Massage? No.
I broke down and got a massage last night. I swear I left out of there more tense than when I went in. It's just something about my personal space being invaded. I found my mind wandering and over analyzing things during the process. It wasn't the lack of clothing or the environment (though the music kept going from calming pieces to piano pieces
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As someone who worked in healthcare for too many years, and having had my own experiences in the area: I'm not certain that the purpose for a massage is to relax a person. You're right: The subject's space is invaded, over and over, and in a variety of ways (visually, with touch, without clothing). Done properly, a good massage can be quite painful as the muscles are manipulated powerfully, freeing toxins and waste materials not yet eliminated by routine blood flow. The sequela of a well-done, anatomically-informed massage include an ache for some days, some amount of dehydration because it takes a lot of water to flush all the freed gunk from us, and lighter-than-average wallet.
No, I think if a person can afford it, the purpose of the massage is: Improve peripheral vascular blood flow. Restore ailing lymphatic circulation, especially if a man must warm a chair in an office somewhere. Free, and thus allow for removal, chemical waste products that have been lingering in the striated muscle tissue. If you're single, have another person touch you with good intent, all over. It's rough going, but very good for a person, physically. Like step class. Or something else that is so aerobic, it eventually becomes anaerobic.
Have a very fine 2011. Call me if you do end up cutting a bitch in half; I'll bail you out of jail.
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