How the Californian massage is performed

The Californian massage is a massage technique born in the United States in the 70s, in that cultural landscape that started the new age of the following decade.

The Californian massage aims to re-harmonize the physical level with the emotional level of the individual : performed in a context of complete trust and abandonment to the operator’s hands, an attempt is made to resurrect the feeling of care and acceptance experienced in early childhood. during the mother-child relationship.

The massage is performed on a bed , the recipient must be without clothing : you can keep underwear or use a towel with which to cover, from time to time, the untreated parts of the body. For this reason, the Californian massage must always be performed by operators in whom you have full confidence and in a very specific ethical and professional context.

During the Californian massage the whole body is worked on, through slow and enveloping maneuvers , able to bring the attention of the recipient to the whole body and how emotions move within it, to how they can nest in localized muscle tension, joint stiffness, pain in various parts of the body, and how emotions can affect the rhythm of breathing and heart.

The duration varies from 60 to 90 minutes.

During the Californian massage physical and emotional tensions are released : it is possible that distant memories, pleasant or less pleasant, and emotions that were thought to be buried may arise. You can fall asleep or burst into tears : it all depends on what was buried in the body.

The advantages are therefore physical and emotional, and a good operator is able to accompany the subject in the rediscovery of himself, his body and his emotional experience, and to identify the points on which to dwell more.

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The benefits of the Californian massage

In general, the benefits concern:

> deep relaxation , both physical and mental ;

> improvement of peripheral circulation ;

> rebalancing of sleep and rest, especially in case of insomnia ;

> helps in cases of anorexia and bulimia to restore a good loving relationship with one’s body and with the emotions that inhabit it ;

> lowers blood pressure ;

> relieves asthma and breathing problems due to panic attacks and anxiety ;

> since it is performed in association with natural essential oils, it improves the quality of the skin ;

> remodels the body ;

> helps in case of cellulite and lymphatic stagnation ;

> improves digestion and metabolism , thanks to reflex and general relaxation and also as a result of direct manipulations performed on the abdomen;

> accelerates intestinal motility ;

> allows to eliminate toxins in the epidermis but also in the depths;

> allows you to regain self-esteem and kindness towards yourself and the needs of your body ;

> introduces a profound introspection of what one feels ;

> allows the emotional release and the free flow of emotions and feelings.