“If I had known how great a massage would be, I would have had one way before now.” (Quote from a 54-year- old woman about her first massage).
Donetta Watson
Clarksburg, West Virginia
“Every stroke feels like a caress.” (Infusion suite patient receiving chemotherapy).
Stephanie Fredericks
Mandeville, Louisiana
There are two. The first is a client who responded to my session-concluding head and neck work by saying, “I feel like I am in heaven.” And the second is a client who wrote a note on my gratuity envelope that read, “Thank you! I feel like doing a high kick!” I love how these different experiences demonstrate the range of relaxing-to-invigorating effects that massage can have.
Betsy Housten
Brooklyn, New York
I have been told many times that I need to become a doctor of something, since my knowledge and technique is of superior quality. When telling a high-end client of mine of potential future plans to become a naprapath, he offered to financially back me when I’m done with my education and ready to start my practice.
Della Melville
Plainfield, Illinois
Recently, one of my clients, a professional shamisen player, commented that she felt like we were dancing together during our session. (A shamisen is a traditional, three-stringed Japanese instrument.)
David Koerner
Hiroshima, Japan
“You must have magic hands! Because that was the best massage I’ve ever had! Sandra, you can just feel where I had all my tension, and you released it! Thank you!”
Since then, I call my hands healing hands.
Sandra Mina
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
I always hear “great job” or “best massage ever,” but the best compliment I love hearing from my guests is that I was there for them. I am zoned in the present moment, not just going through motions and watching the clock pass by. It creates a bonding tie between their body and my nurturing touch ... without any judgment. It is like a friend who listens to our whining and irritating complaining, but never passes judgment.
Whenever I hear that, it gives me a sense of relief. I know I not only fulfilled my job as a massage therapist at that time, but also I was being human in the most compassionate way I could.
Jessica Blaisdell
Indian Wells, California
Answers from Facebook
I love hearing how magical my hands are and how our sessions are the highlight of their week/month, but probably my favorite comment is the renaming of a custom muscle balm I make for my clients to “Mike’s Magic Potion.”
Michael R. Howson
Someone told me I have “angel hands.” I’ll never forget it.
Shannan Raucci
I was told I made someone feel like “marmalade on warm toast.”
Annie LaCroix
“I was crippled and no doctor could tell me what was wrong. You helped me in just a few sessions!”
Shane Martin
The best compliment I got was from my aunts. They had never gotten a massage before, and after I worked on them they said that my hands were a gift from God and blessed my hands. That made my day.
Jose Acevedo