wierd feelings after a massage

[Pooja]

Hi everyone,

I'm currently studying holistic massage am halfway through my course. I am doing my case studies at the moment and give about 2-3 massages per week.

However sometime before and while I am giving the massage I find it hard to catch a deep breath, my breathing becomes short and stilted. And then sometimes after a massage I feel very hyper and a little anxious for a while.

Has anyone experienced anything similiar or have any ideas why this is?

 

[tay lew]

Since you haven't mentioned whether anxiety or stress is an ongoing issue in anyway its difficult to say why this occurs, other than to say perhaps its similiar to a case of seforum.xxxe fright for you. You want to give a good session to the other person & may either feel like you won't please them in some way, or give less than your best. This should resolve itself in time as you grow in confidence.

My suggestion would be to make the time before you begin to either do a short meditation to ground & center your energy, or do some yoga. If you don't have the time for that, than make sure you have everything set up in advance and do some focused breathing exercises,
ground yourself & consider doing a prayer in whatever way
feels comfortable for you. You may also consider taking
Bach Flower Rescue Remedy.

 

[Mintee]

I agree with riversinger, plus you may be holding your breath and or shallow breathing. I used to do that and seforum.xxxe fright is a good term for that. There are many things to pay attention to during a massage, and yet be relaxed. When all of those things come together for you, you will just love it, so be patient with yourself.

wellnessgarden

 

[crazy candy]

Thanks for your reply.

Yeah I have a feeling it might be a confidence issue.

I do suffer from slight anxiety intermittently. By that I mean that I'll feel anxious for a couple of days then not again for months. Iwent for four reiki sessions a good few months ago and they really calmed me down. Maybe this massage course is bringing it back. Probably need to go back and top up the reiki.
Have always been interested in getting into meditation but haven't done it yet. Think this would probably be a good idea.

 

[natera_miguel]

If you 'd like to try a simple Jin Shin Jyutsu technique, try holding your little finger for any "seforum.xxxe-fright" type of issues. Also the index finger for general anxiety, & feelings of fear. The ring fingers help with breathing. (Each of the fingers & the palm of the hand helps different organs, and their related emotional states).

If you would like to know more go the Jin Shin Jyutsu website http://www.jsjinc.com, check out their book for self help
called The Touch of Healing by Alice Burmeister. They also teach classes all over the world, including Ireland.

 

[Chris Newbie]

Hi Moon Unit

I am so glad you posted this. I have just started having this happen to me for the first time. I practiced many hours and even had an onsight internship that was quite nerve racking while I was still in school but I never had this issue.

For me it is the breathing issue that catches up with me in the second half an hour of the massage....

It has been happening to me in the first few massages I have been doing in a new spa environment....

Today I walked out of there trying to figure out what is different other than a totally different environment and a bunch of expectations of the owners...but the big difference is I am no longer doing my grounding exercises everyday as I did in school.

We simply made a real conscious effort to ground before working. I just haven't been taking as much time as I need before treatments and it is showing.

Definitely seforum.xxxe fright for me too...

Thanks so much for posting this...just know there is another massage therapist across the ocean from you trying to catch her breath too ;0)

Take care!