What kind of (therapeutic) massage do you enjoy?

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Hi I’m currently training in biodynamic massage which employs a range of techniques and touch but is predominantly very gentle. I am wondering if there is a wider market for it or whether everyone just wants a more invasive sports massage and the like.

Biodynamic massage can be used as part of body psychotherapy or as a complementary therapy. It works to balance and harmonise, help clients become more at home in their body, feel cared for and met but also release holding patterns and emotional stress by helping the client digest incomplete emotional and developmental experiences. This can of course include trauma but it is more than that as it works to support a more holistic sense of well-being and authenticity and ease.

Is this something you personally feel you would be interested in experiencing or would this description put you off? For example it sounds too ‘woo’?

The course you are doing sounds worthwhile .I wish you all the best re qualifying.

I have a combined reiki & Indian head massage once every 3 weeks. It's been amazing for my mental health, I'd go weekly if I could addird it.

“release holding patterns and emotional stress by helping the client digest incomplete emotional and developmental experiences”

how ? ^^ by massage?

this doesn’t make sense to me as a therapist. So on the basis of that sentence it’s too ‘woo’ for me.

Separately to that I have deep tissue massages every week and I’m not keen on any gentle massages.

@LaurieFairyCakeit leads to a UKCP accredited psychotherapy qualification if you continue with the training and is European Body Psychotherapy Association accredited as well.

We hold tension in our muscles and tissues and over time this becomes like armouring that holds repressed material out of consciousness. Feelings and intuition are body based and yet most people live in their heads and society rewards this disembodiment.

I guess we intuitively know this as many of our phrases ‘gut feeling’ ‘just a hunch’ ‘world on his shoulders’ ‘legs like lead’ etc allude to this body mind connection.

Following with interest because I've had some biodynamic massage. I like holistic or aromatherapy massage generally, something gentle and meditative. And no, I don't find your description too woo.

Right, just realised you meant somatic psychotherapy. Now I understand what you’re talking about

@AudHvammah that’s good. Did you have it as part of psychotherapy or as a complementary treatment?

@madaboutpurple thank-you

@IWanderedLonely can you identify what it is exactly that you get from it ?

A complementary treatment - at one of the training schools.