What does a full body massage entail?

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Personally, I didn't enjoy the massage I got from a beauty therapist. It irritated me.


But when I agreed to try a five minute shiatsu massage one day for someone raising funds for charity, that was completely different. I won't deny that the sensation was initially uncomfortable - after so many years guarding against physical contact, every muscle was tense upon tense upon tense - but after a while, I began to zone out. In the end, she did a twenty minute treatment on my back, neck, shoulders and head (I didn't want my hands done because they were swollen from RA at the time) because she could feel how guarded I was.

I felt wobbly straight afterwards, then felt absolutely wonderful the following day. And I have never felt quite so anxious about myself or physical contact with anyone since.