How to Prepare for Tai Chi Massage

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Sufi back with Expert Village. Now I am going to do in this segment, I am going to show you how to make the client as comfortable as possible. I am also going to go over segments of the body and I'll explain how this massage which is circulatory massage is different from different types of massages. The first thing I going to do here to my client is going to make some contact so I'll touch the body make sure that we are connecting that I'm centered, this is just an introduction to the body of my hands because I am a new person touching his body. So just really simple down the legs and sort of squeeze the feet backup body and to further that introduction to the client I am going to start something called "Tapoltment" which is nice, light almost cupping the hand over the body what this does it wakes up his cellular it also lets the body know that there's going to be a lot of touching of it and it introduces you as the massage therapist too. How are you doing? It is always good to check in with your client to find out how they are what the temperature is like for them if, their too hot or too cold, as much information you can get from your client is extremely important also, as a massage therapist it is very important to have a list of the clients medical history if they had any breaks, sprains, anything that they possibly had in their body that you can learn more about who they are in their body then you know what to touch and not to touch and it is perfectly okay to have as much conversation with your client as possible because ultimately it is about them getting the best experience as possible. So, I have just introduced myself to Debbie's legs and body and now I am going to begin with the posterior side of the leg this is "Tapoltment" to wake the body up to get the blood circulating to make some connection between my client, light cupping and rub the body a couple times is plenty."