Consider A Holistic Approach To Your Practice

Why is this important? Why would I discuss such a topic on a site that is dedicated to touch therapy and improving your career?

If we use a holistic approach to our practice, we can elevate our career and enhance our overall well being. If we think holistic, we acknowledge that any aspect of our life affects the whole. Here I will explain the holistic model and how it can impact your practice.

I like to use the rocket ship model to help explain this story. I view ourselves as a rocket ship and there are 3 major components that define the life the rocket ship takes.

1) Our mind and thoughts are the engines and the steering mechanism guiding us through our daily activities.

In regards to our thoughts, we have thousands upon thousands each day and although the experts disagree as to the exact tally, one thing is certain -- what we think about doesn't change. We tend to think the same thoughts day after day after day. To improve this part of our rocket ship, consider personal development. In my last entry, I spoke of goal setting and I recommended a great website that refers to several of the top leaders in this arena. Visit Jim Rohn and browse the different CDs, DVDs and reading suggestions. Find something that interests you or choose a product or service that will support any area that you feel can be strengthened.

The mind and thoughts will affect our attitudes, posture or presence, conduct, beliefs, speech, goals and dreams. Can you think of other areas in our practice the mind and thoughts can affect?

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2) Next we have the structure of the rocket ship itself. We can view the rocket ship we live in as our armor or shell -- This encompasses our physical health. As our rocket ship travels through time, we want to fortify and strengthen it and always be aware of how we use it.

This is my favorite part to discuss, and in future entries I will go over in grand detail the strategies you can utilize to help give you the edge in your practice. One of my major influences in my career was the time I spent with R. Grant Ramey, inventor of the Embodi-Cloud. I suggest you visit Embodiment to view his method.

The Embodi-Cloud is a product that will put the major joint systems of the body in a more centered or neutral position. This innovation particularly brings important attention to the position of entire upper extremity as it relates to the torso.

The big picture is that body positions give us a feeling and if we can identify more intellegently how we are feeling, then the whole process of our treatment will be enhanced.

Our armor or shell will affect our postures and body positions and determine the quality of our treatments. Can you think of other ways the body can affect our practice?

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3) Last but not least we have our rocket fuel that propels us forward on our journey and this encompasses our nutritional health. The nutritional factors that affect our life are air, water, sunlight, food, supplementation and sleep/rest. Can you think of how these components can affect your practice?

In my practice I specialize in nutrition and wanted to share a few items that has influenced my career.

Regarding supplementation, I would like to share a extraordinary technology that I use in my practice all the time. It's the BioPhotonic Antioxidant Scanner. I will save many details for another entry, but feel free to click on the name above to get an overview.

Second I credit Dr. Tim OShea, D.C. and his programs for giving me such valuable insight in the general field of nutrition. His methods and programs can be found at here.

This entry covers a vast amount of information and I welcome your comments.

Setting Your Goals & Dreams for 2009

I was in a training session with my therapists last weekend and we each took a few minutes to discuss our goals and dreams for 2009.

It's extremely important to do this and most of us let this fall by the wayside. I know I've done that most of my career. Guilty! Guilty! Let me explain a little more here. Discussing goals and dreams I've done on a regular basis, but I have not sat down with any regularity and set the ink to paper and then followed through. There are very specific details when it comes to goal setting.

Now I look at you as all my children (I do have two of my own), and I never want my children to struggle what I went through so listen closely.

If you want a stellar career as a therapist, you need to have a road map. You need a specific strategy to follow and then stay motivated to see it through.

If you are still with me on this entry, I will not let you down. If you are guilty of not writing down your goals for 2009, there's always hope and here's the next step.

Go to this website to pick up a copy of the greatest goal setting book of all times called Think and Grow Rich -- and it's essentially free. No, I'm not part of this link and have no financial interest at all. I know the folks behind this operation and they are great quality people that you can trust.

Here you will listen to Vic Johnson explain all the details. Vic's a great spirit and motivating teacher. I purchased his online seminar course on Think and Grow Rich (that can be found on www.jimrohn.com) and it's fantastic.

Also on this site you can download the classic personal development text for free -- As A Man Thinketh. That's what I like F R E E!

Here's the bottom line -- As you develop your skills as a professional body worker, you want to make sure you are growing your internal consciousness. Goal setting is part of that process and part of your personal development.

I am presently involved with several activities that are growing my internal consciousness. In future entries, I will go more into detail and describe what I'm doing now and share some of my goals for this glorious year of the Ox - 2009.