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Being of Service.As massage therapists we have the opportunity and challenge to work with others who are in pain and seeking another way. What if pain is supposed to bring a message to the client and when we work to take it away we are doing a dis-service to the client? To ensure that when you work with clients you are being of service and not attempting to fix others requires that you have a deep understanding of yourself. Being of Service is another way of working with clients that allows them to have their pain and assist them in finding out what it means to them. To do this as a professional, we need to be able to set ourselves aside to remain present with the client and really be able to help the client listen to the message their body is telling them. Setting ourselves aside is different from giving up the self which is the hidden agenda of many in the helping professions. It is so easy for "helpers or caretakers" to give themselves up in order to take care of the others needs. The self I am referring to is the self that is needy and wanting to give advice, fix -or in other words the ego. It is the ego who needs to be the center of attention. The other self, the true or authentic self reveals itself when the ego is strong enough to let go and make way for the true Self. To be able to set one's self (small s- =ego self) aside requires that one be in touch with their true Self (big S = authentic Self). This is an ongoing process that requires the courage to take the steps to look at ourselves in a different way. There are many different methods, books and articles that really are saying the same things but in slightly different ways. The Path to the True Self is different for each person. The basic underlying theory involves
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