San Diego Massage & Bodywork

Archive for June, 2009

Hello massage-lovin’ peoples!

I wanted to give you heads up on something that I’m going to be doing.  Starting now I’m going to be publishing helpful posts for you on various wellness related topics. The types of things I’ll be posting will be focused on and intended to improve your life in some way.  They may not always have anything to do with massage.  But rather they may often simply fall into the broader category of life balance and wellness.

One such topic that I’ll be starting that is related to massage is a series of posts on “How to get the most from your massage“.  If, when you read any of these posts, you find that something is unclear or you have a question (or you just want to chide me about a typo), please… do leave me a comment.  I am notified with these comments and I will respond.

In fact, I am thrilled to receive your comments because it shows me that someone out there is listening.  And it creates a conversation among everyone who wishes to participate, which is a whole lot more fun than just hearing myself think.

So keep an eye out for the upcoming series of posts titled “How to get the most from your massage“.  If you want to be sure that you get to read them all (they’ll be good-I promise) you may subscribe to my email newsletter.

On Sunday I worked with light-hearted and down-to-earth Devyn Cottrell, a hip hop dance instructor here in San Diego. After Devyn’s massage she had these words to share about her session.

“Your transitions were fluid. Some other massages that I’ve had felt like the massage would stop in one place and then start again in another place. Your session was fluid and I enjoyed it. Thank you.”

Devyn is currently working with children as her main focus, however she also teaches adults.  If you’re interested in taking hip-hop dance classes here in San Diego, you should connect with Devyn Cottrell.

Devyn is on Facebook.

A massage isn’t really measured in the number of minutes or depth of pressure, but rather in the level of touch-understanding that can be reached in a session.  Touch-understanding, as I’m calling it, is a direct experience of understanding exactly what type and level of touch a client’s body is in need of at any moment in a session.

It’s a felt thing that starts with making a connection first as people.  Often just talking authentically with the client about the challenges they are experiencing can be enough to create this initial connection that is the pre-requisite for touch-understand to take place.

Have you experienced “Touch Understanding”?
Care to leave a comment about your experience?