So, THE massage finally took place. We almost cried in pain...
It's a massage based on a 1 500 year old Japanese Acupressure therapy, incorporating amongst others, Shiatsu techniques.
It's an ancient healing art that uses manipulative techniques, fingers, thumbs, elbows and sometimes heels, to enable deep pressure to be applied on key points on the surface of the skin. When these points are pressed they release muscular tension, promote circulation of blood and ultimately self healing. Because this works on deep tissue it is a most effective method for treating specific tension related ailments and to promote overall well being rather than a therapy for pleasure and/or relaxation (as we were soon going to find out!).
Its techniques involve gripping muscles and is therefore carried out without the use of oil. This type of massage is also a treatment for the shy as it is carried out whilst the client rests FULLY CLOTHED in a specially designed orthopaedic chair.
Let me set it up for you. We both were sent to a small room where we were supposed to change into a sort of kimono, sort of pyjama. We were then asked to lay on these 2 beds facing each other. The girls came and started to massage with their thumbs and finger tips with such a pressure I could only hear "softer, please" from Pedro's side... I was suffering there too, but didn't want to say anything, as if it's the way it's supposed to be done, let's go with it. So, they massaged and beat us while we were fully clothed. They then did the legs which was also painful as they grabbed the entire muscles! After that they finally told us we could remove our shirts and then started to rub some oils onto our backs. That was my favourite, as it didn't involve any pain! They both then covered us with towels and went to pick up the hot stones, which were not only hot but EXTRA hot. The poor girls had to pick them up from their basket and place them on our backs (still covered with the towel). They let us there to absorb the heat for a while and then removed the towels and the burning started! These stones were sssoooo hot, the poor girls were shivering whilst they grabbed them and massaged our backs with them. They rolled them and the hot feeling they provided our back with was a mix of pleasure and pain. They used them for 30 mins and by the time they finished, we were exhausted!
That was crazy! But I liked it :)
We then went for dinner at a typical Chinese restaurant, where our choices were not always what we thought we had chosen :) We ordered a plate that was a dessert for main dish and a normal dish for dessert! But we had fun and payed very little, it was a very nice place out on the street, red Chinese lamps everywhere ...
It's a massage based on a 1 500 year old Japanese Acupressure therapy, incorporating amongst others, Shiatsu techniques.
It's an ancient healing art that uses manipulative techniques, fingers, thumbs, elbows and sometimes heels, to enable deep pressure to be applied on key points on the surface of the skin. When these points are pressed they release muscular tension, promote circulation of blood and ultimately self healing. Because this works on deep tissue it is a most effective method for treating specific tension related ailments and to promote overall well being rather than a therapy for pleasure and/or relaxation (as we were soon going to find out!).
Its techniques involve gripping muscles and is therefore carried out without the use of oil. This type of massage is also a treatment for the shy as it is carried out whilst the client rests FULLY CLOTHED in a specially designed orthopaedic chair.
Let me set it up for you. We both were sent to a small room where we were supposed to change into a sort of kimono, sort of pyjama. We were then asked to lay on these 2 beds facing each other. The girls came and started to massage with their thumbs and finger tips with such a pressure I could only hear "softer, please" from Pedro's side... I was suffering there too, but didn't want to say anything, as if it's the way it's supposed to be done, let's go with it. So, they massaged and beat us while we were fully clothed. They then did the legs which was also painful as they grabbed the entire muscles! After that they finally told us we could remove our shirts and then started to rub some oils onto our backs. That was my favourite, as it didn't involve any pain! They both then covered us with towels and went to pick up the hot stones, which were not only hot but EXTRA hot. The poor girls had to pick them up from their basket and place them on our backs (still covered with the towel). They let us there to absorb the heat for a while and then removed the towels and the burning started! These stones were sssoooo hot, the poor girls were shivering whilst they grabbed them and massaged our backs with them. They rolled them and the hot feeling they provided our back with was a mix of pleasure and pain. They used them for 30 mins and by the time they finished, we were exhausted!
That was crazy! But I liked it :)
We then went for dinner at a typical Chinese restaurant, where our choices were not always what we thought we had chosen :) We ordered a plate that was a dessert for main dish and a normal dish for dessert! But we had fun and payed very little, it was a very nice place out on the street, red Chinese lamps everywhere ...
Today I still don't know what's in store for me, I'll go out now and meet Pedro on the way from school. Maybe I'll have him as a bargain setter, as he's quite good at that!
Ciao!
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We are testing posting comments as we don't get any feedback from you guys out there...me and Pedro feel ignored!!!
(I guess this is a sort of comment dependence...do you think it needs treatment?)
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