The ABMP Podcast | Speaking With the Massage & Bodywork Profession

Ep 455 - Attention, Emotion, and Repetition with Cindy Williams

Aug 20, 2024

Cindy Williams, a massage therapist and bodywork expert with over 24 years of experience, discusses how to help clients change ingrained patterns for better well-being. She emphasizes the importance of attention, emotion, and repetition in learning new movement patterns. Cindy highlights the need for practitioners to recognize harmful habits and guide clients through healthier movements. Mindfulness and emotional engagement are key in transforming client sessions, making lasting changes more achievable.

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The podcast emphasizes the importance of attention, emotion, and repetition in facilitating effective learning and long-term client success in bodywork.

It highlights the role of professionals in helping clients recognize harmful patterns and encouraging healthier movement routines for overall well-being.

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Intro

2min

The Science of Learning Through Patterns and Routines

4min

Re-Educating Movement Patterns

8min

The Power of Repetition in Learning and Healing

5min

Incorporating Mindfulness and Emotional Engagement in Client Sessions

2min

Clients come to us with ingrained patterns, habits, and routines that they want and need to change so they feel less tension and pain. In order to create that change, we support them by identifying the pattern(s) and educating them on more effective and efficient movement patterns. Essentially, they are learning something new. By applying three aspects of how the brain learns—attention, emotion, and repetition—we have a better chance of long-term success in this mutual endeavor with our clients.

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After earning a degree in Sociology from Indiana University in 1997, Cindy Williams stumbled upon her calling as a massage therapist and bodyworker. She completed massage school in Boulder, CO in 2000 and has been actively involved in the profession since that time. For the last 24 years, Cindy has been in private practice, as well as serving in the education realm as an instructor, administrator, curriculum developer, consultant, and mentor. She currently works as an author and freelance educational content writer while continuing to support individuals on their healing journeys through bodywork, meditation, and other mindfulness practices. To learn more, visit her website at www.imaginehealthforyou.com.

Sponsors:

Anatomy Trains: www.anatomytrains.com 

Elements Massage: www.elementsmassage.com/abmp

MassageBook: www.massagebook.com