Breathe

Breathe, with the healing touch.

Breathing is used for pain, mostly without you consciously realising it. Mastering these techniques and fully investing them into your massage will enhance the experience significantly. Being able to feel any areas of pain that we work through as your therapist, we recommend letting your breath expel this and ultimately can multiply the positive effects. By participating in mindful breathing you are transferring your healing energy with intention to the area and releasing the pain yourself.

Next time you get a massage. Notice how your relationship with pain adapts as you focus your breath into it. You cannot physically breath into the area, but you can send warm imagery, healing breath into it through your mind. Focusing on the area healing and controlling this with your breath.

To use this in your massage please follow the following steps as described by Massage Therapy - Breathe Into Your Massage:

“As you settle onto the table, feel the weight of your body on the table. Allow yourself to be supported by the table and begin to notice your breath.

Feel your breath moving of its own accord. Where is it most noticeable? Where could it express more? Invite your breath to move into the spaces that feel less full (without effort—just invite).

When your therapist starts working, notice the pressure and rhythm. While maintaining a comfortable rhythm in your own breathing, notice when she lets up on her pressure and breathe in. When she applies pressure, breathe out.

If your practitioner comes to a tender area, pay special attention to your breath. Work with the tenderness on the exhale, imagining that you’re breathing out the pain.

As your therapist works on different areas, imagine your breath moving there to meet her. Send your breath wherever she is working. Let her work on the outside, you work on the inside.

Notice the changes as the massage progresses. Notice your thought patterns. Notice your comfort level. Notice your stress (and how it melts) as you send breath to the various areas of your body.

When your session is complete and you sit up, notice how your breath feels.

Why not use the life giving force of breath to make your next massage an even more beneficial experience. Just breathe.”

Cathy Ulrich - Massage Therapy