Massage
Is this massage soft or strong?
Aloha! The other day somebody contacted me on Facebook asking about Hawaiian massage. When they found out that I am a woman, their answer was
16 January 2019
Category: Massage
Massage
“Can you massage just my back?”
No, I can’t. Well I could but I won’t. And let me tell you why. Your back is not some separate body part that functions
9 January 2019
Massage
Is it okay to hug your massage therapist?
On the one hand physical contact, hugging included, is basic need of every human being and is essential for survival and development. On the other hand, not everybody likes hugs, not everybody wants to be touched or hugged and we need to somehow navigate between human need for physical contact and human need for boundaries and private space.
20 December 2018
Massage
Boundaries and massaging men
Aloha! The topic of massage and boundaries has been brewing in me for some time now. Nothing taught me more about people and about myself
6 December 2018
Massage
Integration, or, when does the massage end?
Aloha! There are so many things about massage that I hadn’t known until I started massaging. One of them is that sometimes after massage you
27 November 2018
Massage
Massage relationship
I remember as a psychology student, we had classes about different types of psychotherapy. You know: psychoanalytic, behaviorism, gestalt, psychodynamic, existential, transpersonal… I remember reading
19 November 2018
Hawaii
Arms of Aloha
Aloha! I will tell you a story. About Hawaii. And about my big complex I had since I started massaging. A moral dillema almost. Something
17 November 2018
Massage
How can I be of service today?
Aloha! I learned another Hawaiian proverb. Ahuwale ka po’okela I kāu hana iā ha’i – It is through the way you serve others that your
15 November 2018
Massage
It takes courage to throw off the armor
Your body has good intentions: to make sure you survive. To protect you, guard you, defend you, keep you safe. Sometimes the only way the body knows how to do this is by putting on armor and growing a shield of muscles, tension, fear and pain.
16 October 2018
Massage
Take your time
After the massage…. Take your time. Take your time to just lie down and breathe. Take your time to really feel your body. Every part
5 June 2017
