Difficulty: Easy
Instructions
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Step 1
Seat the massage recipient backwards in a chair with a cushion between his chest and the back of the chair. Have recipient relax limp against the cushion with arms dangling.
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Step 2
Stand close behind the massage recipient. Place hands on the top center of the back, just under the neck, and get in rhythm with recipient’s breathing.
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Step 3
Begin by gently, yet firmly, squeezing the trapezius muscle, in short increments, from the base of the neck out toward the arm. Then switch sides.
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Step 4
Rub your cupped hands up and down the neck, like a claw, about 20 times up the neck with one hand, and down the neck with the other.
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Step 5
Finish by rubbing little circles into the recipient’s upper back and shoulder area, across the area and back again.
