Well, we have all returned safe, sound and motivated from our Emm-Tech promotion trip from Townsville to Mt Isa and parts in between.
The three of us (Gail, Karen & Debbie) packed ourselves, equipment, paperwork and baggage into a Mazda 6 with the aim of spreading the word about the therapy and to have fun doing it.
The first days we scheduled to participate in the local Field Days in the small township of Richmond (about 500 kilometres west from Townsville). Due to (inadvertently) leaving some equipment behind, we ended up meeting more of the locals and exhibitors than planned on the day before set-up. This was to work to our advantage in the days to follow.
People travel hundreds of kilometres to attend the Richmond Field days and races (horses of course), which are a feature of the second days’ itinerary. Knowing this, we planned to travel to Julia Creek in the afternoon of the second day to set up for our first Emm-Tech course scheduled for the next day. Julia Creek is 120 kilometres from Richmond.
DAY 1 & 2 Field Days
This is an idea of what happened in our first 2 hours of promoting Emmett Technique in a country town 5 hours drive from the coast.
"Hey mate, my back’s that bad I don’t let anyone touch me."
"What’s this about? What do you think of those magnets the guy next door to you is selling? Supposed to get rid of pain and you don’t have to do anything."
We now know people don’t like to be touched too much and the exhibitor next to us is selling magnets for pain - what to do?
Then the first of the exhibitors we met the day before turned up to ask for help with a "crook shoulder". More followed and during the day we had a steady flow of people sent by word of mouth round the grounds. All people were treated seated in a chair or standing up under the tarpaulin.
The next day we drove in to set-up our brochures to be greeted by the cry of "The girls are here!" Bodies ready to be fixed came from all parts and we barely had time to set-up between clients. We had started to break down the barriers and find people down to earth but we were in need of back-up for our treatments. We realised this meant Emm-Tech could go well due to the distance and the physical problems experienced by the people who live out here.
Part 2 of this story will appear in the next issue of Emm-Chat.