Massage strokes for the ego

Another afternoon of playing TA for the Fundamentals of Massage class, this time sitting in on the other section of the class.

On the first night of the Advanced Massage class, the instructor asked each of us what we wanted out of the class. My response was like so. “In Fundamentals, there was a palpable difference between having a student work on you, no matter how talented and well-intentioned, and having one of the instructors place hands on you during one of the demos. Just a huge, immediate difference. I’m not even sure I can say what about their touch was different. But that’s where I want to be.”

Now I’m getting some validation that I’m entering that territory, even if on the periphery. As a TA, I am occasionally asked to demo something, and I’m pretty regularly getting the “eyes roll back in head and moans begin” reaction. I’m feeling pretty good about that.