Russian massage

WHAT IS ?

Within us, internal blockages take shape, manifesting as physical tension. Imagine areas of our body becoming rigid, like doors locking in a besieged castle. These areas impede free movement and disconnect from our breathing. Our bodily networks become obstructed, disrupting the interactions between our organs. This leads to a deterioration in our internal balance, where energy no longer flows freely but becomes blocked or stagnant.

Usually, we operate this way, involuntarily compartmentalizing and only becoming aware of superficial symptoms. Each of us lives with certain limitations, influenced by our individual vulnerabilities: abdominal pain, ulcers, sinusitis, baldness, myopia, mobility restrictions, back pain, to name a few.

In Russian massage, pain is our ally. Without it, how would we know where the tensions in our body are concentrated? By gradually compressing the areas of muscular tension and remaining there, the masseur reveals them, bringing them to the consciousness of the person being massaged. Thus the tensions come to light and are identified; they can therefore begin to dissipate.

However, the first reaction of the massed is resistance. As incredible as it may seem, we cling to our tensions, because we live with them, they are familiar to us, they are well known to us. Thus, initially, the body stiffens, as if threatened.

Then the body discovers that this pain can only be tolerated by relaxing, releasing those areas of stress and letting it go. As in the half-light of a virgin forest, the massaged person finds his way which leads him to cross the intensity of the pain and to dissipate it. And this, thanks to a “magical” tool: breathing. The more you breathe, the more the tension will be released. The less the body protects itself, the more the mind relaxes.