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evita katsifi
evita katsifi

Hi Dror! Me again.. It was till to make a start with questions.
So...

It was second session to same client and was only back and shoulder.
The actual massage lasted 40min.
I felt a bit bored at the end as I was repeating the movements.
And not sure whether I need more techniques or movements of techniques to learn.
I got lost at some point and I was feeling with my hands but then thoughts came back and felt repetitive.

Below the sequence I did.

I did hold with breathing engagement.
Then effleurage with 2 movements
Petrissage along spine at erector Spinae with fingers and palms
Then moved to shoulder and neck
Again effleurage with 3 movements
And Petrissage with knuckles

Thank you for the support
e.

  • Dror Steiner
    By Dror Steiner

    Hello Evita,
    Thank you for your question. It a question that many students have asked me during the years.
    First, I would like to say that usually students like you, who GIVE massage, most of the time feel bored, lost and that they need 'more movements'.
    On the other side, people who RECEIVE massage, don't mind repetition. They love slow, repetitive strokes.
    So, the problem is not with the massage, but with us, the therapist.
    The problem is in the way we think: Our thoughts are fast and progressive. Once we think something, we move on to the next 'thing'. In massage its different. In massage, we need slow down and move from the speed of 'thinking' to the speed of 'being'. And its difficult. So, we (the therapist) odd.

    One more thing: it might be that you need more 'massage movements'. However, I would like you to also focus the improvement on the QUALITY of the massage: slow, well connected, responding to the client, musicality, connect movements together, use your body correctly, feel what happen to your client and more.

    It will be nice to see what other students in the group feel about this subject so please join the conversation!!

  • evita katsifi
    By evita katsifi

    Hi Dror et al,
    Thank you for the response.
    It makes sense and this is what i need to focus... forget overthinking and just connect to the body and muscles and let me go with the musicality of the movements.
    As you said, I asked my client regarding repetition and she admitted that could have stayed receiving massage for another 2hours!
    And this was very nice to hear...
    But from the other hand... what will differentiate us from others and make clients to come again and again back to us... :)
    e.

    • Dror Steiner
      By Dror Steiner

      Good question, actually very important question. What will make clients coming back to you is not that you know more techniques, but the QUALITY of the massage techniques you give. This is vital to remember every time you give massage. Quality, quality, quality and quality...

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