Diabetes and massage

Can I receive patient massages as a diabetic patient?

On this site, diabetes is listed under “contraindications”. This often raises questions. Is anyone with diabetes advised against receiving a massage? No. But caution is necessary. 

One of my clients told me that despite having been diagnosed with diabetes on doctor's advice, he had several massages without a single problem. What is wisdom?

Always report that you have diabetes prior to the massage. In the (telephone) preliminary discussion, the joint conclusion can be drawn that a massage is not wise now. And it would be a shame if you come for nothing, so it is better to consult beforehand. I also always recommend to consult with the doctor. In many cases, they will recommend that you receive massages.
Certain forms of massage are indeed not suitable for diabetic patients, for example deep tissue massage or a strong sport massage. But if applied correctly, it mainly has a positive effect: it relaxes, the circulation improves the tissue becomes more elastic. Stress that is often associated with diabetes can also be reduced by massage. When in doubt, you can best choose a soft, sensual massage or a joint massage. With such massages, little pressure is exerted on the muscle and connective tissue.
What does the masseur take into account in diabetic patients?
The effect of a massage for people with diabetes can not be predicted in advance, but there are a number of things that I will take into account.
With a massage, diabetes medication can work faster and people can be overwhelmed by a (too) low blood glucose value during or after the massage. Better blood flow ensures a faster decrease in blood sugar.
If you inject insulin, lipodystrophy often occurs; This is a swelling of the adipose tissue that functions as (unwanted) collection for the injected insulin. The pressure during a strong massage can suddenly release this accumulated stock and you get too much insulin in the blood, which can cause a sudden low blood glucose.
Which massage forms have positive effects for diabetics?

More and more scientific papers describe the benefits of massage therapy for diabetes patients, both Type 1 and Type 2. Relaxation massage can help combat the stress on the body caused by the disease. Improved circulation is important for diabetics who often have disturbed circulation, especially massaging the hands and feet is effective. Foot reflex massage is never harmful and can have a very positive effect.

A massage like Alchemy or Touch is focused on the myofacia (connective tissue). This massage style provides more mobility in the body. This can work against the stiffness and reduced range of motion of many people with diabetes.

So preferably contact the doctor beforehand and report to the masseur that you have diabetes. Then you can discuss this more extensively during the intake interview. 

Refreshing Spring - Massage & yoga weekend for men in Amsterdam

Friday 12 April to Sunday 14 April 2019

All in (early bird): € 195 (up to 18 / 3 / 2019)

Turn the spring into a wonderful fresh start by taking good care of your body. Do you also want to learn cleansing and activating massage techniques together with other men? The combination of massage and playful yoga bring you more into your body and in connection with each other. You open your senses, you experience how great it is to be involved with your body. We enjoy movement and touch in an atmosphere of trust and connection.

Mischa and Tijs offer you an evening and two day workshops at unique locations in Amsterdam. Each workshop has its own theme. Make your own choice. Or take a weekend out, allow yourself time and join all three workshops.  

Spelen – 12 april 2019 (19:00 u tot 22:30 uur)
The Friday night is all about playful touch. The workshop takes place in atelier New Rituals, a place with its own atmosphere, where intimacy and creativity come together. Experience playfully the effect of giving and receiving different forms of touch.

Reinigen – 13 april 2019 (9:00 tot 21:30 uur)
On Saturday, after the morning yoga, you learn to give a cleansing massage. We let all waste from the muscle and connective tissue flow away. We also cleanse our interior with healthy food that helps to “detox” our bodies. The evening yoga is a quiet meditative end to the day.

Verkwikken – 14 april 2019 (9:00 tot 15:00 uur)
On Sunday we start the day with a yoga session with Mischa. This morning lesson is active and prepares you for an invigorating day. You stretch peacefully on your own or playfully with a partner. Then you learn to give an activating, pulsating massage. By pulsating and stimulating touch you activate the life energy.

Share - April 14, 2019 (15:00 PM - 18:00 PM)
Afterwards you can apply what you have learned and share your experiences with participants in the “Heart circle” for men.

Costs

Friday evening: € 20
Saturday workshop (9: 00 u to 21: 30 u) incl lunch and dinner € 100
Sunday workshop (9: 00 to 15: 00 u) incl. Lunch € 80
Overnight incl. Breakfast € 20 per night 
All weekend all in: € 220 (instead of € 240)
Early birds (booking before 18 March 2019): € 195

Even if you have never practiced massage or yoga before, you are very welcome to this men's weekend. If you prefer to only participate in a separate workshop, you can. Overnight stay with breakfast costs only € 20 per night. 

Assignment

Via the button below you can register for the group “Men in Touch NL” on Meetup. There you can then register separately for each part. You will receive a confirmation after which you can pay.

https://www.meetup.com/MenintouchNL/events/259302873/

VrijburchtL

Vrijburcht is located on the stylish and modern Steigereiland. A special place, in Amsterdam and yet completely out. You can swim in the IJ, there is a theater and café, you will find peace in the garden but also activity in the workshops.

We sleep and eat together in a spacious apartment with a direct view of the Diemer Bay and the Diemerzeedijk. The bicycle bridge gives access to the Diemerpark. Parking is free during the weekend. In 10 minutes you are in the center of Amsterdam by tram. 

Address: Pedro de Medinalaan 136, 1086 XR Amsterdam  

Workshop Leading
Mischa van Dullemen
Mischa has been teaching yoga for over ten years. Before that he was a dancer for a long time. If you've never done yoga before, that's no problem. Mischa's classes are down-to-earth and accessible to both novice and more experienced participants. He also gives Thai yoga massages, but not during this weekend :-).
 
 
Tijs Breuer
Tijs is a masseur, interim manager and essence coach. He mainly accompanies men with bodywork, tantra, and meditation. His most important starting point is presence, peace and attention. As a masseur, he also works with classical modern forms and techniques. In doing so, he alternates firmness and sensuality, tailored to your needs. He also organizes monthly massage meetups, which are aimed at experiencing sincere and deep contact through touch.
 
 
 

Four hands massage versus duo massage

What is a four-hand massage?

This is a massage given by two masseurs. That is why four hands rest on your body.

What is the difference between a duo-massage and four-hand massage?

With a duo massage you and your partner are massaged simultaneously or in turn in the same room. With a four-hand massage you are only massaged by two masseurs. A combination is also possible: you and your partner both receive a four-hand massage.

What is the effect of a four-hand massage?

The synchronized movements of the masseurs harmonize the left and right sides of the body and of both hemispheres. mind, resulting in a balance between these two.

An important advantage of a four-hand massage is that the mind relaxes more. Because you are touched at more places at the same time, it is impossible for your brain to follow all movements of the hands of the masseurs. This creates a special feeling of surrender. Your mind gives control and there is an even deeper relaxation.

Do tantra and four-hand massage go together?

Yes, a tantra massage is often offered as a four-hand massage. A tantra massage requires surrender to the moment, which happens faster when you are massaged by four hands. Your life energy is generated by one masseur and the other masseur spreads the energy over your body. With so much attention and energy you will feel very vital. Often the touch is combined with supporting your breathing, this ensures that you get even more into your body and your cells wake up. This can deepen the experience even more.

What should you pay attention to when choosing a four-handed massage?

Since a four-hand massage is more intense, the pace of a four-hand massage should be slower than usual. Your brain needs time to process all impressions of the touch. Each stroking or kneading takes about two seconds before the feeling of the touch sinks in. Unfortunately, many masseurs in saunas and spas work at too fast a pace, losing the benefits of a four-hand massage.

It is important that the masseurs who give a four-hand massage are well matched. If the movements are not performed simultaneously, this can feel uneasy. The masseurs must work in the same way in their massage technique, at the same rate and with a similar pressure, so that the synchronized massage feels as if the two masseurs are one. This also makes demands on good cooperation, because a four-handed massage has everything to do with smooth movements. Both masseurs need to feel exactly which touch is needed and they can coordinate this without words.

The importance of cuddling

Maybe you have experienced it yourself: after a hug you suddenly feel another person. Happier, calmer and satisfied. As if all worries just drop away from you. Sometimes you do not need a massage, but just a comprehensive hug treatment. 

What is the healing effect of cuddling?

Hugs and other forms of non-sexual physical touch such as holding your hand and caressing your scalp hair act on the physical level to help calm the brain and body through overwhelming states of fear, panic, and shame.

When can a cuddle be useful?

Cuddles ensure that your nervous system comes to rest. The feeling of loss, of unfulfilled needs, disappears and a feeling of fulfillment replaces it.

Recent neuroscientific research also shows that our body reacts strongly when we are emotionally affected or become upset. The emotion settles in your body. These physical reactions bring discomfort or are even unbearable. What can you do about these reactions of your body? is there an alternative to drugs, drugs or psychological protective mechanisms such as oppression? Touch appears to be the most efficient, effective and moreover natural method, according to Hilary Jacobs Hendel (New York Times, sept 2015).

What is cuddling actually?

Hugging is loving or caring pressing against one or more people. The hug is a common way to show affection, just like giving a kiss. A hug offers comfort, security, encourages you to express your feelings and makes you feel understood. A hug also creates a bond of trust.

What happens in my body during cuddling?

During a hug, your body reduces the production of stress hormones (including cortisol, adrenaline and noradrenaline) and releases hormones, including oxytocin, endorphins and serotonin. These hormones make you feel more comfortable. In this way you can relax physically and mentally.

How do you give a good, healing hug?

A therapeutic hug, one designed to calm the nervous system, requires some practice. A good hug should feel genuine and be wholehearted. You cannot give half hugs. You face the other and hug the other. In doing so, you ensure that both bodies touch each other completely. Yes, it is intimate, but certainly not sexual. You give a hug with a different intention, namely from compassion for the other and a deliberate intention to offer the other comfort. It is literally a heart-to-heart experience: your heartbeat regulates the heartbeat of the other. You hold the other until the moment that the other is ready to let go. If you do this earlier, the hug will not be effective.

Can I receive a hug before or after a massage?

Yes, every massage ends with a hug. And in addition to massages and coaching, I also offer more extensive ones cuddly treatments On. During a cuddle treatment I hug and caress you. That caress is aimed at your well-being, so without sexual intentions. During such a treatment you experience a warm touch, relaxation and genuine attention. Besides hugs you can lie in my arms or against each other and I can caress and hold you softly or firmly.

Is it a problem if I get excited during cuddling?

Excitement can happen if touch is exciting to you. It is then a very normal and healthy response from your body. Usually that sensation disappears fairly quickly, after which a feeling of peace and relaxation predominates. If you get aroused during a cuddle treatment, it may just be there. But it is not addressed. It is not possible to have sex during a hugging treatment and no erotic acts take place.

Energy work for gay men

Anyone looking for energy work will soon come across the offerings from the tantric tradition. This supply mainly consists of women who provide treatments to men and men who provide treatments to women. Or they focus on hetero couples. Many men prefer energy work with another man and thus end up with Tijs Breuer. Tijs makes no distinction, it does not matter whether you identify yourself as gay, bisexual, straight, transgender or as a non-binary person. Tantric work is valuable for every gender and every orientation and Tijs welcomes everyone.

When experiencing the flow of life energy, some still assume that this energy always flows from men to women. This is an outdated view, in which the ancient tantric texts have been misinterpreted. Energy exchange takes place everywhere. Each person has both masculine (giving) and feminine (receiving) energy. So you can just as well receive treatment from a woman, a man, transgender or a non-binary person.  

GAY-TANTRA® is also a specific form of Tantra, specially developed for this purpose by Armin Heining. Gay men or men with bisexual feelings have specific concerns and needs. With these Tantra treatments there is plenty of room to allow everything in yourself and to be yourself completely. A bridge is built between spirituality and sexuality, which creates a feeling of liberation. 

Acceptance of gay men in a hetero-normative environment

Although homosexuality is fully accepted in our society, you sometimes see certain dogmas about masculinity and femininity emerge, which make many gay men feel unwelcome in personal development groups. Although Margot Anand's movement was non-conformist from the start, there appeared to be no place in these groups for men who are attracted to other men. While energy exchange with someone of the same sex has never been a problem in tantric traditions. For that reason, Armin Heining started GAY-TANTRA® in 1992 as a response to this. GAY-TANTRA® is a translation of the SkyDancing-Tantra® method to the world of loving men of the same sex.

Be happy SkyDancing-Tantra® insights have changed over the years. “Because many people within our movement are looking for a better sexuality or relationship with each other, the misunderstanding has arisen that the union between Energy and Consciousness must always take place through a ritual meditation between a woman and a man. This is not true and enlightenment may as well be achieved simply through meditation with yourself or with someone of the same sex. For example, when you dive deep into the rising and shivering feeling of longing or joy. Or when you discover the infinite space that lies between the inhalation and the exhalation.”

Tijs Breuer is a certified GAY-TANTRA® energy masseur and extacy masseur. He does not distance himself from other forms of Tantra, but integrates different styles and methods of breath and energy work to suit your needs. Because ecstasy and enlightenment go beyond orientations and preferences. The ancient traditions and teachings from tantra are a beautiful source of inspiration for expanding your consciousness and strengthening your life energy. But they should never be used to justify any relational or sexual preference, orientation or behavior. I therefore invite you to look beyond your (gay) identity.

Let go of old emotions

Can massage help to release my emotions?

A massage treatment is a good opportunity to detect, explore and release old emotions in your body. This requires the right attention and guidance. By consciously breathing through a part of the body, you can encounter pavements that form a kind of armor against unprocessed emotions. This unconscious blocked energy is stored in the muscles and often causes unnecessary muscle tension and stress. By becoming aware of this armor, you can let go of the stored old emotional wounds. In addition, energy is released, which you can experience as tingling or chills. Then you feel freer and more relaxed. You have literally left very old behind.

How do energy blockades develop?

Armoring means armor. If something happens in your life that you cannot handle at that moment, you park that emotion in your body. This creates continuous tension, whereby the muscle feels like armor. Your life energy can no longer flow freely in that place. When you recognize these energy blocks, your body has something important to tell you. You can see such a block as a piece of memory. You may have experienced shame, fear, pain or sadness at the time. As you explore this, you may encounter trauma, or an unresolved experience, a recurring thought pattern, or a series of repetitive similar experiences that have caused you to lose something of yourself. You are a bit hardened in that place and therefore less sensitive. You don't feel the pain, but you don't feel the pleasure because of that. A targeted massage helps to allow the feeling (again) and to release the built-up tension.

What is de-armoring?

A de-armoring massage is a good way to release this stored emotional and sexual tension. Pressure is exerted on the paved area, alternated by a gentle invitation to relax. By going to that place with your attention and breathing, the unprocessed emotions can heal. You briefly feel the stored fear, anger, grief or pain, but it quickly disappears like snow in the sun because you experience a warm, soft bed at the same time.

Areas in the abdomen, such as the area around the solar plexus (solar plexus) and “hara” (abdominal center) contain many of those stored memories. The cells in your gut are closely related to our brains and can store these memories for a longer period of time. In our subconscious, these feelings continue to affect your mood if you don't pay attention and push them away. Targeted attention, with warm support from the masseur, makes you feel it with a smile. You will be taught breathing techniques to allow deeper and let go of the feeling.

Can a tantra massage also help to reduce blockages in your body?

Yes, a good tantra massage focuses on the flow of your life energy and the reduction of blockages, especially in the "kundalini" (spine) and the pelvic area. The pelvis, places where fear, sexual oppression, anger and sadness often lie hidden. Especially in the attachments of the pubic bone, the sacrum, but also the sphincter muscles of the anus are places where you can encounter this on almost everyone. We are often not aware of these tensions, but simply have less feeling and contact with the pelvic area. This allows you to experience that during sex you feel less strong sensations than you would like.

Through tantra you will experience more sensitivity of your entire body. If you allow the pain and other feelings in this area, you will also gain access to your sexual energy and the depths of your orgasm potential. This provides greater sexual pleasure when you are with your partner.

Integrating the physical, mental, emotional, sexual and spiritual aspects of your being, redeeming your wounds requires feeling the pain you encounter in your body. This awakens you in your own body, you will experience your own wholeness again and you come to a deeper surrender. By freeing blockages, both physically, emotionally and mentally, you will find more depth and clarity in your relationship with yourself and your partner.

Why is a massage focused on the release of emotions often combined with essence coaching?

Essence coaching helps you to get closer to yourself and to return there more and more effortlessly. Coaching in combination with bodywork, such as this form of massage, helps to get in touch with your intuitive signals from your body, such as your gut feeling. Your inner source of wisdom can give you insights other than what your thoughts tell you. This allows you to shift your focus to what gives you pleasure and happiness. You become more able to effectively create the life you desire. You experience yourself more from your totality instead of from separate parts. In this way you work on your personal development in a relaxed manner.

 

 

Connective tissue massage

During a connective tissue massage, the myofascia (muscle connective tissue) is loosened with diagonal movements, allowing energy to flow more freely. What is the fascia? What is chi? And how does a connective tissue massage work? 

Myofascia

Most people assume that our muscles and bones keep our bodies upright. In reality, this happens through our connective tissue, the fascia. This system of elastic threads forms a complete structure that can be found everywhere in our body. The myofascia is the connective tissue that is located in the muscles, in the form of, among other things, tendon structures.

The tension of the wires in our fascial system gives the body firmness and elasticity. It forms a three-dimensional web of connective tissue that can be found every corner of our body. Every muscle, every bone, every organ and every nerve is surrounded by this fine-meshed tissue.

The fascia is flexible, constantly changes its shape and structure, but can also densify, stick and dry out. Fascial densities are common and can occur due to trauma, poor posture, inflammatory reactions, surgical operations and stress. Compacting the fascia makes your body less flexible, changes the shape of your body and can cause tension and pain. If a link in the fascia web is broken or damaged, this is absorbed by other parts of this web. These parts condense to become stronger, which can lead to stiffness and pain.

Reduction of tension in the connective tissue

The myofascia is the connection between the fascial system and skeletal muscle. There is often tension in this connection, which can be felt throughout the muscle and also in muscles that lie in the same line. Tension in the muscle connective tissue and muscle tension are not the same, they feel different and they also require a different approach.

With a connective tissue massage, the focus is not on reducing muscle tension, but on the tension in the connective tissue, the fascial network. By gently moving compacted parts of the fascia, stored tension is released and space is created again. That space is necessary so that the moisture can flow smoothly along the wires again. These fluids conduct the electrical charge from one part of the body to another via the fascia wires. The energy (Chi) starts moving again by freeing these channels, which allows an energetic balance to be created in the body. This also has effects on our nervous system, brain and our mental well-being.

I use light pressure, stretching and wave movements. The pressure is increased in case of compacted tissue blockages, after which space is created and tension is released. When you release tension, emotions can be released that you may not have been aware of. After a number of repetitions, you release those old emotions and the fascia in that area becomes softer, smoother and more resilient. By restoring flexibility, combating dehydration and stimulating rejuvenation in myofascial tissue, the pressure of the fascia on pain-sensitive structures such as nerves and blood vessels is reduced. There is also more mobility in the joints.

What is Chi?

Chi is the Chinese name for the life energy that flows through our body. Modern science speaks of electricity and resistance. 

The degree of resistance between body parts can be measured at different energy frequencies. If the resistance is higher, your energy level and zest for life will decrease. Chi circulates through the channels of our body, like water flows in a river bed. The energy can stagnate like a rock in the river bed. The river water accumulates and the current decreases. Removing these blockages can release emotion, but then ensures a faster flow and more vitality.

Naturism and massage

You are naturistic and you like it when we are both exposed. Is that possible? I sometimes do naturist massages where both the client and the masseur are both exposed. But whether I am open to this depends on the intention behind that question. Because expose and massage is often associated with sex. That is why I am careful.

Quite a few massage practices and schools are very difficult about the bare body. I see the bare body as a natural given and for me it is paramount that you have the opportunity to fully enjoy the massage.

Massaging is very common within naturism. At the naturism campsite where I often come I am used to massaging. The advantage is that the person on the massage table feels equal to the masseur. Because in order to massage the buttocks, thighs and chest area, clothes are awkward on the massage table. Massaging and massaging in your nude is therefore fine with the right intention.

Some people actually have erotic thoughts about nudity and sometimes hope for 'more'. Or they want the masseur to be naked because they find this exciting. Many men hope for a “nudist massage”. happy ending and they regard a naked massage (and especially a naked masseur) as an invitation to mutual touching or sexual acts. While women fear sexual harassment. This is not the intention in my massage practice. Intimate touching by the client is not the intention. For sexual activities I like to refer to escorts.

For that reason, especially if I suspect such intentions, I usually keep my clothes on during the first massage session. I am not easily shocked by sexual harassment, but I do reject such advances. I deal with your wishes and any desires in an honest, professional and discreet manner. If you experience undesirable behavior, you run the risk that the treatment will be terminated kindly but prematurely.

 What do naturism and wellness / massage have to do with each other? That is the overlap in target group. But they are different things. 

Wellness: is originally an American 'invention' that focuses on the combination of wellbeing and fitness. So on a healthy lifestyle, attention to health and relaxation for body and soul.

Also naturism pays attention to well-being, a healthy lifestyle and relaxation of body and mind. Naturists do this in balance with nature as much as possible. Nature is left as untouched as possible, and as much as possible goes 'purely on a journey'. At the naturism is something that goes without saying, that comes from the pursuit of equality and that gives shape to 'being open to others', 'exposing yourself' and 'one with nature'.

Buttocks and back complaints

Why are my buttocks massaged?

With a back and full body massage, the buttocks are also massaged. Not all masseurs do that, some skip the entire pelvic area. That is unwise, because in the area of ​​gluten and buttock no less than 32 muscles come together. There is often a lot of tension in the buttocks, causing all kinds of back problems. There are also important nerve pathways (sciatica), which can be pinched.

A butt massage helps treat acute pain, delayed muscle pain, pre-seizure and tight muscles. Buttock massage provides reduced tension, prevention of delayed muscle pain, reduced muscle density and reduced pain in bones and around nerve tracts.

By freeing the glutes, the sacrum and the nerves, many back and leg complaints can be prevented or reduced. In short: A back massage without the buttocks is therefore not a full-fledged massage. When massaging the buttocks or abdomen I always ask if that is ok for the client.

Should the buttocks be exposed?

Often I cover the buttocks partly with a cloth, so you will feel comfortable during the massage. The underwear can also stay on. In that case, I slide the underpants down slightly and oil can get on the underpants. But most clients find it pleasant to be massaged with the buttocks.

What does back pain with the buttocks do?

If you have lower back pain, stomach pain, hip pain, or upper leg pain, in many cases those problems can be caused by trigger points in gluteal muscles such as the gluteus medius and minimus. These are overlapping pizza disk-shaped muscles on the side of the hip. Other muscles in that area are often involved, such as the gluteus maximus, piriformis, and lumbar paraspinal muscles. Many people are unaware that their bone and leg pain comes from the muscle knots of the buttock area and radiates up or down from there. This is why the glutes may often be tackled firmly by loosening trigger points.

What are trigger points?

Trigger points are local compactions of the muscle tissue that are often caused by overload. These are local cramps in muscles where a hypersensitive place arises as a result of a lack of blood flow and oxygen. From the outside, these muscle knots can be felt as painful hard bumps or strands. When you put a lot of pressure on it, it can produce radiating pain in another part of the body. Trigger points can arise in all muscles in the body, and always in fixed places. Namely where the nervous system transfers information to the muscle. Often the cause is overload, stress or bad posture, but also a fall or accident, too little exercise or poor nutrition can lead to it. From a trigger point, pain can radiate to other areas, such as the legs (see below) or the back.

How are the buttocks massaged?

Depending on the tension, blockages and possible pain, I determine how the buttocks are massaged. A variety of techniques are used within a butt massage including compression, friction, deep thrust, and trigger designation.

I pay particular attention to the attachments of muscle and bone, because these are well-known places where a lot of tension can arise. for example, at the top and attachment of the large gluteus (gluteus maximus).

The nerves can sometimes pinch because muscles or bones press against them. Many neural pathways run from the sacrum and the buttocks, the sciatica is the highway beneath the nerves. The many branches over the buttocks make this area sensitive and erogenous. A bug massage is therefore wonderful to receive, but has no sexual character. It is aimed at releasing tension and blockages.

Belly massage

A belly massage can be a very pleasant and intimate experience. Would you like to receive such a massage but do you have doubts? Then you will find frequently asked questions here.

Can emotions be released during a massage? 

It often happens that emotions are released during a massage. Releasing emotions is a natural process. Especially when energy blockages are being addressed in the body, old tension can be released and an energy flow can start. This energy flow is sometimes tingling, joy, ecstasy. But often with tears or sadness.

Especially with an (abnominal / deep tissue) abdominal massage, a lot of stored emotion and tension can be released in the form of energy packages.

How does an energy blockage arise?

This energy block can arise in various places in the body, especially around internal visceral organs. Think of the abdomen and chest area: the heart, lungs, liver, stomach, pancreas and intestines.

The energy flow is once blocked when you have to deal with worries, negative feelings or an unprocessed situation.

We are often not aware of these pent-up feelings, but a hard place may have arisen in the body. In the long run, ignoring this can lead to poor organ functioning, various abdominal disorders and visceral imbalance. So if you feel irritated or tense, an abdominal massage can help release energy blockages.

How do you deal with emotions during a belly massage?

A stomach massage requires a careful, therapeutic approach in which you feel safe and trusted, and where there is plenty of room to express emotions.

The starting point for every massage is attentive presence. By being there for you completely as a masseur, an atmosphere is created in which you can be yourself. When a place where there is a blockage is carefully released old memories and emotions often come up. In case of grief, I provide comfort and warmth. Usually this does not take longer than 1,5 minutes. Then the released emotion flows through your body like electricity and afterwards you will feel more vital, more flexible and your organs will function better again.