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Hi, my boyfriend and I often massage each other, it is a wonderful way to relax and it can be great prelude to sex. It just depends on what mood we are in. We always make sure the room is nice and warm, light some incense and put on some soft music we both like. If I am the mood for you know... I will massage him naked, I mean both of us. I always start on his back and slowly work my way down his body. I love to massage his arse and also when he does mine. Then when I've got down to his feet, I turn him over and start on his face, I mean massaging his face! Which is really relaxing - try it. Usually by now he is quite excited in a certain department but not if he is really tired. Then I work my way down his body. I love to kneel with my knees each side of his head and massage his chest and shoulders, he loves that too but it is even better to sit on his hips and massage his chest. I don't need to explain anything else!!
The best bit of course is when he massages me.
If you're not into massage, I suggest you give it ago with your special one. We've been together for five years now and it's great. Oh yes and it can be great fun.
Sandy - Tynemouth.
My Story about massage in China.
During my stay in China, my wife and I have been regularly attending a small massage shop operated by a husband and wife couple. They both trained and worked in Shanghai and then returned to their home town to set up a business.
Today was our sixth session. Crystal had been massage by the girl so far and me by the man but I felt that he was achieving little, especially with my problematic shoulder which I’ve had for more years than I care to remember. Any, I tried to explain, with Crystal interpreting, about the problem and he gave my shoulder a lot more attention this time. At one point however, I pointed to spot to try and say it was flaring up while he was massaging elsewhere. At that, his wife left Crystal and came over to me and started work on my shoulder, and she was certainly able to find the spot in my shoulder blade. Her hands were every bit as strong as her husband’s but she seemed to know how to get right to the point of trouble. She also followed the meridian lines closely pressing in at the right points. From then on she stayed massaging me, and I have to say she was better than her husband.
I had been thinking we should try elsewhere but now I want to continue coming and I would like the woman to massage me and so now we have a problem because we both want the lady to massage us.
As a massage therapist, it has always tended to be me giving massage and not receiving it, so it is wonderful to have regular massage, especially when you consider we get around an hour and a half for about 1.20p We booked a block of 12 session for 200 RMB, a bit over thirteen pounds. It is a pleasure we can’t pass up.
I will write again later with our progress. Geof
Hello. I'd like to write about a way of massaging that is really great - blindfold massage. It was something I did with my girlfriend. Although we have been together for quite a while, she was still a little shy about her body. I had just read a good book about massage and was really keen to try it with my girlfriend but she was reluctant to lie there naked for me, even with a towel, and anyway a towel would get in the way. I'd previously done a little massage and so felt quite confident, so I suggested I wear a blindfold. My girlfriend thought I was crazy but agreed.
It was really great and exciting, especially trying to avoid certain areas! It got us both going and eventually she took the blindfold off me. I recommend anyone to try it if they feel good about massage and actually it is a better way to learn because it makes you focus on what your hands are doing.
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I just love it when my boyfriend massages my feet, especially after a hard day. I am a nurse and spend all day on my feet. Of course he doesn't do it everyday, that would be asking too much but it is great when he does. Sometimes he has even washed my feet too and dried them; this is wonderful, it shows he really cares for me. I'd much rather have a foot massage than a bunch of flowers anyday.
Sandra, Cheltenham
Last year I was on holiday with my friend, driving through Spain in the Sierra Nevada when I noticed a crudely written sign saying Massage outside of a bar. We were both hot and thirsty and so decided to check out the bar and satisfy my curiosity about the massage. After drinking a couple of lovely cold beers and feeling adventurous I asked the man behind the bar about the massage. He called to another man who was out the back. This was a young dark skinned man with long black wavy hair, who spoke broken English but was the masseur. Normally I would have been nervous about receiving a massage from a man I did not know but his soft smile put me at my ease. Leaving my friend to finish her beer, I went with him to an upstairs room where there was a massage table. The room had two large open windows which gave a lovely panoramic view to the surrounding green hills and a cooling breeze drifted in.
The young man said his name was Hernando and told me to undress and lie on the table. While I did this, he went out of the room. Unsure as to what to take off, I left my panties on and covered myself with a towel which was on the table. I lay on my stomach and waited for him to return. Soon he returned and pulled the towel down to cover my bottom and legs. He had wonderful strong hands but also a gentle touch and soon I was completely relaxed and enjoying the massage. He massaged my back and my buttocks through the towel and then my legs; then he asked me to turn over but he made no attempt to cover my upper half and somehow it did not matter, I felt completely at ease in his company. He started to massage my shoulders and then my chest but carefully avoiding massaging my breasts, he then massaged my tummy which was wonderful. After that, he massaged my legs and feet. To finish off he softly massaged my face and I nearly fell asleep while he did it. It felt so natural to be almost naked in his company and to be honest it would not have mattered to me if I had been totally naked. It was the most refreshing relaxing experience I have ever had.
Afterwards I urged my friend to have a massage but she was in a hurry to get going. She promised we would return this way and would have a massage but we never did. Oh well, she doesn’t know what she missed.
Jane, New York.
Hi
Great site. I was recently in Prague and had a terrific Thai massage. It was done by a petite Thai girl and I was laying on the floor fully clothed, on a soft mat. The girl was strong and applied good pressure, squeezing out all my stress. However, what was most memorable was when I was lying on my stomach and I felt really strong pressure on my back, it felt great. I looked around to see that she was actually standing on my back – in her bare feet of course. It was amazing.
Thai massage is great – so is Prague
Tom - Norwich
Every two weeks I go for a reflexology foot massage and I love it. Afterwards I feel I am walking on air. When I first started going it seemed to bring out some emotional issues a day or two later. I couldn’t work it out and so and I talked it over with Jane the reflexologist. She said it was quite normal for reflexology to release emotional issues. I recommend it to everyone and wish I could go every week.
Trudy - Cardiff
Hi
I have been giving massage to my boyfriend for about a year now and he gives massage to me. We bought a book and a DVD and taught ourselves. I think it has really improved our relationship. We try to have a massage every week and we take turns in giving and receiving. It’s really wonderful. I love to give it as I do receiving it. We don’t care if the one receiving falls asleep which sometimes happens because we know it is because it is because of tiredness.
Massage brings us so much closer together and we can end up having a great loving time together. Our relationship wasn’t too strong before but now we are really happy.
Everyone should give and receive massage, the world would be a better place!!
Sal
Hello
I’ve been going for a Chinese massage in London for the past three months. It is basically a clothed full body massage. When the girl first started massaging my right ankle, it really hurt and I couldn’t understand why, then I remembered that when I was about eight, I injured my ankle jumping off the garden shed. I was a crazy kid! However, I have been for four massages now and the last time my ankle did not hurt when she massaged it. The Chinese girl doing the massage told me that it was probably the old injury which had never fully healed. That’s quite amazing because it was over forty years ago when I leapt off that shed pretending to be Batman.