Bodywork
In any conversation about massage, I start by calling it bodywork instead of massage because when you say massage, people make unfortunate jokes about happy endings. To begin, I have learned over the years, from recommending bodywork, that massage is not for everyone. Some people just don’t like to be touched, and massage is not for them. No worries! I have been very privileged to receive a great many massages in my life. When I lived in San Francisco, I knew one massage therapist very well, and she used a variety of techniques on me. Thus began my learning about different massage techniques: shiatsu, Swedish, Hellerwork, hot stone, reflexology , chair massage (at work!), aromatherapy massage , trigger point massage, breathwork and others which I have benefited from but whose names I have forgotten. It was, after all, 20 years ago. If you have any questions about types of massage, leave a comment and I’ll respond. Now I am fortunate to visit the Housto