Can A Sensual Massage Improve Your Sex Life? Massage is the act of applying pressure and rhythmic strokes to the soft tissues with the body.
You can be massaged with your hands or with mechanical aids. The human body responds in a positive way to massage of the soft tissues of the body.
Pressure on the muscles, connecting tissue, ligaments, joints, tendons and lymphatic nodes all will give the body many benefits. Massages are given by a professional therapist but is often included as part of the treatment by chiropractors, osteopaths, and physical therapists.
You may receive a massage that concentrates on one part of your body such as your neck and shoulders, or you can receive a whole body massage. A massage can aid in the healing of an injury, help relieve psychological stress, manage pain, and flush the toxins from the muscles out of the body.
Therapeutic massage is used for physiological, mechanical, and mental help for the body. It is a part of human nature to be sensual. We need to be attuned to our senses and sensuality is part of being human. Sensuality is most often governed by the sense of smell.
Pheromones, the chemicals secreted from the sweat glands are the most basic trigger for sensual response. Natural plant oils used to relax the body also will heighten our awareness for our partner and put us in the mood for sexual pleasure.
A massage can be a great way for you and your partner to experience a closeness and pleasurable experience.
You know the obvious erogenous zones but did you know that your back could play a big part in sensual pleasure? A sensual massage should start with the right atmosphere.
Dim lighting or candlelight in a darkened room with a few scented candles lit for a romantic effect.
Quick Facts About Massage Therapy
Massage Tables
Any comfortable, flat, stable surface of the right height could double as a massage table, if you are only intending to perform an occasional massage in your own home. Any more serious use, though, demands specialized equipment. Purpose-built massage tables are better in several ways:
They are better designed to support the body during massage, in a comfortable and ergonomically-correct way
They are typically more hygienic, able to be easily wiped down after being used by one person, and before another comes in to take their place. You're less likely to end up with a table sodden with old massage oil
They are often adjustable in height or other respects, making it easier to set them up correctly for the location and for the physique of the individual massage therapist.
An inversion table is equipped with straps to securely tie down the customer. The table can then be mechanically tilted, so that the customer can be held at an angle, perhaps with the head lower than the feet.
One claimed benefit of this is that it decompresses the spine. Over the course of normal lives, the vertebrae of our spine are pressed into one another by the weight of our bodies. This is why we are slightly taller in the morning than the evening: a night of lying down allows the spine to expand back to a greater length.
The idea of the inversion table is to take this principle one step further, allowing the force of gravity to gently pull the spine out to a greater length.
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You and your partner can warm a few drops of essential oils in your hands and warm them before gently stroking your partners body. Sit with your partner back-to-back pressing your backs together gently.
Feel the contours of your partners back and pressing your bodies together from shoulder to pelvis. Rest you head on each others shoulder. Trail your thumbs and fingers from the head down the sides of the body.
Repeat this two or three times and gradually applying more pressure.
Apply pressure along your partners spine working your way down the torso especially concentrating on the lower back area. Knead the buttocks with the heel of your hand.
Heighten the sensual experience of your partner massage by placing warm towels or a blanket on the lower part of your partners body so they will not be chilled.
Use scented massage oil that is warmed with your hands before you put your hands on their body.
Theraputic Massage Terms and Facts.
Massage helps to relax the muscles, even between sessions.
The muscles are warmed up and the increased blood flow helps the body remove lactic acid and other things that make the muscles feel stiff.
This is also why it is very important to start any massage with long, slow stroking motions at pressure so that the blood can begin to flow to the muscles faster. |
Sweet almond oil and jojoba oil are great for use in releasing tension. Use smooth sweeping movements across your partners back, shoulders and neck. Concentrate on any spots that seem to be extra tense.
Finish the massage by lightly scratching your partners skin in a circular or figure eight pattern with your fingernails.
Finally, snuggle up to your partner and enjoy the warmth and closeness you will feel after giving or receiving a sensual massage.
Massage Therapy for Healthy Lives
09/03/2008
Relax (The Advertiser-Tribune)
Debra Darling, a licensed massage therapist from Seneca Massage Therapy, works on Aace Johnson, a Tiffin University freshman from Sidney, Wednesday. TU and Tiffin Area Chamber of Commerce hosted the sixth annual "Around the Town" event in Gillmor Student Center, which allowed students to interact with area professionals.
Relax (The Advertiser-Tribune)
09/01/2008
re: Colleen O'Connor, massage therapy proprietor (Louisville Courier-Journal)
"I own and operate a six-room therapeutic massage studio. … Along with being a massage therapist, I am responsible for all operations -- hiring and managing the staff, marketing and networking."
re: Colleen O'Connor, massage therapy proprietor (Louisville Courier-Journal)
09/04/2008
EHOVE to offer massage classes (Port Clinton News Herald)
EHOVE Ghrist Adult Career Center will teach you basic techniques to facilitate well being in the lives of your friends and your family members through massage therapy classes. These classes will be hands-on -- you will give and receive massage.
EHOVE to offer massage classes (Port Clinton News Herald)
09/05/2008
Lisa Flanagan to provide therapeutic massage services in Junction (The Junction Eagle)
Junction welcomes massage therapist Lisa Flanagan as the newest addition to our business community. Local citizens, who have tight muscles, aching backs, stiff joints or just want to relax a little, can welcome Lisa as well at her open house on September 6.
Lisa Flanagan to provide therapeutic massage services in Junction (The Junction Eagle)
09/03/2008
Massage Envy employee raises breast cancer awareness (The Champions Sun)
With two survivors of breast cancer in her family, Copperfield Massage Envy’s Clinic Administrator Stacy Jones is all too familiar with the disease.
Massage Envy employee raises breast cancer awareness (The Champions Sun)
09/05/2008
Lisa Flanagan to provide therapeutic massage services in Junction (The Junction Eagle)
Junction welcomes massage therapist Lisa Flanagan as the newest addition to our business community. Local citizens, who have tight muscles, aching backs, stiff joints or just want to relax a little, can welcome Lisa as well at her open house on September 6.
Lisa Flanagan to provide therapeutic massage services in Junction (The Junction Eagle)
09/01/2008
re: Colleen O'Connor, massage therapy proprietor (Louisville Courier-Journal)
"I own and operate a six-room therapeutic massage studio. … Along with being a massage therapist, I am responsible for all operations -- hiring and managing the staff, marketing and networking."
re: Colleen O'Connor, massage therapy proprietor (Louisville Courier-Journal)
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