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MONKEY MIND MASSAGE
Welcome to the Monkey Mind Massage by Hacking with Care! Here are four illustrated massage moves for the head, designed in a postcard set available for printing and sharing! The Monkey Mind Massage is easy to give, and can help your friend calm down and get a break from excessive mental chatter.
Hello
Here are 4 illustrations of simple massage moves for the head. Together in a sequence they make for a lovely treat we like to call the Monkey Mind Massage, very helpful to calm a restless mind.
Applied in a moment of crisis and/or regularly, it can help slow down a hyper-active intellect, pause ruminations and worries, regain clear vision, find peace, and alleviate symptoms such as insomnia, anxiety, irritability, headaches, and more.
Like in most massages, it is the affectionate and patient repetition of the moves that will make a difference, not just the technique. The moves on the forehead, for example, would ideally be repeated 30 times, without rushing.
Pressure and rhythm would ideally vary, according to your friend's tastes and your own instincts about them; From light to quite strong, super slow to moderately fast.
The Monkey Mind massage is best applied with your friend lying down on the their back and you sitting at their head.
For more information see the “Getting Ready” section. You can also practice as an auto-massage.
Enjoy!
Getting Ready
Before your start your massage please visit the General advice for massage page. You should for instance make sure that there are no contra-indications to giving/receiving massage for any of you, and become aware of any precautions you should take, depending on your health, settings, etc.
IMPORTANT NOTICE - COVID19
Please note that in times of pandemic such as Covid-19, according to sanitary measures and lockdown, you should only share massages with the persons with whom you are already living, provided both of you are in good health. Massages (especially of the face) should be totally avoided if either of you is more at risk of developing serious illness in the event of catching the virus (elderly for example) / is feeling poorly at the time of massage / is sneezing or coughing - whether or not they have a fever. Wash you hands thoroughly before and after of course.
Monkey Mind Massage postcard set
This is the latest version of the Monkey Mind Massage manual designed as a postcards set!
The mmm postcard set pdf for printing
Download and print the pdf of the 5 postcards and send some cool massage moves to your friends ! The set contains the cover picture with foreword/introduction and credits at the back, and the 4 illustrated moves as individual postcards with postcard layout at the back
2018_hwc_monkeymindmassage_postcards.pdf
Please read the Credits & Terms of use section below, no commercial use permitted
The moves
SHAMPOO-massage
Clear the "3rd eye"
Hypnotic Temples
Sleepy Monkey
Monkey Mind Massage V0
This is the first version of the Monkey Mind Massage manual in a “chimp on Gimp” style, before it was made into a “proper” postcard set
The Moves
SHAMPOO-Massage
Clear the "3rd Eye"
Hypnotic Temples
Sleepy Monkey
Credits and Terms of use
Design and texts are by Emily King
Graphic design is by Not Wolf
Photo of the monkey is a selfie and belongs to the public domain, read about the Monkey selfie copyright dispute
You are free to print, copy, circulate, and remix the HwC Monkey Mind Massage as you please - as long as you do not make any commercial use of this work in whole or in part, and that you do mention its origin and authors, and keep the same standards for sharing <3