Bamboo-Fusion massage

Traditional deep tissue hands-on massage can be injurious to the massage therapist due to small, repetitive movements. With the Bamboo-Fusion massage, the bamboo tools can allow you to easily adapt to pressure changes. Ms. Cecilia explains that she has noticed that during a bamboo massage, the client’s skin can actually become more supple.

“There is a beautiful quality to the material; both you and the client feel very energized and revitalized, but also more relaxed.”

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Just a thought...

During this trying season of continuing colds, allergies, coughs and worse, it's paramount to take into account hand cleanliness. Of course we wash our hands before and after each client, but what about our client's hands? If we massage their hands, do we know when they were cleaned last?

I knew a massage therapist once who actually sanitized her client's feet with hot towels prior to massaging them. If anyone can think of a clever way to do the same with a client's hands, please let me know!

Although I do specialize in Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy, I still love my "hands-on" massage as well. Check out my website, www.ashiatsuworkshops.com for info about classes and massage therapy sesssions.

Bamboo-Fusion-it's start

Petite in stature, Nathalie began to experience pain in her hands within only 2 months of doing traditional massage. As a Thai therapist, Nathalie sometimes did back walking while using a bamboo pole for balance. She discovered the hands-on approach with bamboo when one of her larger male clients kept asking for deeper pressure in his upper trapezius.

“As I was working on this gentleman in a sitting position, my eyes caught the two bamboo poles that I used for back walking. I had the idea to use one of the poles for tapotement on his upper trapezius. So I stood about six feet from him, tapping on his shoulders with this long stick, and he told me it felt really great!”

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Petite in stature, Nathalie began to experience pain in her hands within only 2 months of doing traditional massage. As a Thai therapist, Nathalie sometimes did back walking while using a bamboo pole for balance. She discovered the hands-on approach with bamboo when one of her larger male clients kept asking for deeper pressure in his upper trapezius.

Find out about class at www.ashiatsuworkshops.com/bamboo_massage!

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“The small wood pieces that I have cut in half are made with rattan since rattan is solid. They fit in the palm of my hands which makes it easy to apply deeper pressure. For the larger sticks, I use bamboo, which is a great tool to deliver long, soothing strokes,” Nathalie explains.

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Imagine a skilled therapist using warmed bamboo and rattan to dissolve knots and kinks throughout your body. These hand crafted tools are custom designed so that even the smallest therapist can give an easier deep tissue massage. This ecologically sound and sustainable product is currently made by a woodworker. When Ms. Cecilia first began bamboo massage, she actually made the pieces herself by hand.

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