual practice, this would be so. But with shamanism (and, I would have thought, with Spiritual Healing, which MRSLTK mentions), just bringing in people maybe doesn't help. There's no gaurantee of course that more mainstream CAM therapies could help to promote shamanic/spiritual healing etc, but you may be surprised how many people may ask about such a service once they build a rapport with the therapist.

Sorry MRS hope we are not taking over your thread.

Best wishes

RP

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Hi newbie hypnotherapy would be good i have qualified in this and reflexology, IHM, reiki and hopi candle treatment. But please concentrate on your reflexology course first don't take too much on there's a lot to learn on this course. Hope this helps. 🙂

Aromatherapy is a good one, mainly because there's proven science behind it as the oils have medicinal properties. Which massage are you qualified in as for aromatherapy, most courses insist you to have done your level 3 Swedish massage

Thanks for your replies everyone. 🙂 sorry i havent replied sooner, ive been a bit unwell 🙁 also, forgive me for not using quotes to reply to everyone's comments but I'm trying do do this on my phone, Always a recipe for disaster! 🙂

Really not looking to make millions!! All I want to do is make a living. In an ideal world I could make a living only doing the work I love which is healing, however, i think we all know that's unlikely 🙂

Ideal world - I get to do healing all day long for free and the universe provides me with what I need.
Real world - mortgage and bils. Lol

I want to get people through the door with 'popular' therapies and then hopefully introduce them to my healing. This has already happened with a few of my massage clients but I'd also like to get in people who are looking more at alternative therapies but haven't necessarily thought of healing yet if you know what I mean?

Qualification wise I have level 3 (vtct) in body massage, Which includes Swedish, infra red, sonic and g5, level 3 (vtct) Indian head massage and the reflexology course is also level 3 (vtct). The healing is/was a 2 year course accredited by UK healers. So I'm hopefully getting a solid foundation.

I know im following the right path but I also know you're all right about not doing too much at once, I get a little enthusiastic and over ambitious!

Loving the discussion as well!

Xx

Just as a constrast, I was recently in Bali. The Balinese have no problem in spirits and energies. Whenever I was talking to a Balinese person and said that part of my work was hands-on healing, they would instantly ask me to read their palm. In their culture a healer starts by reading the lines on the hand. I wouldn't expect that in the UK.

I could make a pretty good living in Hong Kong, as well. Belief in the spirits is only just (this last generation or so) going underground - and I charge a lot less than most of the Chinese healers do. It's very interesting to observe, and work with, spirits in this situation - where they are used to getting particular observations and offerrings and are now lacking these and not really understanding why.

But, as you say, Reiki Pixie, this is rather taking over the thread!

MRSLTK - whatever you do, I hope you really enjoy it.