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32 m a s s a g e & b o d y w o r k s e p t e m b e r / o c t o b e r 2 0 1 4 SAVVY SELF-CARE best practices Clean Space=Clean Spirit =Good Business By Jennie Hastings Stancu Cleaning and organizing your work space is not only good for business, it's good for your spirit, too. By tending to this area regularly, you refl ect a sense of excellence that won't go unnoticed by your clients. When a client walks into my massage space, I hope she will notice the care with which it was created and is maintained. I try to eliminate as much clutter as possible and keep dust at bay. I always notice what state a massage room is in. I have one colleague who keeps an immaculate offi ce—I mean immaculate! I would eat off her bathroom fl oor. When I am there, I always notice how this care she takes with her space fi lters into her therapeutic presence. I also notice when I go into a massage room and there is a big pile of wrinkled, unfolded linens lying in the corner. I know life sometimes gets in the way of folding the laundry, but at least hide that pile behind a screen. MAKE IT FUN Instead of looking at cleaning as a chore, think of it as a spiritual practice. A wise woman once told me to splurge on good sponges and nice dish towels and to buy my favorite dish soap. Enjoying the tools makes any chore a more inviting experience. I would say this applies to all the tools of cleaning and organization. I used to fi nd it hard to spend money on these things since I found them to be boring. Now, I realize that since cleaning and organization are parts of my life that never go away, I may as well try to have some fun with them. m a s s a g e & b o d y w o r k s e p t e m b e r / o c t o b e r 2 0 1 4 Clean Space=Clean Spirit =Good Business Cleaning and organizing your work space is not only good for business, it's good for your spirit, By tending to this area regularly, you refl ect a sense of excellence that won't go unnoticed by your clients. When a client walks into my massage space, I hope she will notice the care with which it was created and is maintained. I try to eliminate as much clutter as possible and keep dust at bay. I always notice what state a massage room is in. I have one colleague who keeps an immaculate offi ce—I mean immaculate! I would eat off her bathroom fl oor. When I am there, I always notice how this care she takes with her space fi lters into her I also notice when I go into a massage room and there is a big pile of wrinkled, unfolded linens lying in the corner. I know life sometimes gets in the way of folding the laundry, but at least hide that pile behind a screen. Instead of looking at cleaning as a chore, think of it as a spiritual practice. A wise woman once told me to splurge on good sponges and nice dish towels and to buy my favorite dish soap. Enjoying the tools makes any chore a more inviting experience. I would say this applies to all the tools of cleaning and organization. I used to fi nd it hard to spend money on these things since I found them to be boring. Now, I realize that since cleaning and organization are parts of my life that never go away, I may as well try to have some fun with them.