Sunday, April 7, 2013

Massage

I've never understood the concept behind "relaxation" massages. Those gentle swishy massages that my sister gets.  When I have a massage I want someone pummeling me.  There is nothing I love more than when the masseuse actually gets on the table to attack me with knees and elbows.  Now that is what I call relaxing.

As a result I favour the various Asian style massages and am lucky enough to have a great Chinese massage place located in a nearby shopping centre.  It is a tiny hole in the wall, just two tables and a couple of curtains but by golly do the people there know how to find every knot in my muscles and work it away.

However the other thing I love about that place is that because it is so tiny you can hear all the people walking by outside in the shopping centre.  There is a constant low hum of activity but when someone walks past close you can catch 4 or 5 words of what they are saying.  With such tiny snippets of conversation you have no idea what they are actually talking about so I let my mind wander with the possibilities.

Somehow the whole experience is intensely relaxing, my muscles come out marshaled into order and my brain has been completely diverted from life's stresses to a hundred tiny fantasies.  It really is the perfect activity for a Sunday morning.

Do you like massages and which type do you prefer - relaxation or pummeling?

6 comments:

  1. I love massages! I agree with you, the weak ones are kind of pointless, but I also don't like the really intense ones. Somewhere in the middle suits me just fine.

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    1. Yup nothing worse than shelling out for some kind of swishy nonsense, massage needs to do something!

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  2. I also like massages that actually do something - so those light weight ones feel a bit like a waste of time. I don't have massages per so on any sort of regular basis, but count physiotherapy as in the ball park. That is pummeling with a hint of massage!

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    1. Oh physio is hard core! I don't have massages regularly, but on my list of things that I will do when I'm super rich it is there. I remember reading a book (true story) where a rich woman in India was woken by her masseuse every morning. Now that is living!

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  3. I loveeeee relaxation massages. I once opted for a deep tissue massage instead, and was in pain the whole time! I'm very sensitive though, so an intense relaxation is hardcore enough for me :)

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    1. You and my sister would get on very well. She cannot understand how I love the deep tissue stuff.

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