s are used, as in the popular Hot Stone massage, which, likes it’s name suggests, use smooth, heated rocks to sooth and relax.

Human touch is necessary for o

I sat down to write this article thinking it would be easy. After all I'm a massage therapist, I'd better know what massage is. However, here I am, half an hour later, and no further along then when I started. The problem is not defining massage, but encompassing it. How do you write a half page article about a term that applies to dozens of practices from around the world?

That being said, I have to start somewhere, so I might as well start here: Touch, human touch. Massage, in all it's forms, is the use of touch to heal. Most of the time this touch takes the form of direct contact: kneading, pressing, pulling, stretching. Sometimes tools are used, as in the popular Hot Stone massage, which, likes it’s name suggests, use smooth, heated rocks to sooth and relax.

Human touch is necessary for o

ter, and no further along then when I started. The problem is not defining massage, but encompassing it. How do you write a half page article about a term that applies to dozens of practices from around the world?

That being said, I have to start somewhere, so I might as well start here: Touch, human touch. Massage, in all it's forms, is the use of touch to heal. Most of the time this touch takes the form of direct contact: kneading, pressing, pulling, stretching. Sometimes tools are used, as in the popular Hot Stone massage, which, likes it’s name suggests, use smooth, heated rocks to sooth and relax.

Human touch is necessary for o

lies to dozens of practices from around the world?

That being said, I have to start somewhere, so I might as well start here: Touch, human touch. Massage, in all it's forms, is the use of touch to heal. Most of the time this touch takes the form of direct contact: kneading, pressing, pulling, stretching. Sometimes tools are used, as in the popular Hot Stone massage, which, likes it’s name suggests, use smooth, heated rocks to sooth and relax.

Human touch is necessary for o

all it's forms, is the use of touch to heal. Most of the time this touch takes the form of direct contact: kneading, pressing, pulling, stretching. Sometimes tools are used, as in the popular Hot Stone massage, which, likes it’s name suggests, use smooth, heated rocks to sooth and relax.

Human touch is necessary for o

s are used, as in the popular Hot Stone massage, which, likes it’s name suggests, use smooth, heated rocks to sooth and relax.

Human touch is necessary for our psychological well being, and yet is rare and little valued in our culture. We have come to value our 'space' and 'personal boundaries' to such an extent that even with those we are closest to, there is almost always distance. Massage can not happen unless those boundaries are dropped. With out touch, there is no massage.

What about the second part of that definition? Healing is the purpose behind the touch. Often this healing is subtle: the release of stress, the easing of depression, the realignment of energy. Or it can be obvious: getting rid of a muscle knot, removing old scar tissue, releasing trigger points. Every massage therapi