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====== Getting ready for Massage ====== | ====== Getting ready for Massage ====== | ||
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===== Set and Setting ===== | ===== Set and Setting ===== | ||
- | Create a nice space and time for massage, where you won't risk being interrupted. Make sure neither of you will have to rush anywhere | + | Find the appropriate |
- | Switch off your whatever, | + | |
- | You may like to do a small warm-up of your body and hands before | + | |
- | As important as your physical surroundings, | + | {{:tumblr_mhjcstd0kf1rsfvxno1_500.jpg? |
- | Both of you should take a moment to notice how you are feeling before the massage. You too, the Giver. Are you having a good day ? Are you nervous ? Tired ? A little upset about something, but pretending not to be ? Acknowledging your own emotions before you receive or start giving a massage will help you find the right, comfortable place to be with yourself and the other. It will help you respect your limits and boundaries, and importantly, | ||
===== Precautions and Contra-Indications ===== | ===== Precautions and Contra-Indications ===== | ||
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===== Define intentions: What do you wish for with this massage ? ===== | ===== Define intentions: What do you wish for with this massage ? ===== | ||
- | Invite your friend to say what they wish for with this massage, in their own words and images, according to how they feel, here and now. Invite them to make a wish. It could be to ease pain, relax, stop worrying, feel safe, loved… | + | {{: |
- | Defining an intention together, even a very simple one (the simpler | + | Ask your friend what they wish to get out of this massage. Invite them to express their wish (it could be to ease pain, relax, stop worrying, feel loved, etc). Defining an intention together, even a simple one (actually, |
- | Focus more on receiving your friend' | + | And you, do you know what you want to achieve with this massage? Again, the simpler |
===== Making a basic massage plan ===== | ===== Making a basic massage plan ===== | ||
- | Observing your friend' | + | {{: |
- | Is your friend' | + | |
+ | Observing your friend' | ||
+ | Is your friend' | ||
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+ | In the end, a good massage is a mystery mix of knowledge-skill, | ||
- | In the end, a good massage is a mystery mix of skill, intuition, and improvisation, | + | {{: |
getting_ready_for_massage.txt · Last modified: 2015/12/22 16:03 by emily