Learn to use your hands and head to make yourself happier and healthier

If you’ve never tried effleurage, the gliding massage stroke, you’re in for a treat. It’s easy to learn, simple to do and feels great. Try it while watching our new Do It while You View It  video https://youtu.be/KrF8jvQipVQ

This is the first of a 6 part massage video series teaching basic massage strokes that you can use on yourself or your friends. The videos are based on my book Self-Massage for Athletes, which introduced a new kind of self-massage. It’s not your parents’ self-massage. It’s self-massage for your whole body. It’s not assisted massage like you find in spas. It’s do-it-yourself massage. It’s active, not passive. It empowers you and teaches you about yourself. It’s easy to learn and simple to do. It challenges, stretches, and exercises you. It helps you relieve pain in a new effective way. It’s for active people who want to learn to make themselves happier and healthier. Self-massage is powerful pain relief at your fingertips.

Facts about Effleurage

• Effleurage from a French word that means glide or flow

• Effleurage is a calming stroke for your body

• Effleurage is often used to prepare the body for deeper massage strokes

• Start slow and light

• Effleurage tools are all close at hand and free

• It’s best to warm your hands before starting by rubbing them together

• You can do it as long as you want

• You can use long strokes and short ones

• You can go light or deep

• E is a great stroke to use on legs, especially your knees

Effleurage Challenge

Use your hands to dry yourself after a shower or bath. Your hands will glide over your body like hydroplanes. Don’t use a towel and see how dry you can get. The gliding stroke is also an effective way to apply lotion after your shower or bath.