To make massage therapy your profession, attending a massage school and receiving certification is needed. On the other hand, if you only want to learn to practice on friends and family, there are a lot of massage training videos available on the web. These can also be excellent for helping you to resolve if a job in massage therapy is for you. Look at the special styles and have fun discovering the types that you mainly resonate with.
There is an abundance of special styles of massage therapy to chose from these days. Sports massage, Swedish, Shiatsu, Deep Tissue, Thai Massage are some of the more common ones. The form that I personally find the most relaxing is a combination referred to as Swedish/Esalen. With this combination of forms has been the main focus of my 20 year job as a massage therapist. This form of massage therapy is a mix of the more specific kneading and stroking of the muscles typical of Swedish Massage, and the more deeply relaxing long strokes of Esalen Massage. By sensitively combining these two approaches, you can both address specific needs, muscle tension and pain, while at the same time, ease your friend on the table into a deep state of relaxation. Done well, a gentle unraveling will begin of tension and stress, muscles will relax even more, bringing on still deeper relaxation.
Here are numerous tips on how to provide a massage that is both therapeutic and deeply relaxing:
1.Take time for yourself to become relaxed and quiet before you begin. Take a few deep breaths and practice "grounding" or feeling you connection to the earth under you feet.
2.Practice being fully present to what's feeling right, both for your body as well as theirs. Use good body mechanics, keeping your back straight, bending from the hips etc. (This is where a good massage table helps!)
3.Create a warm, quiet space, where your friend on the table knows they won't be disturbed. Try lighting a few candles, dim the lights and put on some soothing soft music.
4.Work slowly...and keep your transitions from one move to the next smooth. Keep this in mind as you shift the draping and when you need them to turn over.
5.When you find an area that needs deeper work, ask them (quietly) for feedback on the pressure. You want to go only deep enough to be effective, but not to the point of pain.
How can adding massage to your life create better health, happiness and sleep?
Another great way to relax is by learning how to provide a really good massage. In our massage video, you will learn the best client tested strokes and techniques that dissolve tension and release stress in your tensed or stressed body.Keep talking to a minimum. Encourage your friend to just let go into the relaxation.Remember to breath...periodically take some long deep breaths and let go of any tension your holding, relax and enjoy!
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The auther for this article has been practicing as a certified massage therapist for a lot of years.She's now sharing the techniques and teaching how to provide a totally relaxing and effective massage on her selection of massage video instruction. Beautiful to watch and easy to follow.
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