YUME Head Spa Education: What Comes Next?
Over the past few years, I’ve had the opportunity to help salon and spa professionals bring Takara Belmont YUME Head Spa equipment into their businesses.
Recently, I got to see many of those professionals from a different perspective.
I attended a head spa education weekend hosted by Erin Elliott of Alter Ego Salon. Erin successfully operates three YUME beds and has seen firsthand how much interest there is in head spa. She wanted to bring professionals in the region together to learn, practice and connect.
Many of the attendees were familiar faces to me. They were clients I had helped with their YUME equipment.
Several had already completed Takara Belmont YUME Essentials education with Karen Gordon. As they gained experience working with YUME, they were now looking for opportunities to continue learning at a deeper practitioner level.
More hands-on practice. More understanding of the scalp. More refinement. And a deeper understanding of the intention behind the experience.
To me, that says a lot about where head spa is going.
Going Deeper Into Head Spa Education
Once you start delivering head spa services to real clients, different questions begin to come up.
What am I noticing about the scalp? Why am I doing what I’m doing? How does what I see influence the service? How do equipment, products, practitioner movement and the guest experience all come together?
For this event, Steuart Garrod of Eikonic Academy presented the Mindful Fieldbook Method, giving attendees an opportunity to explore the practitioner experience through observation, discussion and hands-on practice.
Scalp education brought another important layer to the weekend, while Milbon joined the conversation with professional product knowledge.
I enjoyed seeing those pieces come together.
A great head spa experience isn’t created by equipment alone. It’s the combination of the equipment, practitioner knowledge, scalp understanding, products and the experience created for the person in the chair.
More Than a Head Spa Class
Something else happened over the weekend that I think was just as valuable.
People connected.
The mornings started with coffee, light bites and time to talk before education began. People shared experiences, talked about their businesses and met other professionals working in the same growing category.
Afterward, Erin shared:
“Attendees left feeling excited, empowered, and confident in the value they received. Most importantly, I feel we established meaningful connections and took an important step toward elevating scalp therapy and headspa services in our region.”
What happened next stood out to me even more.
Erin encouraged the group to stay connected and offered her own YUME equipment so practitioners could continue practicing together.
The education ended, but the learning didn’t have to.
What Comes After YUME Essentials?
I think we’re starting to see a natural progression in head spa:
The right equipment. Takara Belmont YUME Essentials education. Real-world experience. Deeper practitioner education. Continued development.
As this category grows, professionals are looking for more than equipment. They want to keep learning, improve their understanding and connect with others doing the same work.
And that has made me think differently about my role as well.
I’ve helped many salon and spa owners choose and set up their YUME systems. But my relationship with those clients shouldn’t end when the equipment is installed.
I want to continue connecting them with education and resources that can help them grow.
Want to Stay Connected?
If you already own a Takara Belmont YUME Head Spa system and would like to hear about future YUME Head Spa education, practitioner training or scalp education opportunities, reach out to me.
And if you’re considering adding YUME to your salon or spa, I’m happy to help you understand the equipment, your setup and the education available along the way.
Erin’s event reminded me that head spa isn’t just growing.
The professionals behind it want to grow with it.
