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oo today in school we learned hot stone massage.
I part expected ‘just a spa upsell’
I found: such a unique sensation! paintbrushes of warmth and muscle tension melting away. I could draw relaxation shapes on my classmate’s body, & feel them on mine. hello earth n fire 🌿🔥
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PSA: if u go for a massage & the therapist asks your goals for the session / what u’d like work on
“Idk - can you find what wants attention and work on it?”
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a great thing to tell em. a decent massage therapist can feel stuff going on in ur body that u may not kno abt
a great thing to tell em. a decent massage therapist can feel stuff going on in ur body that u may not kno abtShow this thread
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ice + massage today 🧊
surprise, rubbing a bodypart w ice *floats spasms & knots to the surface* - obvious to touch!
blood flushes outta areas of healthy circulatn
& dense collagen cross-links in bound areas rigid right up.
I’ve never felt that b4, yay new sensations ❄️🔥🌷
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as of this week, I’ve given 100 hours of bodywork!
as celebration - AMA 🥳
I’m a former mathematician & machine learning engineer turned much happier massage student - and next month, massage therapist.
what would u like to kno
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omg today in geriatric massage class - we used broad flat strokes of exceptionally light pressure, in layers: first relating to skin-only, then sinking a little more into the fascia, then finally barely muscle.
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in those first two layers - just skin & fascia - some quality of sensuality and attunement and 'dropping the fuck in' and holding and being held, rlly clicked for me.
I'm not geriatric but still LOVED receiving & giving. different from craniosacral and also still light touch.
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^there's something here; I'm bookmarking this tactile thread to find & explore again in my future massages. feels diff than muscle work.
our oriental medicine teacher offhandedly mentioned "fascia are responsible for your sense of where you end & begin"& I intuit that's related.
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