
Explore chair massage as a quick ten to fifteen minute workplace bodywork that can be done publicly without undressing, rejuvenating employees and energizing groups in offices, conferences, or events.
Position clients in a straight-backed seated posture for on-site chair massage, with gentle contact, breathing synchronization, and careful pressure to access the neck and shoulders.
Apply pressure on the client's right side with the elbow using weight, not a sharp edge, while swiveling the foot back and exhaling to drop weight; follow a three-point rhythm.
Learn a back massage sequence: lift skin above the bone, brush down on either side of the spine to open the back, and walk up with body weight, arms straight.
Learn a scapula-focused massage routine using a four-point sequence around the shoulder blade, with elbow or thumb techniques, mindful of the gallbladder contraindication, and a rhythmic in-and-out weight transfer.
Demonstrates a seven-step seated on-site chair massage routine for the arm and hand, using thumbs to move flesh over bone and relax the wrist and elbow.
Learn a seated-on-site chair massage routine that stretches the back by using opposite hand and foot, dropping weight onto three sacral and iliac crest points with thumb pressure.
Master the head massage routine by moving skin over the skull, targeting head pressure points, using ear plucking and packing for circulation, and finishing with a safe neck stretch.
Conclude a seated massage with relaxed wrists, praying hands and cupping, a calm breath sequence, and a quick energy restore, ensuring hydration and watching for dizziness.
Here are examples of client intake and record keeping forms. I've provided them in PDF and Word format so that you can edit them if necessary.
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Since its advent in the 80s Chair, Onsite or Chair massage has been a great way to promote yourself as a bodyworker in a public setting. Whether it's in the workplace, at a conference, at a holistic fair, at the airport, in the hotel lobby . . . the list goes on and on.
The initial sequence is easy to learn and follow and in a very short time you could be up, running and mobile with your new skills.
As an adjunct to traditional massage body work seated massage is a shorter routine, and, as people keep their clothes on, can be performed in public.
This course will teach you everything you need to know to be able to give paid for on site massage sessions.
Whether you're a novice, a hands on massage practitioner or looking to promote your massage business this is a great addition and a wonderful way to take body work to the masses.
I have over 35 years of training many different modalities of massage and I bring that experience so that you can learn in a professional and compacted way.
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Mark