MannBodywork's Personal Masseur Interview
Personal Interviews give you the opportunity to know the Masseur you are considering to hire better before you make the first step.
Our Personal Masseur Interviews are a great way to give a little bit of personal and even intimate information about your massage experience. Get to know him better before you call!
What advice would you give to someone who wants to be a Masseur?
Any time you are touching someone with care and intention, you are doing invaluable work. Stay receptive to how this body wants to be touched, nurtured, and healed, but go with confidence; we evolved to sync our bodies up with one another, and we have a lot of innate skills before any massage education. Remember how good it feels to be lightly caressed, or for someone to push even slightly on that sore spot. Take what your body already knows about physical connection, and add to it some more knowledge of what's beneath the skin, how those sinews move with one another.
And treat people with affection. Look your clients in the eye, and listen with intent to what's going on in their bodies. Half of the work of massage is making your client feel comfortable, trusting in your presence; your work is amplified if the body you're touching is able to rest.
What are your hobbies, what do you like to do in your spare time?
I find a lot of magic in the simple things. I pour tea a lot, and I love the simplicity and earnestness of that ritual. Probably for the same reasons, I like to cook, too.
By mindfully attending to my food and drink, I support myself in my yoga practice. I do a mundane, simple kind of yoga that is repetitive and meditative. If I can bring the right mindset to the yoga mat, the same moves I did yesterday are fresh and exciting, even novel. Same with tea and cooking: the same stuff is made with a different journey each time.
How would you like someone that contacts you for a massage to feel when they leave?
I want my clients to leave feeling 1000% better than when they arrived. I want them to be pain-free, relaxed yet invigorated, and humming away to conquer their next dragon. But mostly, I want them to feel connected to themselves and the world around them: to feel light on their feet and deeply rooted in the earth at the same time.