do you do this?

[virgod]

i was curious how many of you actually lay down on your table as your client would? how often do you do that?

was just wondering. i would say i do this about twice a month. and when i do, i actually get undressed get between the sheets (yes, i change them when i'm done), listen to the music and fountain and lay there for about 10 minutes. every once in a while i'll actually fall asleep while testing out my work area. i notice a lot of different things when i do this. things i don't think i would have thought about if i didn't try it. i just wonder how many others do it...and if you don't....i'd advise you to try it! i think we forget to be our own client at times. it's important to see what they see.

 

[La Don Akela]

I will be needing to do to do this again, (but I dont get undressed) as I just insulated my door and I want to find out if it will make a difference with the sound. I am hoping and praying it will. All the sound seems to come through the door!! There can be people on the other side of the wall 10 feet away from the door, and I hear the voices floating around the corner and coming in through my door.

Christine

 

[Wit]

I have done this, not quite as often, and especially with the bodycushion.

Christine, sound may be going under the door from around the corner. You can get weatherstripping for your door at the hardware store, just like for the door of a house. It's much better made now. Sound travels easiest through the air. Anything you can do to block the air will help soften the noise. Maybe try a rolled up towel to see if it helps before you buy the weatherstripping.

 

[XxDark (emo) AngelxX]

yep, i do it too - and frequently fall asleep as well. my table is SOOO cozy .. sigh.. wish I could be on the receiving end more often!

amanda

 

[B*tchKitty]

I had a big gap under the door, and I did put weather stripping on that when I moved in here.

I just finished a half hour appointment and the hair dresser next door was in. So far so good, but the real test will come when there are more hair dressers working down here. Perhaps that will happen in the evening more.

This morning around 9 am before any appointments, a hairdresser knocked on the door, she knew I was in my room. Let me tell you, that knock... it took me a few seconds to register that it was coming from right outside my door!! That inch and a half foam plus the material covering it really took the sound down a few notches.

About air gaps in my door. When my door is shut, I cannot see any light from the hallway peaking through. Before the weather stripping was in place, there was a half inch gap at the bottom. These doors are hollow core. Very thin. It doesnt take much for sound to get through them.

Christine

 

[SweetNothings]

I use my room often for my acupuncture treatments and for meditation CD's. I don't get undressed (unless I have to for acupuncture), but I am in the room for quite a while. Always nice to make sure everything is comfortable.

 

[The 4th Manimal]

Great question. Actually, I have done this a lot. I've done it when looking for space to rent and when I choose to move things around. It's a necessary perspective in my opinion.

 

[Nick M]

I do this at least once a week, simply for relaxation, but I'm always checking to be sure everything looks and feels like I think it should.

One of the places where I receive my own bodywork...they obviously don't do this. The skills are absolutely there but being sure everything clients see and touch is clean and neat and pleasant for all the senses...unfortunately, not so much.

 

[vobis]

I do this maybe once a week just to try to unwind some. I wish I was on the table a little more myself! t015

 

[Not Grey]

Guilty! I do it too

I have to make sure my music speakers (which are on either side of the client's head on the floor against the walls) are symmetrical and balanced. I ALWAYS have to test out my music, ks if I can't relax or zone out to it, I won't use it in my sessions. Also have to verify the lighting situation. And the amount (and distribution) of the padding (both general padding and specific padding like pillows/bolsters) have to fit right. One time my husband was doing some deeper low back work on me and as he pushed down, I definitely felt it in my ASIS! That clued me in that I needed to break out my foam padding from storage again and reacquaint it with my table lol.

And yes, I fall asleep...there's just something about the treatment room...and the table...and sometimes, it's just the fact that I'm in the middle of finals lol...

 

[zerolandy33]

t059 My massage practice room is a sacred [definition - regarded with reverence - lest anyone be offended] space to me. It is blessed by the love I give my clients and they give me. I go in often and just revel in the peace and tranquility that exists there. I cannot think of anywhere else closeby that I would rather spend time relaxing and rejuvenating when I have just a short while to revive, than in my massage room.... t051

 

[Miuccia]

anastasia, i am right there with you. i must say, the space that has been created in my room is unlike anything i've ever had. and there are no leggos and star wars toys to trip over!

my room is the one place in my life where everything is safe, and everything is right. there is something very holy about it.

you know, our career is just so amazing - i'm so happy i found this!

amanda

 

[kylelovesrootbeer]

I lay down on my table once in a while, to check out the clients perspective, too! As far as our career being amazing, I agree. US finding IT? No, I think IT found US! :}

 

[jillianbarker84]

When I first got into my room I laid on my table to make sure it what "oh so comfy". Didn't like it!! So changed what I had to. Since then I haven't done it. Only been 2 months!! Need to again though. And not to check comfort level either. I'm on a main street alley (have an emergency exit door and a window that open onto the alley from my room) and have had new businesses move in behind us. Car detailer, transmission fixer uppers, new dog across the street.....UGH!!!! Bothers me big time! Every time I ask my clients though, they say their attention was on the music and their massage (have to believe them if they leave 20-25.00 tips! Not to mention snoring FACE DOWN!! t104 ). But, I am one of those people that has to have the noise of a fan to sleep but can hear the least little irritating thing otherwise and thinks everyone is the same way t102 . So.... need to lay on the table again and see what I can hear. Not what I can feel. Could be that since I have the music at their head (literally), a fountain and a small fan for white noise to block out anything the music and the fountain don't catch that it may be just me and they may not actually hear what I do. Good point!!! Thanks for reminding me that all I have to do to experience what my clients do noise wise is get on my table and lay there.

And jyoti...yeah...I have one CD that I can't even tell you when I begin and end a massage. Not only do my clients zone out but so do I. In a good way though according to my clients. When I play that CD they always come out of my room claiming "that's the best massage I've had in years!" t015. Muahahahaha!! I talk like I have a BIG clientele...NOT! But it's gettin' there! One lady has come for 5 weekends in a row. Guess that thar' dog and that thar' man with his big air hose don't bother her none t023. Blessed Okie's!! :mrgreen:

 

[MCorporalAdams]

So glad to know I am not the only one that does this! Wheww
I lay on it when I want peace and to just get away. I have laid on my table at work and cried (right after my cousin passed away). It gives me that sense of peace like no other place does.