Massage Guide - Head Massage

1. The best way for head massage is when your partner lies on his back , if this is not possible ,have your partner sit on a chair backwards, so they can rest there elbows on the back of the chair and support their head with their hands. Stand behind your partner. Another way to head massage is when your partner lies on his back

   
   
   

2. Put all of your fingertips on your partner's scalp. (The left hand should be on the left side and the right hand should be on the right side.) Don't push too hard, but make circular motions with all your fingertips. The slower you make the motions, the more relaxing it is to your partner. Continue this motion all over the head keeping both of your hands on equal sides of her scalp. You need to keep your motions simultaneous on both sides of the head so your partner doesn't feel out of balance.

   
   
   

3. You can also stimulate the ears by placing your thumb on one side of the earlobe and your pointer finger on the other side, lightly squeezing the fleshy area on the ear. Do it slowly, three times.

   
   
   

4. Run the tips of your fingers up and down the back of the ears, where they connect to the head. Move fingers forwards and backwards along the top of the ears, where they connect to the head. Lightly pinch the outer edge of the ear, including the ear lobe.

   
   
   

5. Place your hands on your partner's face, fingers on chin, heels on forehead. Gently slide your hands to the sides, until your fingers are touching the table. Slowly apply increasing pressure until you are pressing quite firmly. Maintain pressure for a few seconds. Slowly decrease pressure.

   
   
   

6. Now you may begin to massage your partners face. Very gently squeeze your partners eyebrows between your thumb and pointer finger. Squeeze lightly all the way across each brow. Then, take your pointer finger, middle finger and ring finger of each hand and simultaneously massage both sides of the entire face with light, circular motions. Pay special attention to the jaw line, which can sometimes hold a lot of tension.

   
   

7. Place hands under your partner's neck, curving fingers so that they meet on the back of the neck. Drum fingers up and down neck, as if you were playing a piano.

   
   

8. Gently rotate your partner's head to the left. Place the palm of your hand on your partner's right shoulder, with fingers extending down towards the collar bone. Rotate your hand, moving fingers around the side of shoulder to top of the back. Move towards the spine, but
   before reaching it move up the back of the neck. Apply moderate pressure. Repeat a few times.
   
   
   Make firm circles with your right hand on the back of your partner's neck, up to the top of the neck. Then make circles down the side of your partner's neck, starting below the ear and continuing to the collar bone.
   
   
   
   Find the bony ridge where the skull meets the neck, on the back of your partner's head. Using your finger tips, make tiny circles below this ridge, pressing firmly.
   
   
   
   Gently rotate your partner's head to the other side, then repeat thesesteps.

   
   

9. Pick your partner's head up and move it forward, towards their chest. Slowly move it as far as it will go (stretching the neck). Slowly return your partner's head to the table.

   
   

10. Now begin to massage the scalp. Make your hand into a claw. Pressing firmly, move tips of fingers in small circles. Work systematically, covering the entire scalp