It's the beginning of my third quarter and I'm so excited to be back at school after the summer break! We have an even 12 people in my class and I'm with positive, awesome individuals! Swedish Massage was originally developed by Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swedish physiologist and gymnastics instructor. It's the most commonly used form of massage therapy in North America and... I'm finally learning it!!!
In short, it's the systematic manipulation of the soft tissues of the body for the purpose of establishing and maintaining good health, using various strokes to stimulate the circulatory, lymphatic, respiratory, muscular, digestive and nervous systems of the individual. I've only had 4 classes and have already learned all of the 5 strokes used in Swedish Massage. They are: effleurage (gliding strokes), petrissage (kneading and lifting), friction (compression), vibration (rocking and shaking), and tapotement (striking). Going from Shiatsu to Swedish is quite a change but I'm keeping an open mind to welcome it. I know this modality will let me use my creative side and I am going to learn so much more about tissues and muscles.
I can't wait to practice on as many people as possible and this time when I come home and your neck or shoulders hurt, I WILL be able to pick up on it and give you a little help with your tightness.
...more to come! :) Wishing everyone a great weekend!
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Hi, Danielle:
I enjoy reading your comments; you are very smart to do create your own Blog page. Keep updating it and in time more people we discover it.
It would be nice to see your smiling face instead a just a side view.
K.
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