3 tools to guide Clients toward better results
Life is busy for everyone, we are all rushing around in survival mode trying to succeed in doing everything for everyone and doing it perfectly
If you are able to help your client focus and stay present in their body throughout their workout, this will increase their results and connection to self.
Their connection creates better results, allows them to feel like they have achieved time for themselves as they were supported to leave their frustrations outside the studio and arrive in their body.
The more they connect and focus, the more frequent they will come to sessions with you.
When a client arrives at their session with you, they have succeeded just by arriving! Their session begins and they start moving, you can see they have lost focus and are thinking about other things - how do you support them to stay present?
#1 Breath work
Helping them reconnect to their breath, using cues like “Breathe in fresh, renewed energy and breathe out the week that has been or breathe out the stress/ frustration from before”.
Using cues like these are prompts and support reminding them its safe to let go of the outside world and be there for themselves for this time.
If you would like an example of a breath work session, feel free to listen by clicking the link below.
#2 Cues
You know when you are a part of a group conversation or you are in a course and your mind wonders off momentarily and then someone invites you to answer a question? You suddenly become present again!
Same thing with a session, we are all wired to think about the next thing and have a busy mind- so having a strategy to help when minds wonder is a great tool.
You don’t have to startle your client back into their body, but a gentle nudge using these tips:
Asking where they felt the exercise
Reminding them to breathe
Using a prompt of where to look
Using descriptive and unique cues
Changing the breathing technique
#3 Shift Energy
Shifting energy helps them to reset, reconnect and get back into their body. If they stay in the same position, they might stay in their mind.
Shifting energy can be achieved by
Changing the music
Increasing or reducing intensity of the exercise
Changing the position they are working out in for example from lying down to standing
Hands on correction brings them back into their body helping them to connect to where your hands are
When in a group setting using team work exercises
Join in! They may get extra motivation watching you move too