How to perform Californian massage

Californian massage is a massage technique born in the United States in the 70s, in that cultural landscape that gave rise to the new age of the next decade.

The Californian massage aims to re-harmonize the physical level with the emotional level of the individual : performed in a context of complete trust and abandonment to the hands of the operator, an attempt is made to resurrect the feeling of care and acceptance experienced in early childhood during the mother-child relationship.

The massage is performed on a bed, who receives it must be without clothing : you can keep the underwear or use a cloth with which to cover, from time to time, the parts of the body not treated. This is why Californian massage must always be performed with operators who are fully trusted and in a very specific ethical and professional context.

During the Californian massage it acts on the whole body, through slow and enveloping maneuvers, able to bring the attention of the one receiving it to the totality of the body and to how the emotions move inside it, to how they can nest in localized muscle tension, joint stiffness, pain in various parts of the body, and how emotions can affect the rhythm of the breath and the heart.

The duration varies from 60 to 90 minutes.

During the Californian massage physical and emotional tensions are released : it is possible that distant memories arise, pleasant or less pleasant, and emotions that were thought buried. One can fall asleep or burst into tears : it all depends on what was buried in the body.

The advantages are therefore physical and emotional, and a good operator is able to accompany the subject in the rediscovery of himself, his body and his emotional experience, and to identify the points on which to dwell more.

The benefits of Californian massage

In general the benefits concern:

> deep relaxation, both physical and mental ;

> improvement of peripheral circulation ;

> rebalancing sleep and rest, especially in the case of insomnia ;

> contributes in cases of anorexia and bulimia to restore a good loving relationship with one's body and with the emotions that inhabit it ;

> lowers blood pressure ;

> relieves asthma and respiratory problems due to panic and anxiety attacks ;

> because it is performed in association with natural essential oils, it improves the quality of the skin ;

> reshapes the body ;

> helps in case of cellulite and lymphatic stagnation ;

> improves digestion and metabolism, thanks to reflex and general relaxation and also as a result of direct manipulations performed on the abdomen;

> accelerates intestinal motility;

> allows to eliminate toxins at epidermal level but also deep;

> allows you to regain self-esteem and kindness towards yourself and the needs of your body ;

> introduces a deep introspection of what one feels ;

> allows emotional release and the free flow of emotions and feelings.