Maintaining A Beginners Mind
I want to take a minute to talk about having a “beginners mind” with a splash of “remember your scope of practice”
As a massage therapist of 20 years I strive to always be learning or to never feel like “I have arrived”.
I have, without a doubt gotten better and better with each year of practice, but I would attribute a lot of that to always wanting to learn more, to never being closed off or to feeling too experienced to try something new, to be the student again and again.
The minute we declare ourselves too good for a class or a new learning opportunity, we have cut ourselves off from growth.
You don’t want that.
By all means... keep learning. Stay open to be a beginner. Stay open to changes in the science behind massage therapy. Stay open to your own evolution and stay open to being wrong, it doesn’t hurt as much as you imagine.
Passion led you here. Passion will continue to guide you if you can remain open to what comes.
Always continue learning.
At the Center for Barefoot Massage, we want to see you be successful in your practice and get the most out of your class. All of our manuals are designed with space for notes. Note taking takes you from a passive to an active learner and allows you to better absorb and retain all of the information you will be processing during class.