37 Best Massage/Somatic Techniques
Exploring the power of touch and movement re-education
Massage/Bodywork is the rubbing or kneading of the body’s soft tissues, and the tapping into the body’s “wireless anatomy” (Qi, Ki, or Chi). Add movement to this and you have a powerful holistic healing system.
Massage/Bodywork techniques are commonly applied with fingers, hands, knees, elbows, knees, forearms, feet, or a manual or electric device.
The purpose of Massage/Bodywork is generally for the treatment of structural and energetic imbalances, and to address body or emotional stress or pain.
In professional settings, clients are treated while sitting in a specially designed massage chair or lying on a massage table, or a mat on the floor.
There are many different modalities in the Massage/Bodywork profession, including (but not limited to): deep tissue, shiatsu, manual lymphatic drainage, medical, sports, structural integration, emotional release, somatics, Swedish, Thai, acupressure, and trigger point.
