Massage therapy has tremendous benefits for people who receive it.
And guess what? Massage not only benefits the person who receives the massage. The person giving the massage also receives health benefits.
How cool is that?
Massage therapy is the most peaceful and healing profession I can think of. Massage soothes and relaxes the mind and the body. This relaxes both the recipient and the giver.
Rhythmic, caring, peaceful.
Massage is a dance with another person. It affects the whole body, heart and mind of both partners. That’s the same whether the massage is being provided for pain relief, pain management or relaxation.
If you, the massage practitioner, aren’t feeling that, it could be time to take some new training and ‘get back in touch.’
Even touch that has to be uncomfortable for a bit can be provided with a dance.
An interesting fact is that when muscle stress is minds feel better. The mental stress that is caused by unhappy muscles goes away when the body has less pain.
And when a client comes in with pain and leaves feeling better, well, there’s hardly anything that can make you feel more satisfied as a therapist.
There is an art and science of massage and lots of benefits for clients and for massage therapists.
