I did my first Lomi Lomi massage today in three months. Now I need a massage.
This is also another first. Up until now, all my clients requesting Lomi Lomi have been female. I have worked on males but only in classes. This is the first time I've actually ever had one come in and paying for session. He was actually a walk-in, and had had Temple Lomi up in Maine.
The session went well, and my client liked it, but I was very much out of practice, and because of his physical issues, I was not able to do as good a session as I would have liked to. Since I could not do the pressure I thought should have been done, I did not have the best body mechanics I would like to. Normally, when I do Temple Lomi, I use my body and leaned into the client to get my pressure. But since this person could not take the pressure, I was having to do a much lighter touch than I would normally do. Unfortunately, this caused my back hurt and my legs to hurt.
I also took out many moves that I thought he would not be able to handle. I made it mostly about the long strokes in the standard basic steps.
He did like it though, and he was very relaxed. So, I will mark this as a success, however I do need work. Does anyone know where I can find a good massage therapist?