Taproot Bodywork Resource, LLC

Have you ever tried to teach your partner a new skill?  Has your partner ever tried to teach you a new skill?   

Recently my fella and I went to Big Sky, MT for a week of skiing.  Ever curious about the massage scene, I decided to check out the spa in our hotel, the Huntley Lodge.  Turns out the Solace Spa offers something called the “Guided Massage” for couples, the idea being that a professional massage therapist would guide each of us through working on each other.  Hm.  Four handed massage?  Someone else teaching my guy how to work on me?  A tax write-off in the guise of research?  Excellent!  We scheduled a session for the next night.

Being a professional massage therapist myself makes teaching my partner massage even harder than it might be otherwise.  (Imagine having to massage your massage therapist.)  Our lovely massage therapist/instructor, however, demonstrated strokes and a route around the table, modeled great communication skills, and made gentle corrections, all without causing the eruption of World War III between the two of us.  I was really pleased with my massage, and my partner is eager to practice his new skills.  Success!

Perhaps you’re aware of how hard it can be to get your partner to rub you the right way.  I’m sure there are folks out there who somehow manage to put their egos away, and teach or learn from each other, respectfully and successfully.  But doing so is more difficult when the ‘material’ is new to both of you, or one of you has a sore shoulder, and a shortage of patience.

Perhaps you’d like to ensure that learning to massage each other is the blissful, connecting experience it should be.  Taking a couples massage class allows you to speak your massage needs, and your partner to get advice from a cheery professional about the best way to meet them.  Your shoulder or back feels better, and your partner hasn’t been henpecked.  You’re more likely to turn to each other for massage in the future, for reasons therapeutic or otherwise.    What a lovely habit for you to develop!

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