This is the most popular massage method practiced in the USA. The basic strokes include: long gliding type strokes, kneading, passive joint movements and friction. Used to promote general relaxation, improve circulation, increase range of motion and relieve muscle tension. I have been practicing the Northern California version of Swedish Massage. I believe it to be more of a mind/body connection experience.
Massage
is "structured touching" or touching with purpose. This
purpose may be directed towards relieving muscle pain and stress,
increasing body awareness, or bringing equilibrium to a life in crisis.
Tangible outcomes can be experienced in the active stimulation of skin,
lymph and blood, relaxation of the muscles and nervous system,
elimination of metabolic waste, stretching of connective tissues and
release of a tranquilizing effect into the entire organism through the
parasympathetic nervous system. Massage is a healthy way of
handling stress.
The recipient is gently urged to become an active participant through
heightened awareness and surrendering to a deep sensing place.
Long, lengthening strokes with gentle rocking and stretching, passive
joint movement, sculpting of deep musculature, delicate cranial
balancing, subtle neural reeducation and the precision of Chinese point
work are all part of the somatic offering.
However, personal
attention takes precedence over technique; thus each massage session is
unique. Bodywork happens any time you focus attention on the life of
your body, whether while playing sports, working in your garden, or
simply feeling your feet on the floor. Thus the meditation of receiving
touch from another is part of a larger picture of richness which can put
you very firmly in touch with your more personal self.
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