All Discussions Tagged 'listening' - massage and bodywork professionals2024-03-28T14:20:22Zhttps://massageprofessionals.com/group/massageandenergyworkunited/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=listening&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI feel something, but don't know what it is. Help?tag:massageprofessionals.com,2011-04-06:2887274:Topic:1514652011-04-06T13:03:23.363ZNatalee Tatehttps://massageprofessionals.com/profile/NataleeTate
<p>What I thought was a "normal" sensation for massage therapists is turning out to be not-so-normal. Right after school, I began working at a spa. The more I practiced, the more I found myself "listening" to my client's bodies. To my astonishment, they would tell me exactly what they needed, and my hands would just naturally follow some sort of flow.</p>
<p>If I had any wandering thoughts, like thinking about what I was doing later that night or over the weekend, I would lose my…</p>
<p>What I thought was a "normal" sensation for massage therapists is turning out to be not-so-normal. Right after school, I began working at a spa. The more I practiced, the more I found myself "listening" to my client's bodies. To my astonishment, they would tell me exactly what they needed, and my hands would just naturally follow some sort of flow.</p>
<p>If I had any wandering thoughts, like thinking about what I was doing later that night or over the weekend, I would lose my concentration and the flow would be broken. The same could be said if I had a chatty client. In my head, I would sort of tell the client "shhhh", because I couldn't hear their body properly.</p>
<p>I have asked other therapists if they experience the same things, and surprisingly I get a lot of funny looks :( I didn't want to toot my own horn and call myself "gifted", but this doesn't seem to be as normal an occurrence as I originally thought.</p>
<p>My question here is, what is it exactly that I'm doing? Is there a specific modality I should look into? Reiki, polarity, shiatsu...? Also, I find that some days I can tap into this fairly easily, and other days I struggle intensely. My clients can feel the difference between the two, so I feel like I let them down when I don't deliver a spirited massage. I meditate, rest and ground myself between each client, but some days it just doesn't work. Is there something else I should do?</p>