Table & Chair Massage Sessions at my San Rafael Office.
And Out-call Massage Sessions in SF North Bay, SF & Nearby Areas.
Massage sessions support wellness-affirming relaxation, athletic performance,
relief from physical & mental tension & stress, assist recovery from soft tissue injury & exercise,
enhance strengthening & agility development processes, and embodying comfort.
Provided with a calmly focused, relaxing quality.
Marin Office Massage Sessions.
Please note - I mostly provide only clothed massages for new clients now.
Table massage is available to receive wearing loose, comfortable clothing.
Table massage is available to receive wearing loose, comfortable clothing.
Most of the men & women I've met & given sessions for so far, are honest, good people who respect my boundaries.
I am respectful of men & women equally. Including respecting the fact that neither women nor men are a homogenous group of humans who all think, interpret and want the same in life. An example - in my life personally & during decades as a massage therapist, I've experienced a very wide range of attitudes, comfort & preferences of women relative to what they want, are comfortable with & prefer for their massage sessions.
From women who prefer sports & deep tissue, clinical, or more spa type & relaxation massage, or chair massage. To women have a more naturalist perspective, wanting no or minimal draping, and preferring inclusion of their breasts ( as also taught & promoted by some women at some massage schools I attended ). And more than a few women wanting overtly sexual massages & more intimate affection as part of their sessions.
To some women preferring light or deep touch, mostly clothed sessions, etc..
I always do my best to respect the diverse ranges of subjective personal comfort, preferences, boundaries & openness individual women and men have for their massage sessions and life generally, even when it is beyond my own personal comfort, boundaries & openness generally and / or personally.
I respect such, as long as my boundaries are equally respected.
Which is one reason I always require clients to simply own their equal responsibility & accountability for their choices of behaviors & for knowing & proactively & responsively directly honestly telling me what, when & where their boundaries, preferences & comfort is at any time before & during their sessions before expecting me to understand & respect such, so I can clearly understand & respect such as I always then do.
This is one of my boundaries for all people at all times & contexts - I require fully direct open honesty & honest communicating to me of individuals personal boundaries, preferences & generally for mutual clarity & comfort.
Especially since I am not a psychic mind reader, and I know from experience how diversely people interpret the same experiences, ways of massage, draping, how much or little verbal conversation preferred during sessions, etc..
While I respect the many preferences & desires of women & men who request & receive sessions from me when its compatible with me & even when it is different from what I am open to providing & participating in, I also respect myself & my boundaries as an equal human being.
Unfortunately, due to some experiences with some people choosing to disrespect my boundaries, relate dishonestly & lie to try to hide their abusively passive aggressively & directly manipulative, negatively projecting, dishonest & sexual behaviors and react vindictively when I declined them, and some people reacting abusively & falsely accusing me even for my simply honestly admitting some of these experiences, I now mostly only provide clothed massage sessions for new clientele.
I do not deserve & do not tolerate people of either gender who violate my boundaries, abusively manipulatively passive aggressively or directly lie, negatively project, and threaten false accusations to try to hide their own sexual, negatively projecting, biased & dishonest behaviors & attitudes toward me. Nor people who hypocritically act like because I am male I don't deserve equal respect, belief & protection from abusively dishonest people when they are female as much as if they are male.
Contrary to 1-sided, dishonest divisive biased propaganda & peoples claims, while there are unfortunately some truly abusive men, there are at least as many abusive, dishonest women. I know from personal experience, having been ra)%d by several women both when I was a child and later as an adult by women who lied & used threats of false accusations ( described honestly & fairly by this true equality supportive woman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emo_uWPKljk&t=6s and - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck75URVTx6c and - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJJy9j2nitY&t=11s ) to do so and to try to hide their sexual & other manipulative behaviors and to steal. I have also encountered & seen other men subjected to abusive manipulative lying behaviors of more than a few women like these -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gQ3SxOG18A
and - https://www.instagram.com/reel/Da_75HAufq0/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
From now on I will not stay quiet nor tolerate such abusive, manipulative lying behaviors simply because they are committed by women. I will hold accountable any women who attempt such, or who attempt to slander me for admitting such as some predatory women have done.
I prioritize honesty & true equality - equal rights balanced by equal honest unbiased investigation, admission, responsibility and accountability ( and punishment for abusive, passive aggressively & directly manipulative, lying behaviors ) of females in all ways & contexts generally & for their attitudes, behaviors & effects of such.
And true equality including equal uncensored listening to, belief, love, and protection of myself & other male human beings from abusive dishonest, manipulative, disrespectful people even when they are females.
People who respect honesty, true equality & human beings of both genders equally, will fully understand & respect what I am referring to & me for being honest about it & my boundaries.
For this reason I now mostly provide only clothed sessions for new clientele.
I am respectful of men & women equally. Including respecting the fact that neither women nor men are a homogenous group of humans who all think, interpret and want the same in life. An example - in my life personally & during decades as a massage therapist, I've experienced a very wide range of attitudes, comfort & preferences of women relative to what they want, are comfortable with & prefer for their massage sessions.
From women who prefer sports & deep tissue, clinical, or more spa type & relaxation massage, or chair massage. To women have a more naturalist perspective, wanting no or minimal draping, and preferring inclusion of their breasts ( as also taught & promoted by some women at some massage schools I attended ). And more than a few women wanting overtly sexual massages & more intimate affection as part of their sessions.
To some women preferring light or deep touch, mostly clothed sessions, etc..
I always do my best to respect the diverse ranges of subjective personal comfort, preferences, boundaries & openness individual women and men have for their massage sessions and life generally, even when it is beyond my own personal comfort, boundaries & openness generally and / or personally.
I respect such, as long as my boundaries are equally respected.
Which is one reason I always require clients to simply own their equal responsibility & accountability for their choices of behaviors & for knowing & proactively & responsively directly honestly telling me what, when & where their boundaries, preferences & comfort is at any time before & during their sessions before expecting me to understand & respect such, so I can clearly understand & respect such as I always then do.
This is one of my boundaries for all people at all times & contexts - I require fully direct open honesty & honest communicating to me of individuals personal boundaries, preferences & generally for mutual clarity & comfort.
Especially since I am not a psychic mind reader, and I know from experience how diversely people interpret the same experiences, ways of massage, draping, how much or little verbal conversation preferred during sessions, etc..
While I respect the many preferences & desires of women & men who request & receive sessions from me when its compatible with me & even when it is different from what I am open to providing & participating in, I also respect myself & my boundaries as an equal human being.
Unfortunately, due to some experiences with some people choosing to disrespect my boundaries, relate dishonestly & lie to try to hide their abusively passive aggressively & directly manipulative, negatively projecting, dishonest & sexual behaviors and react vindictively when I declined them, and some people reacting abusively & falsely accusing me even for my simply honestly admitting some of these experiences, I now mostly only provide clothed massage sessions for new clientele.
I do not deserve & do not tolerate people of either gender who violate my boundaries, abusively manipulatively passive aggressively or directly lie, negatively project, and threaten false accusations to try to hide their own sexual, negatively projecting, biased & dishonest behaviors & attitudes toward me. Nor people who hypocritically act like because I am male I don't deserve equal respect, belief & protection from abusively dishonest people when they are female as much as if they are male.
Contrary to 1-sided, dishonest divisive biased propaganda & peoples claims, while there are unfortunately some truly abusive men, there are at least as many abusive, dishonest women. I know from personal experience, having been ra)%d by several women both when I was a child and later as an adult by women who lied & used threats of false accusations ( described honestly & fairly by this true equality supportive woman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emo_uWPKljk&t=6s and - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck75URVTx6c and - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJJy9j2nitY&t=11s ) to do so and to try to hide their sexual & other manipulative behaviors and to steal. I have also encountered & seen other men subjected to abusive manipulative lying behaviors of more than a few women like these -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gQ3SxOG18A
and - https://www.instagram.com/reel/Da_75HAufq0/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
From now on I will not stay quiet nor tolerate such abusive, manipulative lying behaviors simply because they are committed by women. I will hold accountable any women who attempt such, or who attempt to slander me for admitting such as some predatory women have done.
I prioritize honesty & true equality - equal rights balanced by equal honest unbiased investigation, admission, responsibility and accountability ( and punishment for abusive, passive aggressively & directly manipulative, lying behaviors ) of females in all ways & contexts generally & for their attitudes, behaviors & effects of such.
And true equality including equal uncensored listening to, belief, love, and protection of myself & other male human beings from abusive dishonest, manipulative, disrespectful people even when they are females.
People who respect honesty, true equality & human beings of both genders equally, will fully understand & respect what I am referring to & me for being honest about it & my boundaries.
For this reason I now mostly provide only clothed sessions for new clientele.
A sign I have posted in my office,
expressing one of my boundaries I require respect of from all people,
in support of mutual clarity & respect.
expressing one of my boundaries I require respect of from all people,
in support of mutual clarity & respect.
Massage Modalities Utilized Include -
* Deep Tissue
* Swedish.
* Myofascial
* Trigger Point
* Thai
* Lymph
* Sports
* PNF
* Assisted stretching
* Deep Tissue
* Swedish.
* Myofascial
* Trigger Point
* Thai
* Lymph
* Sports
* PNF
* Assisted stretching
Massage sessions are available by appointment.
At my Marin office & at your location, every day 11 am - 9pm.
( I am mostly doing on-site clothed massages at public locations, businesses, events, etc., currently. )
At my Marin office & at your location, every day 11 am - 9pm.
( I am mostly doing on-site clothed massages at public locations, businesses, events, etc., currently. )
Benefits of massages at my Marin office include -
* Enjoying relaxing, healthy massage away from a busy home life, at my San Rafael, Ca. office.
* Helps resolve many types of muscle & fascia pain & tension.
* Compliments athletic - fitness performance.
* Naturally nurturing.
* Transforms stress into peaceful vitality.
* Enjoy more deeply comfortable, healthy embodiment.
* Encourages healthy lymph & blood circulatory flow.
* Calms nervous system.
* Deepens quiet minded, open hearted unity of mind, emotions & body.
* Nourishing ones embodying awareness and yin - yang harmony.
* Affirming respect for ones' natural physicalizing nature.
Rate is $100 per hour for table massage.
E-mail me call or text me at (510 )435-1263 to schedule massage(s)
at my Marin office, or at your home.
Please leave your first and last name and clarification of why you are calling
when leaving a voicemail, sending emails or texts. To filter out spam & telemarketing.
💙☯️A useful consideration, sometimes overlooked by some people, is that areas of pain, soreness, and tension in the body are often not the only areas & muscles that are involved or necessarily the main cause of discomfort, pain & related issues.
For instance, someone may be experiencing tension and discomfort in their neck and upper back, and expect that massage just in those sore areas alone will resolve the issue. Sometimes it will.
Yet that tension & discomfort may be related to other issues as well. Such as weak or excessively tight gluteus medius or adductor muscles on one side of the hip or inner thigh, causing the hip to tilt or rotate to one side more.
That can cause quadratus lumborum, rhomboids, traps, levator scapula & upper body generally on one or both sides to attempt to compensate by contracting or slightly rotating to the other side to try to keep the head & eyes level.
Or pain & tension in back & neck can be caused by the common forward rounding of shoulders, contraction of pectoral - chest & anterior shoulder muscles, and pulling the rhomboids ( which may also be weak & need strengthening ), trapezius & other muscles into an overly extended, stressed state.
That can create a forward tilting, off-balance alignment which will cause tension and discomfort in the hips, back and neck, possibly headaches, shoulder impingement, calf tension and other issues.
Opening & releasing the anterior torso, chest, and shoulders, and being centered over a healthfully strong, supple core and balance of weight on feet, helps allow the body to release back into a more optimum balanced alignment of upper body through hips, legs and feet. Which is often more effective than just massaging the back & neck alone.
The body, our muscles, fascia, bones, attitudes, habits, lifestyle, whether we are overweight or maintaining a healthfully trim - physically fit body, hydration, our attitudes ( negatively projecting or being openly honestly communicative with each other & appreciative, stressed or calm ), our alignment as we move, stand, sit & sleep, are all interconnected.
Contributing to our health, how we feel, our discomfort or comfort in our body and mobility, relational experiences, and harmony with ourselves, each other, and life in general.
So while I of course include massage of areas that are obviously tense & symptomatic during your massage sessions, consideration & massage time as needed can also be given to how other areas of the body & factors can influence areas of excess tension, pain, alignment, etc.. Factoring this in your sessions to be supportive of your healthy, comfortable embodiment.
A common occurrence when people maintain 1 position or do repetitive movements for long periods of time, is the fascia & muscles enveloped within fascial sheaths - web of sorts, can become stiff and dense. This can create pain, restricted mobility, soreness, areas of numbness & decreased proprioceptive feeling awareness.
Combining consistent exercise with regularly consistently receiving massage sessions helps decrease & prevent such symptoms. Supporting you being & feeling more comfortable, agile, enjoying supple strength, flexible and enjoyably alive in your body.
Receiving massage sessions on a consistent basis is a very useful, naturally healthy contribution to overall wellness.
For instance, someone may be experiencing tension and discomfort in their neck and upper back, and expect that massage just in those sore areas alone will resolve the issue. Sometimes it will.
Yet that tension & discomfort may be related to other issues as well. Such as weak or excessively tight gluteus medius or adductor muscles on one side of the hip or inner thigh, causing the hip to tilt or rotate to one side more.
That can cause quadratus lumborum, rhomboids, traps, levator scapula & upper body generally on one or both sides to attempt to compensate by contracting or slightly rotating to the other side to try to keep the head & eyes level.
Or pain & tension in back & neck can be caused by the common forward rounding of shoulders, contraction of pectoral - chest & anterior shoulder muscles, and pulling the rhomboids ( which may also be weak & need strengthening ), trapezius & other muscles into an overly extended, stressed state.
That can create a forward tilting, off-balance alignment which will cause tension and discomfort in the hips, back and neck, possibly headaches, shoulder impingement, calf tension and other issues.
Opening & releasing the anterior torso, chest, and shoulders, and being centered over a healthfully strong, supple core and balance of weight on feet, helps allow the body to release back into a more optimum balanced alignment of upper body through hips, legs and feet. Which is often more effective than just massaging the back & neck alone.
The body, our muscles, fascia, bones, attitudes, habits, lifestyle, whether we are overweight or maintaining a healthfully trim - physically fit body, hydration, our attitudes ( negatively projecting or being openly honestly communicative with each other & appreciative, stressed or calm ), our alignment as we move, stand, sit & sleep, are all interconnected.
Contributing to our health, how we feel, our discomfort or comfort in our body and mobility, relational experiences, and harmony with ourselves, each other, and life in general.
So while I of course include massage of areas that are obviously tense & symptomatic during your massage sessions, consideration & massage time as needed can also be given to how other areas of the body & factors can influence areas of excess tension, pain, alignment, etc.. Factoring this in your sessions to be supportive of your healthy, comfortable embodiment.
A common occurrence when people maintain 1 position or do repetitive movements for long periods of time, is the fascia & muscles enveloped within fascial sheaths - web of sorts, can become stiff and dense. This can create pain, restricted mobility, soreness, areas of numbness & decreased proprioceptive feeling awareness.
Combining consistent exercise with regularly consistently receiving massage sessions helps decrease & prevent such symptoms. Supporting you being & feeling more comfortable, agile, enjoying supple strength, flexible and enjoyably alive in your body.
Receiving massage sessions on a consistent basis is a very useful, naturally healthy contribution to overall wellness.
In Home Massage Sessions.
Please note - I mostly provide only clothed massages for new clients now.
Table massage is available to receive wearing loose, comfortable clothing.
I bring my massage chair or table & caring skill to provide you with quality, relaxing & fitness complimentary massage sessions in the convenience of your own home.
Generally in home massage sessions are available between 11am - 10pm every day.
Serving San Francisco North Bay & San Francisco.
Benefits of in-home massage sessions include -
* Compliments healthy fitness & lifestyle choices.
* Convenience of massage at your home.
* Athletic performance enhancement.
* Calm embodiment.
* Muscularly, mentally & emotionally relaxing & nurturing.
* Improves lymph flow.
* Rejuvenating.
* Supports creative energy flow.
* Grounding.
* Quiets mind.
* Supports homeostasis.
* Nourishing ones embodying awareness and yin - yang harmony.
* Reconnecting to natural life rhythms.
E-mail me, call or text me at (510)435-1263 to schedule in home massage session(s).
Rate is $100 per hour, plus on-site fee dependent on location.
Leave your full first and last name, clarification of why you are calling and what days & times you are wanting to schedule massage(s),
when leaving a voicemail or sending emails or texts.
Chair Massages at my Marin Office
& On-Site at Businesses, Events,
Private Gatherings, Homes & More.
Chair massages at my San Rafael office -
Clothed chair massages are also available at my San Rafael office. 10 - 30 minutes per chair massage session.
Generally 10am - 9pm every day by appointment.
Chair massages rates at my San Rafael office and your business & events, are -
Per Person Rates :
10 minutes - $20
15 minutes - $25
20 minutes - $35
30 minutes - $50
Group Rate :
$100 per hour for 1 - 3 hour on-site chair massage visits at your business, events, etc.. location.
5 - 20 minute clothed chair massages per person usually.
Serving San Francisco North Bay.
E-mail me to schedule a massage appointment.
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Will massages cure my pain, injury, etc.?
Massage sessions have many benefits.
You need not be in pain or have specific physical injuries, pain, etc., to benefit from receiving massage sessions.
As the deeply relaxation, calming, stress relieving, nurturing, and physical - athletic ability-enhancing benefits of receiving massages are beneficial even when not in pain or having specific issues.
Especially when included regularly as part of wellness self-care choices along with exercising consistently, maintaining a healthy trim weight, hydrating sufficiently, and having a healthy work-relaxation balance in life.
When massages are received to assist in recovering from injuries, chronic or acute pain, mobility restrictions, and other physical ailments, many times massage sessions are quite beneficial to the process of healing, regaining functional physical abilities, reducing or eliminating pain & excess tension, facilitating healthy range of motion, etc..
Even the general calming, relaxing qualities of receiving massages helps to calm the nervous system, release endorphins, reduce pain & stress symptoms. Usually after receiving massages from me, people mention feeling a noticeable reduction or even elimination of pain, discomfort, excess muscular tightness and stress they were experiencing before their massages. And feeling refreshingly relaxed, nurtured and more present in their body when they appreciate receiving.
It is also important to be honest & realistic in our expectations for massage sessions. As there are often many factors contributing to individuals' specific symptoms of pain, stress, injuries, discomfort, muscular issues, and other physical ailments they want to be resolved.
Massage by itself is, of course, not a cure-all for everything. Anyone who claims it is or should be able to resolve any & all physical issue and that people's choices of daily living, activities, level of physical fitness, etc have no effect in the process, is being dishonest and trying to sell something via dishonesty.
But massages do provide many useful health benefits, relaxation & stress reduction, helps prevent various types of overuse injuries, aides recovery from exercising and muscular - soft tissue injuries and related stressors. As well as simply being healthfully nourishing for ones mood & body.
You need not be in pain or have specific physical injuries, pain, etc., to benefit from receiving massage sessions.
As the deeply relaxation, calming, stress relieving, nurturing, and physical - athletic ability-enhancing benefits of receiving massages are beneficial even when not in pain or having specific issues.
Especially when included regularly as part of wellness self-care choices along with exercising consistently, maintaining a healthy trim weight, hydrating sufficiently, and having a healthy work-relaxation balance in life.
When massages are received to assist in recovering from injuries, chronic or acute pain, mobility restrictions, and other physical ailments, many times massage sessions are quite beneficial to the process of healing, regaining functional physical abilities, reducing or eliminating pain & excess tension, facilitating healthy range of motion, etc..
Even the general calming, relaxing qualities of receiving massages helps to calm the nervous system, release endorphins, reduce pain & stress symptoms. Usually after receiving massages from me, people mention feeling a noticeable reduction or even elimination of pain, discomfort, excess muscular tightness and stress they were experiencing before their massages. And feeling refreshingly relaxed, nurtured and more present in their body when they appreciate receiving.
It is also important to be honest & realistic in our expectations for massage sessions. As there are often many factors contributing to individuals' specific symptoms of pain, stress, injuries, discomfort, muscular issues, and other physical ailments they want to be resolved.
Massage by itself is, of course, not a cure-all for everything. Anyone who claims it is or should be able to resolve any & all physical issue and that people's choices of daily living, activities, level of physical fitness, etc have no effect in the process, is being dishonest and trying to sell something via dishonesty.
But massages do provide many useful health benefits, relaxation & stress reduction, helps prevent various types of overuse injuries, aides recovery from exercising and muscular - soft tissue injuries and related stressors. As well as simply being healthfully nourishing for ones mood & body.
Simple moments & ways of embodying can be influential.
Awareness & healthy alignment of how one stands, sits, moves, & balance of tension & relaxation of muscles contributes to how we feel in our body. Even seemingly small, frequent misalignments over time can create excess stress, pain, joint degradation and other issues.
As one example, if muscles & fascia involved with breathing are chronically tight they can restrict optimum mobility of the rib cage & diaphragm, decreasing amount of oxygen intake, keeping the body - mind in some degree of fight or flight - sympathetic nervous system mode. This will result in living with a certain baseline of unhealthy, needless stress, even if it feels normal. Which can negatively effect mental focus, emotional regulation, decrease enjoyment of living, circulate stress hormones in the body, among additional effects.
The scalene muscles in the neck may also try to compensate by chronically tightening, contributing to upper back & neck tension & pain, headaches, balance and other issues.
Shoulders and torso muscles may also be more rigid rather than interconnected in a supple way.
Integrating massages to feel more deeply, and to relax excessive tension in scalenes, sternocleidomastoid, levator scapula, pectoralis major & minor, intercostals, diaphragm, psoas, serratus, latissumus dorsi, trapezius & related muscles as relevant, can contribute to relaxing into healthier balancing synergy, freer breathing and comfort. Even pelvic alignment and how one stands and walks, can influence upper body tension and breathing in compensations for changed whole body balance - alignment.
Sensing the relative amounts of tension & supple relaxation throughout the body, and allowing muscles to cooperatively synergize together to move, stand and sit with balancing supple strength, fluidity, grace and healthy alignment with gravity and what & who we relate with, helps prevent & resolve unnecessary amounts of tension, wear & tear, compression, strain in our joints, muscles, ligaments and mind.
Massages contribute to sensing areas of both healthy, and excessive or misaligned tension & torque. And to supportively relaxing, positively transforming ones' mood & body into healthier qualities of tone, suppleness, balanced strength, comfort. And supports a free-flow of nourishing, blood, lymph, oxygen...in ones' body.
As one example, if muscles & fascia involved with breathing are chronically tight they can restrict optimum mobility of the rib cage & diaphragm, decreasing amount of oxygen intake, keeping the body - mind in some degree of fight or flight - sympathetic nervous system mode. This will result in living with a certain baseline of unhealthy, needless stress, even if it feels normal. Which can negatively effect mental focus, emotional regulation, decrease enjoyment of living, circulate stress hormones in the body, among additional effects.
The scalene muscles in the neck may also try to compensate by chronically tightening, contributing to upper back & neck tension & pain, headaches, balance and other issues.
Shoulders and torso muscles may also be more rigid rather than interconnected in a supple way.
Integrating massages to feel more deeply, and to relax excessive tension in scalenes, sternocleidomastoid, levator scapula, pectoralis major & minor, intercostals, diaphragm, psoas, serratus, latissumus dorsi, trapezius & related muscles as relevant, can contribute to relaxing into healthier balancing synergy, freer breathing and comfort. Even pelvic alignment and how one stands and walks, can influence upper body tension and breathing in compensations for changed whole body balance - alignment.
Sensing the relative amounts of tension & supple relaxation throughout the body, and allowing muscles to cooperatively synergize together to move, stand and sit with balancing supple strength, fluidity, grace and healthy alignment with gravity and what & who we relate with, helps prevent & resolve unnecessary amounts of tension, wear & tear, compression, strain in our joints, muscles, ligaments and mind.
Massages contribute to sensing areas of both healthy, and excessive or misaligned tension & torque. And to supportively relaxing, positively transforming ones' mood & body into healthier qualities of tone, suppleness, balanced strength, comfort. And supports a free-flow of nourishing, blood, lymph, oxygen...in ones' body.
A few factors that will support massages being effective, include :
- Exercising consistently. Especially types of exercises that are healthy for the joints, and provide a balance of strengthening and stretching and meditative calming qualities.
- Being a healthfully physically toned & fit. This keeps the body healthy, able to recover from injuries quicker and more fully, agile, more positively responsive to massage sessions, and feeling comfortable in one's body. It also allows for clearer, effective palpation, sensing and massaging of bony landmarks, muscles and fascia of the body during massages.
- Not smoking, using hard drugs or drinking alcohol often. This keeps the body cleaner, more resilient, supports a healthy immune system, and reduces inflammation risks.
- Communicating self-responsibly, proactively & responsively directly openly honestly with me generally. And about any relative issues, medical & injury issues, boundaries & preferences you have at any time relative to your massages, lifestyle habits, symptoms, and other related factors. As this ( a boundary - requirement I have for all my clients ) co-creates mutual clarity & giving of massage sessions according to one's specific individual needs, preferences and comfort.
Especially as I am not a mind-reader. And through my decades of experiencing as a certified massage therapist providing massages for thousands of people in diverse contexts, I am aware of the vast diversity of individuals interpretations, boundaries, openness, comfort and preferences relative to depth of pressure, draping, types and areas of massage individuals prefer included or avoided during sessions. Thus directly honestly verbally telling if & when specifically you have any boundaries and preferences during your massages helps prevent misunderstandings, and co-creates mutually respect, comfort and clarity.
- Creating time to receive massages on a frequent, consistent basis from me. This allows for the development of deepening clarity about your specific issues, what is helpful during massages & generally, supports harmonious rapport ( combined with appreciation and open honest communication referred to above ), and increases the cumulative benefits of massage sessions. Among additional benefits.
