SLIPPERY STUFF

With my prey—er, patron—lying facedown on the massage table, I drape her up to the waist in a soft linen sheet. Before the massage officially jumps off , I skeet—er, squirt—a generous amount of massage oil in my hands and rub them together for a few seconds (never massage with cold hands!). I then begin with “efflaurage,” a universal technique (long, slow strokes, always performed clockwise) that aids circulation by warming the body.

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