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June 28, 2010
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In most cases, in Thai Massage slower is better than faster. The exception is rocking where the speed is often determined by the client's body.
June 3, 2021
Offline MODULE 1 SECTION 11
Thank you for another class. I've been looking forward to this one, getting watch you put all the moves together. As I progress through each class, I've been intentionally starting with the chi machine, then performing whatever warm-up techniques I feel called to do, then performing whatever stretches I feel make sense to do. Im still working on the fluidity of the flow. Today, got to work on my friend at the park, accidentally stepped on her foot as I transitioned from the left to right leg. Luckily, my feet were light. But I'm loving being able to bring this practice outside, it's where I work best Im finding.
With love
Danny
Shine your light while you ride the wave, be it calm or stormy, and watch out for sharks.
June 28, 2010
Offline Sounds good, doing it this way will be more conducive than rigidly doing one-size-fits-all sequences.
June 3, 2021
Offline SECTION 2 MODULE 12
Thank you for another doozy of a class, teach. I again started today with warm up exercises on the legs, rocking my partners body, and trying a few of the hip pie stretches from previous videos that I need more practice with. As soon as I started with the first, more gentle variation of the calf stretch, my partner said she could feel it. Immediately upon transitioning to the straight up leg stretch, she said she could feel the stretch throughout her entire leg and thigh, front and back. I'm very grateful for my partner (aka my fiancee) for letting me try all these techniques, as I know how new and weird they can seem. And she has a bigger body, bigger abdomen, so doing the stretches where her legs come down on her abdomen, I worry about hurting her, but she said it just felt weird, didn't hurt.
Shine your light while you ride the wave, be it calm or stormy, and watch out for sharks.
June 3, 2021
Offline SECTION 2 MODULE 13
Thank you for the class! Thank you for the reminder that each client, each body, each session is a unique experience, even if you've worked with the client on the same area before. Sometimes, what helped last time, hurts this time and vice versa. In working with my fiancee, doing the final hip pie stretch, stretching the right side was more painful than the left side. So I asked her what it felt like (she just said, pain, which I now understand means the bad pain, the sharp increasing type) and I backed off and tried rocking her hip which was way better for her. I appreciate having a new way to think about asking how the pain feels, cuz often that can be confusing for the client and myself to relate to each other. Trying to explain to my fiancee that there's good pain is a great exercise for me in feeling like I can explain it to anyone! Thanks again, and I like massage artist better than massage therapist. I always figure it's up to the client to determine if I offered a therapeutic session, feels weird for me to advertise that I will be therapy for someone.
With Love
Danny
Shine your light while you ride the wave, be it calm or stormy, and watch out for sharks.
June 28, 2010
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It sounds like you are becoming more aware, more mindful, and more sensitive. That's not only good progress, but it is more important than just knowing the mechanics of the techniques. 
June 3, 2021
Offline SECTION 2 MODULE 14
Thank you for another great class, teach. We just moved to Olympia, Washington, and were able to setup a "creative studio" where we can all go and, well, create and relax. I was able to lay my thai mat down there, first time using it (we've been working on a bed or futon or carpeted floor previously), and wow, I'm so grateful for it. A bit smaller than I hoped for, but comfy and durable. Anywho, this was the first time introducing my knees and toes to the mat, and it wasn't too much of a learning curve. After warming up my partner with a flow of techniques from the previous session (I work like I'm flowing, but I know I still have more or less choppiness at times), we went into the first rocking technique, and it felt similar to rocking technique I learned on the table (but without crouching over the client). The second move, the hands gently pulling on the hip and lower back, and the one hand gently pushing the abdomen: my partner immediately said "That's great." We both loved this session; I'm still clunky on the moving from one side of the body to the other, but I'll keep at it.
With Love
Danny
Shine your light while you ride the wave, be it calm or stormy, and watch out for sharks.
June 28, 2010
Offline I am glad to hear that you found a good mat and that your knees and toes are cooperating on the floor!
June 3, 2021
Offline SECTION 2 MODULE 15
Thank you for another great class, teach. My original post didn't take, so if this module gets 2 posts, that's why. I really enjoyed learning about the prana, and trying to connect my breath with my partner's. We'd sync up for a few breaths, but then hers would increase when I was practicing different techniques. Also, she was experiencing pain from ovarian cysts, so placing my hands on a few different spots on her abdomen and ribs was quite painful for her, but she warrior'd through a bunch of it. And she got a beautiful release when I was performing the hands under her ribs - was that her diaphragm? And she loved the massage circles along the side of her ribs and in the middle. Thank you again.
With Love
Danny
Shine your light while you ride the wave, be it calm or stormy, and watch out for sharks.
June 28, 2010
Offline Hard to say where the release came from exactly, but I have experienced lots of releases from abdominal work in my clients. I don't look at it so much in terms of what anatomical location triggers a release, but as an energy shift, a freeing up of an energy blockage, or as an emotional release, or as a release of trauma.
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