It is customary to be nude for your massage therapy treatments. If you prefer, you may leave your underwear on for your treatment, but this may hinder certain massage techniques for the lower back and legs.
Once you lay on the massage table, please use your breath to let go and relax. A good breathing exercise that can help you settle in to your treatment is to breathe in for 3 counts and breathe out for 4 counts. Continue to do this as you gradually relax the muscles in your body and let your thoughts float away. You will feel heavier and heavier as if you are sinking into the table. Try to go into a deep meditation during your session so that you can get in touch with what is really at issue in your body, mind and spirit.
Additionally, it is important to release your breath when tense areas are being worked on. Holding the breath holds onto the pain, releasing the breath releases pain, tension and blockages.
Please make sure you are always comfortable during your session, and to say so if you are not. This is your special time and it is important that you are completely at ease for maximum results.
In general, it is essential to drink at least 1-2 liters of water a day in the days immediately following any kind of bodywork to flush the body and release toxins that the massage or emotional release may have stimulated. You may feel muscle soreness, develop cold symptoms or have a headache. This should only be temporary for a day or two. Please call with any questions you may have after your session.
Please be aware that no professional medical care is offered and any advice, suggestion or treatment is taken at your own risk. We recommend consulting a proper medical professional as needed.
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