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Posted by Kris Stecker on 28 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: Career, Energy Nerd, Health, Money, Personal Development, Polarity Therapy, Prosperity, RYSE, Spa Tech Education, Spiritual Development, Wellness
When times are tough, it’s more important than ever to use every tool you have to succeed. This has never been truer than now. Even though an economic meltdown has been averted, the hardest is yet to come.
We are in a global economy and the rest of the world is hungry to eat your lunch. This is the stark reality. The prosperity of the past two decades has been an illusion driven by a credit bubble. That’s over and now the gloobal playing field is more level. Therefore we are all faced with a new set of challenges in manifesting what we desire. You have to bring your “A” game to be prosperous in this environment.
The challenges are many:
As an optimist, I hate to bring this news. However, that’s the reality we’re facing. But here’s another reality. There are people who are going to be thriving. They are the ones with the clarity to see the opportunities that are created by the chaos. But why will they thrive while most people will flounder?
Clarity, focus and health will be their advantage. These are all things that you have a high degree of control over if you choose them.
This is so simple it seems silly to repeat it, but I know without a doubt that only a few people are smart enough to do what I’m about to recommend. You see, the solution is simple but people have too many internal barriers to giving themselves what they really want. So instead they continue to justify their suffering by blaming external conditions instead of admitting that they aren’t really committed to success.
So here is all you have to do: Find a good Polarity Therapist and get at least 2 sessions a month for the next year. That’s all. Can’t afford it? I find that is rarely true. People will spend $50 to $100 a week getting coffee, going out to dinner, getting drinks and many other things that may be fun and relaxing, but moves them no closer to prosperity. They will spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on a trip that gives them temporary relief and long term bills but they won’t invest in their health and prosperity. So again, it comes down to your choice.
Let me explain why Polarity Therapy will make you successful and maybe that will give you sufficient resolve to get regular sessions.
First, clarity: Polarity sessions clear the energetic obstalces to listening to your intuition and information from your body. This is cumulative so the more sessions you get, the clearer the signals and messages become. This is a huge advantage over people who are walking in a haze and not noticing what is going on around them.
Second, focus: As your fears and other blockages are removed, your concentration is greatly improved and you are less distracted by the noise of your emotions and body. Your improved focus allows you to act on the information you receive from your improved clarity.
Third, health: You must have good health to have the energy to maintain your focus and accomplish your dreams. Some people are strong enough to overcome health issues and still succeed. But they do this by doing the most with what they have. Everyone needs to do the same. In this coming year with H1N1 and other diseases, it’s more important to do everything you can to stay healthy. Polarity Therapy is the best I know for doing this. Again, it starts with having the clarity to hear the signals from your body about what you need to stay healthy. A clear individual is more likely to eat right, get proper rest and exercise more.
By getting regular sessions your intuition and creativity will start working at a higher level and you will have the focus and health to put this information into action. You will also be better at avoiding problems and your success will multiply. It’s at the core of all success.
So it’s up to you. If you say you want to succeed it’s time to make the commitment. Don’t put it off. Contact Spa Tech Institute to help you find a great therapist.
There are no excuses. Only missed opportunities.
Wishing you a healthy and prosperous life,
Kris
p.s. If you would like to know more about how energy actually improves your ability to manifest on other levels, please submit your comments and I will be happy to share what I know.
Posted by Kris Stecker on 18 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: Career, Define Prosperity, Health, Money, Personal Development, Prosperity
After my last blog on Start by Asking For What You Want many people are asking, “What is treasure mapping?” I’m so glad you asked.
Treasure mapping is a really simple process that allows you to get more clarity on what you want and creates a visual affirmation that allows you to continually reinforce receiving what you want. There are whole workshops on treasure mapping by people that are in the business of helping people fulfill their desires.
There is no right or wrong way to do a treasure map. A treasure map can be done on a large poster board or in a book format. I prefer the large poster board so you can hang it on the wall opposite your bed so it’s the first and last thing that you see every day. However, if you travel a lot, the book is a better format.
You can do this by yourself, with family or a friend or with a group of friends. A treasure mapping party can be really fun and multiply the focus on the creation for your future. Doing it with your family can be really great if everyone is very supportive of each other. The only thing you do not want to do is have people, who are critical of you or your dreams, be part of the process.
Once you decide on the format (book or poster board) you will need scissors, glue or tape and a bunch of magazines and brochures that reflect your interests. For instance, if you like to ski, get ski magazines. If you like cars get car magazines. If there are people who represent qualities of yourself that you want to develop, get magazines that have those types of people (performers, yogis, artists, healers, etc.). If you are treasure mapping your wedding get a lot of magazines on weddings and honeymoons or vacations.
Now you are ready to start. It’s best to allow at least 3 hours but all day is even better. Or you can do several segments of time. Begin by clearing and relaxing your mind and stating your intention to let your subconscious assist you. You can either be random or you can do a treasure map for a specific area of your life. You may be focusing on relationship, housing, travel, work or anything that is important to you.
Now start looking at the magazines that attract you and start clipping pictures, headlines and anything that you like. Suspend judgement and just go for it. If it’s a big boat or house, don’t let your thoughts interfere. Don’t think about cost or practicality. Just let your subconscious pick things that you like. As you do this watch your thoughts. Be mindful of the inner voices as they expose your deepest fears or reflexive patterns that prevent you from having what you want. There is often extremely valuable information in these thoughts. You can learn a lot about yourself very quickly.
After you have a pretty good pile of clippings it’s time to move on to the next phase. Start to sort them and decide which ones you like and arrange them on the page. Don’t glue them yet. You will want to be able to move them around. As you do this you may find that there are some things that you want to add so you go back to the magazines and look for specific things to fill in the gaps. Again, watch your thoughts.
At a certain point you will feel satisfied that there is enough on the page or board and you like where things are positioned. Now it’s time to glue it down, look at it and share it with others. (Of course I expect there will be a lot of sharing throughout the process if you are with family and/or friends.) Talk about why you chose the different things and why it’s important to you. Sometimes you know and sometimes it’s just a feeling. It’s all good.
You have completed the first step of your treasure map. Like life, it’s never completely done.
It’s good to find a place for your treasure map where you will see it frequently and have time to meditate on it. As you contemplate it, remember that nothing is as it seems. It may be that the big house next to the ocean is not really what you are looking for but it does represent having a feeling of enough space and peace and calm. Maybe the space is a case of creating more space in your existing house by removing things that you don’t need or isolating things that are noisy like televisions or other noises (like kids?). Or maybe you need to get outside near the ocean more and the house represents this.
The important part is that you have created a temporary record of what feels good to you. You can see it and it increases your awareness of what you want to manifest. The more you see it, the stronger the knowledge of wanting it becomes. This clarity helps you to manifest it more quickly.
So there you go. You have done your first treasure map. You can do this as often as you like. Yearly or at least everyo couple of years it’s good to do it again. And keep the old ones so you can see how much you have manifested. Just seeing that you have manifested it lubricates your manifestation abilities.
Please send me your stories and epiphanies from doing your treasure maps. Your comments will assist all of your fellow travelers on the road to prosperity.
Sincerely,
Kris
p.s. As always, I look forward to answering your questions and sharing anything I can that may be helpful.
Kris Stecker, President and Owner
Spa Tech Institute
http://spatech.edu
Posted by Kris Stecker on 27 May 2009 | Tagged as: Career, Health, Money, Personal Development, Prosperity, Relationships, Spiritual Development, Wellness
It seems like it was just last week that it was the beginning of a new year and I was encouraging everyone to write down their goals. 6 months have passed and here we are almost to the beginning of June and the official start of the summer season. So much has happened. The sky did not fall, we have 91% employment and things are about to pop.
So did you write down your goals? If so, take them out and look at them. How many of them did you accomplish. How many do you want to change. And what do you want to add to the list? This is a great time to review and refocus to take your prosperity to a higher level.
Summer is full of energy which is great for moving your life forward but can also be difficult because there can be sooo many distractions. This is why this is probably the most important time of year to refocus on what you want to create. With additional focus and the energy that comes with summer, you can get much more done in a shorter time than in the winter.
Now that we are out of the election cycle and the politicians are focusing on trying to get people back to work instead of trying to get elected, there is more optimism for accomplishing things. At the same time the economy is starting to accelerate again and the time to get in position for the next expansion is now. During the next 6 months things will start to ramp up and in a year they will be going full speed again.
It’s easier to get on the train when it’s in the station than when it’s already up to speed. That’s why this is the time to focus on getting everything ready. Write down what you want to manifest in your life (job, career, better health, home, etc.) and do what you need to do to get ready. Increase your skills, clean up old messes that might hold you back and get your strategy in place and ready to go.
The window of time is closing quickly so don’t delay. Don’t put things off until the fall. Do it now to get the most out of your future. Ride the energy. Like in surfing, you have to catch the wave to get a good ride. Don’t let it slip past. Open your eyes and make it a priority. Pay attention. Be ready to go. Catch the wave and ride it as far as it will take you. It’s a blast.
Sincerely,
Kris Stecker, President
Spa Tech Institute
p.s. If you have questions, please submit them as comments. I will respond in future posts.
Posted by Kris Stecker on 14 Mar 2009 | Tagged as: Career, Health, Money, Polarity Therapy, Prosperity, Spa Tech Education
We have been hearing that people are doing well and this article in the NY Times confirms some interesting findings from spa industry leaders that supports what we have been hearing from our graduates.
The bottom line is that the current levels of stress are sending people to spas and clinics for stress reduction and well being instead of just pampering. Whereas the benefits of the pampering were appreciated during good times, the realization that coping with stress was essential, is changing the way the industry markets to clients. It also holds powerful ramifications for the future.
With the view that massage and spa treatments are a necessity instead of a luxury, the long term prospects for the industry take on new proportions. What has happened is a change in behavior on a fundamental level. Once behavior is changed, it is an enduring change. It also creates an even more loyal clientele who will be likely to refer others in the future.
Because of the length and depth of the recession and the amount of money that has been pumped into the system, when the economy starts to increase again, it could be dramatic. I expect the pace will pick up even more and the stress levels will continue to increase dramatically. As people try to make up for lost time the pressure to succeed will be even greater and people will need even better support systems. And that is going to increase the demand for massage, polarity and spa professionals.
Remembering that it is still a relatively low percentage of the population that realizes the value of this work is very exciting. It means there is still tremendous upside to the growth of the industry. And to see how well the industry has held up during economic stress is really exciting. It had never really been tested as severely as during this economy. But the word we still are hearing from many of our graduates (particularly those who have their own businesses) is that they are busier than ever.
Again, this does not mean that there are not practitioners or companies that are not having problems. Recessions always expose the weak and reward the strong. When some companies are thriving in a down economy it highlights that it is not the industry that has a problem, it’s the company or person who is struggling who needs to go to the next level.
This is why the school offers this blog as well as many CEU classes, the Merit Scholarship, RYSE and a 20% tuition credit for all of our graduates so they can continue to improve their skills in all areas. We know that continuing to learn and grow is essential to retaining and attracting new clients. Self-care is also incredibly important since being healthy, positive and uplifting is essential to giving your clients the best possible experience.
For people who have been thinking about becoming a massage or polarity therapist, aesthetician or cosmetologist, the future remains bright. The people who have been successfully doing this for 3 or more years are going to see their business expand dramatically in the coming years. They are going to need help. And the government has increased Federal Financial Aid because it knows that people need education to get better jobs. The really great thing about these industries is that they can never be replaced by the Internet or outsourcing.
So keep up the great work, continue to increase your skills and you will continue to prosper and help others to do the same.
Sincerely,
Kris
Posted by Kris Stecker on 08 Mar 2009 | Tagged as: Career, Health, Money, Personal Development, Prosperity, Relationships, Spa Tech Education, Spiritual Development, Wellness
Optimism is a powerful choice that is at the root of your prosperity. The reason is simple: optimistic people are healthier so they can act on opportunities. This was supported in a recent study that found optimistic people were significantly healthier and happier than those who were not optimistic.
But the most important part to remember is that it is a choice. I know from personal experience that this is true. When I was younger it was very fashionable to be pessimistic to the point of being cynical. The reasons for this are complex and important to understand. The facts are that until I learned to change my view to optimism, I was more frequently sick and unable to see or act on opportunities that could have changed my life.
Understanding why people choose to stay stuck in pessimistic attitudes is a good starting place. As with all behavior there must be a perceived benefit or people would not choose it. Probably the most fundamental benefit is that it allows people to avoid responsibility for their reality or their failure. Or at least that’s the underlying belief. After all, if the world is fundamentally against you, then it’s not your fault that your life is difficult. It can be blamed on a wide range of external forces that you have no control over.
This strategy works provided the people around you don’t understand the mechanics of manifestation. For those who have moved towards self-actualization it is clear that you create your reality by the choices you make. When people around you don’t give you a waiver for the difficulties in your life, you can’t get handouts and welfare. When the people in your life push you to be responsible for your life, you are forced to take action to change your life and succeed.
For many young people a pessimistic attitude has served them well, getting teachers and parents to give them what they want. The reinforcement of this pattern results in pessimism being a default setting in people’s lives. This is seen in cultures that have relied on welfare for multiple generations.
So how do you break out of the pattern?
After you have the realization that you are the creator of your reality, the next step is to maintain a positive outlook. Here are some pointers to help you stay optimistic.
By understanding and following these concepts, you can have more of what you want in your life. You will be healthier which will give you the energy to act on the opportunities that others don’t see. As with all things that are powerful, it’s really simple.
I look forward to seeing you succeed on many levels.
Kris Stecker, President
Spa Tech Institute
Posted by Kris Stecker on 06 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: Career, Health, Money, Personal Development, Prosperity, Spiritual Development
Don’t let the losers crush your dreams! I can guarantee they will try. It’s up to you to prevent it from happening. This is actually one of the first and most important obstacles that any person needs to overcome when improving their life.
The Dream Crushers are people who are having difficulty being successful so in turn they want to make sure that no one else is successful. For them, the first impulse is to tear down anyone who is improving their life or is optimistic and forward moving.
When there is any bad news, the Dream Crushers feel vindicated and increase their activity. Invariably the Dream Crushers pop up to challenge any good news or optimistic statements, saying that the information is wrong and that they know that things are actually bad and getting worse. They site all the bad economic news as their proof. The only problem is, they are wrong.
First, yes there are problems in the economy. Some places in the country have been hit very hard. So far, New England is not one of them. There has been a correction but for the most part things are not as bad as the news makes it sound.
Second, there are people who are out of work but it’s still a small percentage in this part of the country. It’s just that we have been spoiled by unemployment below 4%. Compare this to unemployment rates of 8% in France, 9.1% in Germany and 7% in Russia. Our national rates have increased and Massachusetts is now at 5.9% and Maine is at 6.3% as of November. That’s not a huge increase over the norm and it simply does not support the notion that everyone is in financial trouble.
Third, it is having a minimal or even positive effect on the spa industry in this part of the country. In fact, many of our graduates and teachers are reporting that their business has actually increased. Why? Probably because people are not spending on lavish vacations, instead choosing to stay closer to home and get more spa services instead.
The following information from the ISPA is interesting data on the current state of the spa industry in this country.
Spa Studies in the News
ISPA 2008 U.S. Spa Industry Update – The Big Five
During the General Session on Wednesday of the ISPA Conference & Expo, Colin McIlheney revealed the results of the latest Spa Industry studies and presented The Big Five – revenue, spa visits, locations, total employees and square footage in 2006 and 2007 and the % annual growth. They are:
The summary included:
Credit ( http://www.discoverspas.com/news/newsstudies23.shtml )
The point is, the industry has been growing rapidly. Whenever this happens there are a lot of people who jump in who are under qualified and have more dollars than sense. However, the people who have excellent training, run an energetically high quality and efficient organization and do a good job retaining clients have very solid and sustainable businesses, even during difficult economic times.
What happens when an economy contracts is that the weak companies disappear and the strong ones get stronger. The people who have the best training and have the skills to succeed will actually be busier than ever when the economy picks up again because there will be less competition. I have seen this in many industries over the years (the advantage of being old). That’s why this is a great time for people to get the training they need to take advantage of the coming recovery in the economy. All contractions are followed by a surge of demand.
So don’t let the Dream Crushers step on your dreams for the future. Make a plan for your future and get the highest quality training you can get to make you successful. It may take hard work, dedication and resilience to fulfill your dreams, but in the end, there is no better life than one that is based on doing what you love.
We look forward to helping you succeed.
Sincerely,
Kris Stecker, President
Spa Tech Institute
© Copyright 2009, Kris Stecker – All Rights Reserved.
Posted by Kris Stecker on 11 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: Career, Health, Money, Personal Development, Prosperity, Relationships, Spa Tech Education, Wellness
SWOT is a powerful concept that you need to keep front of mind. Whether you apply it to your business or your life, it will help you to clarify and overcome the obstacles to success.
I have used the SWOT techniques repeatedly in dealing with the growth of Spa Tech Institute.
SWOT stands for:
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats: SWOT
This requires some work on your part but it can be a lot of fun as well. Be clear if you are doing it for your business, personal life, health, finances or relationship. By narrowing it down your questions will produce better results.
After you decide what category of your life you’re covering, make up a questionnaire for your friends and family to answer. It is really easy. Just make a heading for each of the 4 areas of SWOT and leave space for them to fill in their answers. Request that they be as honest as possible.
Once you receive the feedback, here’s how to use it.
Now it’s time to use the information.
Now that you have the information, it’s important to put it into an action plan. The key work is ACTION. The plan should describe specific ACTIONS that you can take to turn Threats into Opportunities and Weaknesses into Strengths.
I will address how to develop effective actions plans in future posts. For now, start working on getting the information. Clarity is the first step in action. There is no point to acting if you don’t know what you need to change.
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Posted by Kris Stecker on 08 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: Health, Personal Development, Polarity Therapy, Prosperity, RYSE, Relationships, Wellness
A new study found that 3 out of 4 women are likely to have a stress related reaction to bad economic news and 22% of men will turn to drinking versus 15% of women during these times. This creates even more stress. The second part was that people are more likely to get sick, not sleep as well and act out in ways that creates even more stress in their lives.
I’m going to keep this simple. Stress cannot be avoided. It can only be managed. As co-owners and managers of a school with 5 locations, my wife and I lead potentially stressful lives. Without polarity therapy, we could never have survived the stress. In fact, polarity therapy was the only thing that helped me recover from the adverse effects from years of stress in high tech and business start up.
What I found was regular polarity sessions made me stronger in the face of adversity. Stress damages your energy systems. If you don’t get them repaired, the stress leads to secondary physical, mental and emotional problems.
The problem is, there are very few qualified Polarity Realization Therapists who know the techniques to repair the energy systems. Because they are often booked up, they are hard to find. They typically don’t advertise and most people find them by word of mouth.
So if you’re tired of letting stress run (or ruin) your life, start the search for a good polarity practitioner and when you find them, book as many sessions as you can. It will change your life.
Be well.
Kris Stecker
Spa Tech Institute
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Posted by Kris Stecker on 05 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: Health, Money, Personal Development, Polarity Therapy, Prosperity, RYSE, Spa Tech Education, Spiritual Development, Wellness
Being in balance is the starting point for manifesting what you want. When you are balanced and aligned, you’re able to access your connection with your source which in turn supports receiving the information you need to succeed.
Here’s why. When you aren’t clear, your mind and consciousness are often focused on what you don’t have, things that bother you and other distractions. This is all white noise that prevents you from having clarity on what you want to manifest. This comes from fatigue, drugs, emotional turmoil and other stresses. The bio-chemical reactions make it difficult to focus on what is important.
The ability to manifest requires crystal clear focus. It’s like rowing a boat. If you use both oars equally, you will make a straight line to where you want to go. If you switch back and forth between oars you will go in circles or a curvy line that will make the journey much longer. The difference is balanced or unbalanced force.
There are several ways of gaining balanced force, some of which are faster than others. A long vacation is one way but it takes a lot of time. Exercise (particularly endurance activities like hiking or long distance running, cycling, or swimming) will bring balance through repetition of opposite arm/leg motion that balances the nervous system. Tai Chi and other meditations can contribute to the balance as well. However, these all require a significant commitment of time.
If you don’t have the time you can fast-track the process with Polarity Therapy or RYSE.
Polarity is all about balancing your energy to restore the optimal flow. The results are both immediate and long lasting. The more regular sessions you receive, the more your energy systems retain the correct flow. This is because your energy patterns are formed by habits. As a child you learn the patterns of those around you. Any dysfunctional patterns lead to problems that reduce health, vitality, creativity and the ability to manifest what you want in your life.
RYSE (Realizing Your Sublime Energies)is for repairing your energy patterns and learning to identify when they go off and how to bring them back into alignment. It’s based on Polarity theory but has been taken to the next level by Nancy Risley, RPP. As a Polarity therapist and teacher Nancy saw how her clients and students had more success manifesting what they wanted when they were cleared. She also saw what happened when they would forget and return to their previous energy patterns. The thing that was the most amazing was how fast it could be changed.
If you are tired of not manifesting what you want, there are several options. You can get a lot of sessions, you can learn to do RYSE on yourself or you can become a Polarity Therapist. The last option is the most powerful. In fact, there is an increasing number of artists, business people and others who are becoming Polarity Therapists because doing several sessions a week helps them to stay in the energy and manifest their creativity to new levels.
So to manifest more of what you want, start by getting clear. Get a session, learn to do RYSE on yourself and move forward with what you want in your life. If you need more information about RYSE or Polarity, contact the Spa Tech Institute.
Enjoy restoring your balance and manifesting what you truly want.
Be Amazing,
Kris
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Posted by Kris Stecker on 20 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: Career, Health, Personal Development, Prosperity, Relationships, Spiritual Development, Wellness
The majority of students at Spa Tech Institute have a common purpose that they are not aware of. Almost everyone wants to make a difference. They want to make people more attractive, healthier, happier or all of the above.
Most people don’t realize how the need to make a difference drives them. They are unaware of the subtle messages of the soul pushing them to take on new challenges, learn new skills or take their work to the next level. However, with every passing year, everyone becomes more aware of the need for a sense of accomplishment.
All healthy people have this need on an individual level. Many also have it on a community or global level. The truth is, we can accomplish much more as a community than we can as an individual. However, it takes leadership. Nothing big happens without someone driving the process.
Leaders have the vision of what can be accomplished. They spread the word to as many people as possible. Of course, they get shot down many times but the true leaders keep getting up because the vision or the mission is stronger than the people who put them down.
But why do people put them down? Partly because many people fear change, preferring to stay in the safety of what they know instead of venturing into uncharted waters. This is where you can make the differnce. When you find a leader, be open minded. Listen carefully and see if the vision or mission resonate in you. If it does, risk becoming part of the community that grows around the vision or mission.
Try it. Be involved and see how it moves you forward in all aspects of your life. You can make a difference if you are willing to take the risk of having an open mind and believing that the world can be a better place.
Your commitment to improving the world raises your prosperity on many levels.
Be well,
Kris
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