Life Coaching Essentials

One Hour Full Body Circulatory Massage

Posterior Feet and Legs 

1. Starting on left leg. Gently rotate ankle joint in full circle.
2. With gentle pressure flex ankle to stretch Achilles tendon.
3. Pull, stretch, and rotate each toe.
4. With thumb circles, massage balls of feet.
5. Stroke the plantar arch from toes to heel with the knuckles.
6. With forefinger knuckle press in and make small circles into the heel pad.  Make thumb circles around sides of calcaneus and malleolus.
7. Fan ankle insertions.
8. Effleurage calf deeply carrying strokes up and across insertions at knee.
9. Fan between heads of the gastrocnemius.
10. Petrissage/knead up each head on the gastrocnemius.
11. With thumb circles radiate strokes out from center of back of knee, downward and upward.
12. Deeply effleurage entire thigh continuing strokes up sides of hip.
13. Fan up center of hamstrings to ischial tuberosity and then fan each side.
14. Use pulling stroke on inner thigh moving upward from the knee.
15. Petrissage/knead center and sides of thighs.

 Buttocks 

1. Proceed from last stroke on thigh into kneading/petrissage of the buttocks.
2. Deeply fan the gluteal muscles on the buttocks from bottom to top.
3. Lift foot and gently press heel against buttock.
4. Effleurage entire leg, toe to hip. Repeat all strokes on right leg

 Back 

1. Stand at the head of client and spread oil with the integration stroke. Repeat twice more increasing pressure each time.   Integration stroke : With hands together palms at top of spine effleurage down center of back, spread hands across ilium, pull up sides to scapula, then pull hands between shoulder blades (slightly pressing them apart). Separate hands and push across top of shoulders trailing down deltoids.  (on 2-5 do left side then right).
2. Fan sacrospinalis from neck to pelvis.
3. Fan across sacrum iloum to coccyx.
4. Stroke trapezius at top of shoulders medially to laterally and then fan rhomboids from spine to scapula.
5. With clients arm behind back gently press under scapula with thumb.
6. Petrissage/knead trapezius.
7. Use palm circles on top of rhomboids using both hands.
8. Have client place forehead on hands then use kneading stroke on sides of neck.
9. Cross pull effleurage latissimus dorsi. 
10. Repeat the intergration stroke. 

Anterior Feet and Legs 

1. Oil entire left leg and foot using effleurage strokes.
2. Gently bending toes down stroke between and across top of ankle.
3. With hand on either side of foot spread metatarsals apart.
4. Rotate each of the toes and gently spread each toe apart.
5. Fan up tibialis anterior and inside tibia.
6. Fan all around knee.
7. Deep effleurage up thigh.
8. Fan up outside center and then inside thigh to hip bone.
9. Petrissage thigh and knee.
10. Lightly beat (tapotement) thigh.
11. With knee up and foot flat on table roll thigh between your hands.
12. Push knee towards chest to stretch hamstrings.
13. Rotate hip joint in complete circle.
14. Effleurage over entire leg. Then gently pull and stretch the leg while holding at the ankle. 

Repeat all on right 

Chest and Abdomen 

1. Spread oil down center of torso with long effleurage strokes.  Pull up sides alternately press on shoulder and pull at armpit.  Stretch along side and back of neck.
2. Do fanning circles around mammary glands and across pectorals.
3. Move to the right of client and fan the colon ( ascending, transverse, and then decending).
4. Repeat doing circles on the colon with the whole hand.
5. Repeat #1

 Hand and Arms

1. Oil entire arm and hand with long effleurage strokes.
2. Effleurage from hand, up arm, over deltoid, around back of neck, down shoulder.
3. Pull and rotate each finger.
4. Fan up channels between carpal bones on back of hands and then across wrist.
5. Turn hand over, interlace your fingers with clients fingers, and stroke palm with thumbs.
6. Effleurage entire lower arm.
7. Chuck lower arm.
8. Fan around elbow.
9. Effleurage upper arm shaking out arm at return stroke.
10. Knead/petrissage upper  arm.
11. Effleurage entire arm and shoulder.
12. Move arm to over head, Stretch entire side of torso by grasping near armpit and holding torso above pelvis. Press hands apart. 

Repeat 1 through 12 for right arm.

 Neck 

1. Stroke up from the 7^th cervical to base of skull.  Stretch and then do small circles at the base of the skull.
2. Roll head right and stroke left side of trapezius from clavicular attachment on sternocleidomastoid.  Complete stroke equally on right side, then do left.
3. With finger interlaced under head lift head and while keeping it straight move head in large, slow circles.
4. With hands on top of shoulders push down with gentle rocking motion. 

Scalp 

Do all strokes on left side first the turn head and do right. Use no oil. 

1. With fingers together wiggle scalp moving skin over skull.
2. Scratch lightly over the skin.
3. Slide finger along scalp slowly close fist to pull hair gently. 

Face 

Use oil sparingly or none at all 

1. Spread forehead with thumb strokes ending with circles at temples.
2.  Stroke eyebrows.
3. Press in at eye socket all the way around using fingers on top, thumbs on bottom.
4. Check for contact lens then lightly stroke with thumbs across eyelids.
5. Spread across cheekbones with thumbs.
6. Stroke below cheekbones ending in circles in jaw.
7. Spread upper and lower lid straight across with thumbs
8. Milk chin
9. Thumb circle on jaw. Stroke across top and bottom of mandible.
10. Circle around ears.
11. Massage ears.
12. Lightly press hands on face and gently remove hands: three times.