Massage Therapy for Couples

Massage Therapy for Couples can refer to both individuals receiving massage at the same time, in a single room, or adjoining rooms. It can also address couples taking turns to massage each other.

When both partners receive massage at the same time, they will be moving the same speed. It can be a bit tough when one person returns home really relaxed, and the other side of the couple has been in high gear! We have had a number of couples in our practice in the last decade who have had regular appointments for both of them to receive massage at the same time. They both have similar views on the necessity of taking care of their bodies, reducing stress on their systems, and maintaining their muscles in a healthy way. The couples are also able to share some of the 'moves' they receive from their massage therapist with their partners, when they exchange massage in their homes.

We have a lot of experience with massage therapy for couples, when they share massage as part of their connecting to each other. One of the realizations we had years ago, in relation to touch, added to the importance of massage as a means of communication for a couple. We read in an article how rarely do we, as a society, experience touch that is without expectation. We have people tap us to move aside, we have people position us for pictures, or appearance, we have people guide us in a direction, but rarely do we receive touch, just for the sake of connection to another person. Massage *can* be touch, just for the connection. When a couple uses massage as a means of expanding their communication, it opens up a deeper level of safety and connection.

Participants in Couples Massage classes often share that when they slow down, just for that short time they are exchanging massage with their partner, they reconnect from their crazy weeks. We've heard that they feel like they were able to begin speaking a different language with their partner, because they were picking up on cues from their partner, often non-verbal. Often a Couples Massage class is the first time that a partner was given permission and tools to give non-judgmental feedback to their partner about the quality of the touch they received. Many times we are told that giving their partner a massage was the first time they were able to be comfortable in the silent, peaceful space together, and just BE. We've also been told that they learned a lot about their partner by simply observing them through a massage, as well as learning more about their body, and what their partner really likes in relation to the quality of touch.

The health benefits of massage address many of our modern ills. Assisting in circulation, deepening and slowing respiration, reducing heart rate and blood pressure, as well as reducing secretion of stress hormones and increasing those feel-good hormones, endorphins.

Massage Therapy for Couples brings a lot of connection and health benefits with it...so, learn a new way to communicate today!