tension and texture of the recipients muscles?
are breathing. Use your body weight to gently and smoothly apply pressure, instead of muscling the pressure. Learning to give a good massage is only partly about learning technique. Much of what you need to learn is about being present in your body and present in the current moment. You can learn a lot about superficial anatomy just paying attention to what your fingers are feeling. Question 3.6 is about tired hands, a common affliction among newcomers to massage. You might also find the `advice’ file in the archive helpful. The archive is the subject of question 5.1.2.
