Osho:
"Massage is something that you can start learning but you never finish. It goes on and on, and the experience becomes continuously deeper and deeper, and higher and higher. Massage is one of the most subtle arts - and it is not only a question of expertise. It is more a question of love... "Learn the technique - then forget it. Then just 'feel', and move by feeling. When you learn deeply, ninety percent of the work is done by love, ten percent by the technique. By just the very touch - a loving, conscious touch, something relaxes in the body. "If you love and feel compassion for the other person, and feel the ultimate value of him; if you don't treat him as if he is a mechanism to be put right, but an energy of tremendous value; if you are grateful that he trusts you and allows you to play with his energy - then by and by you will feel as if you are playing on an organ. The whole body becomes the keys of the organ and you can feel that a harmony is created inside the body. Not only will the person be helped, but you also.
"Massage is something that you can start learning but you never finish. It goes on and on, and the experience becomes continuously deeper and deeper, and higher and higher. Massage is one of the most subtle arts - and it is not only a question of expertise. It is more a question of love... "Learn the technique - then forget it. Then just 'feel', and move by feeling. When you learn deeply, ninety percent of the work is done by love, ten percent by the technique. By just the very touch - a loving, conscious touch, something relaxes in the body. "If you love and feel compassion for the other person, and feel the ultimate value of him; if you don't treat him as if he is a mechanism to be put right, but an energy of tremendous value; if you are grateful that he trusts you and allows you to play with his energy - then by and by you will feel as if you are playing on an organ. The whole body becomes the keys of the organ and you can feel that a harmony is created inside the body. Not only will the person be helped, but you also.
Thank you Osho for sharing this message with us. What does the above message mean to you?
For me, it is an affirmation, that all we need is love. When we come from love, we are able to share our whole being with another in an open hearted way.
It is also means to me that there is no "right" or "wrong" way to love or share your love with another. Massage for me is one of the ways that I can share my heart with other's. My love for touch extends when I touch others with unconditional open heartedness. The great thing that comes out of it too is the knowledge that I am doing it right, as there is no wrong way to love when it comes free of attachments and conditions.
This may be one of the reasons why I am not a Workshop Junkie, other practitioners race off to do the latest massage workshops to upskill and learn new techniques, where as I sit back and only pick the ones that resonate with me. I am confident in the knowledge that I already have all the tools that I need, to share my skills and my knowledge with others, those that need me will find me.
My sessions are intuitive, loving and un-choreographed. Each session will be unique as everyone's needs are different. The common denominator however is love, and open hearted non judgemental acceptance of the person that I am working with.
Some sessions may begin in tears and end in laughter, every session will flow as it is meant too, but I am confident in the knowledge that when we come from the position of unconditional love and trust, there will be no mistakes and only Truth, Joy and Peace will flow forth.
Joy, Peace, and Truth
Pauline
For me, it is an affirmation, that all we need is love. When we come from love, we are able to share our whole being with another in an open hearted way.
It is also means to me that there is no "right" or "wrong" way to love or share your love with another. Massage for me is one of the ways that I can share my heart with other's. My love for touch extends when I touch others with unconditional open heartedness. The great thing that comes out of it too is the knowledge that I am doing it right, as there is no wrong way to love when it comes free of attachments and conditions.
This may be one of the reasons why I am not a Workshop Junkie, other practitioners race off to do the latest massage workshops to upskill and learn new techniques, where as I sit back and only pick the ones that resonate with me. I am confident in the knowledge that I already have all the tools that I need, to share my skills and my knowledge with others, those that need me will find me.
My sessions are intuitive, loving and un-choreographed. Each session will be unique as everyone's needs are different. The common denominator however is love, and open hearted non judgemental acceptance of the person that I am working with.
Some sessions may begin in tears and end in laughter, every session will flow as it is meant too, but I am confident in the knowledge that when we come from the position of unconditional love and trust, there will be no mistakes and only Truth, Joy and Peace will flow forth.
Joy, Peace, and Truth
Pauline
