Time and time again, I have seen massage therapists that don't connect with their own touch. They don't seem to be aware of just what their touch does to a body. Way back in massage school, I remember trying to help educate an upperclassman to what their touch felt like when they began a massage on me.
You see, the way in which you touch someone makes all the difference. In the specific circumstance that I am referring to, it is that first touch or that gliding stroke down a back or other body part. Let me see if I can describe this further.
For instance, you have the person lying face down on a massage table with their back exposed. You have the oil on your hands and you are ready to touch them by doing a gliding stroke down their back. It sounds wonderful doesn't it? It sounds like just the thing anyone would like. Unfortunately, all too often instead of gliding down on their body as a plane would make a smooth landing at an airport, it is like they drop a bomb on the persons back with their touch. Then, they start the gliding process.
You see, the way in which you touch someone makes all the difference. In the specific circumstance that I am referring to, it is that first touch or that gliding stroke down a back or other body part. Let me see if I can describe this further.
For instance, you have the person lying face down on a massage table with their back exposed. You have the oil on your hands and you are ready to touch them by doing a gliding stroke down their back. It sounds wonderful doesn't it? It sounds like just the thing anyone would like. Unfortunately, all too often instead of gliding down on their body as a plane would make a smooth landing at an airport, it is like they drop a bomb on the persons back with their touch. Then, they start the gliding process.
