1. The first, and probably most popular massage technique, is the deep tissue massage. This type of massage is designed to alleviate any tension in your muscles and connective tissue. It mainly focuses on the muscles just below the surface and is a great massage technique for the more active person. The deep, penetrating rub or kneading will relieve the muscles of the tension they hold from the day's stresses. Keep in mind, gauge the pressure you use on your lover—this should be relaxing, not torture.
2. Reflexology is another massage technique you may want to use on your lover for Valentine's Day. This type of massage focuses on the muscles and tissue found in the feet and hands. In reflexology, it is believed that every part of the body can be influence from a single point on either the hand or foot. Not everyone likes to have their feet rubbed, or rub feet for that matter. Be sure you know up front whether or not your partner will enjoy this or have a problem with it.
3. Stone massage is becoming increasingly popular today. This massage technique involves placing heated or chilled stones strategically on your lover's body. It is believed that the stones provide pressure and temperature to certain muscle masses, and therefore help relax the tensions in those muscles. Oils are sometimes used on the stones as well, and the aromatherapy generated from the oils will only soothe your partner further.
4. Shiatsu massage is a Japanese acupressure massage technique that involves pressure, shaking, vibrating, patting, rotating, pinching, rolling, and lifting. Sometimes it involves a person walking barefoot on their lover's back or legs. A comfortable pressure is to be used with thumbs, elbows, and palms until your lover's muscles are completely relaxed. This massage technique is consider to be one that establishes a bond between the giver and receiver, and centers one's Ki, or life energy, to a natural flow.
There are endless ways to please your lover with massage this Valentine's day but probably the best way is Swedish massage. Learning swedish massage techniques properly is one of the safest,stress relieving massages and in fact altering them slightly can can easily become a sensual massage. A heck of a lot better than flowers and candy!
Why do most single women hate February 14? Because Valentine's Day is a holiday that shouts, ?You must be in love." Commercialism has designed this day for lovers. Hotels and restaurants and jewelers and florists (etc.) all have specials for men and women in love(Or at least, men and women who are partnered or married!). And if you are not with a special man, you feel left out.
This is why so many women hide out on Valentine's Day. Yet, here's a curious fact. This day, devoted to lovers, has a nefarious beginning. There are a number of stories about how Valentine's Day got started. Ironically, two of the more common ones are connected to murder and rape. One version says Valentine's Day is named for a Christian saint who was murdered for marrying men and women at a time the Emperor needed men to go to war. If married, goes this story, men wouldn't want to leave their families. The emperor needed single soldiers so he killed the man who was marrying the couples.
Another version says Valentine's Day actually derived from a pagan holiday where a lottery was held for young men to win a young woman (probably a teenager of younger) for the male's sexual pleasure.
You can choose any story you prefer as the origin just as you can choose how to relate to Valentine's Day. It can be a day of shame because you do not love and are not loved by a special man, or you can honor this day by acknowledging those people who make your life better. When you were in elementary school, you knew Valentine's Day was not about lovers; if was about love and caring and friendship. It can be the same today -? if you choose.
If you choose to see it as about love and caring, then you don't need to hide out, or claim you hate February 14. You can participate in the holiday -? by your definition. You have no reason to be embarrassed about being single; you don't need to hide. Find ways to celebrate the day with those you care about. Send or make cards, have a Valentine Day meal with close friends, greet people with a ?Happy Valentine's Day? and mean it. Participating in the holiday tells the world you love yourself and you love others.
You can mope or you can celebrate your life -? the life you have at the moment. There is no telling what your life will be like later today, tomorrow, next week. So celebrate whatever you have. After all, right now is the only life you have. And, any day that reminds you of the people you love and cherish is a day worth celebrating.
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