It goes without saying that a massage іѕ а wonderful wау to rеlаx your tired body and mind. The kneading and releasing of the tight muscles and knots by a good massage therapist feels oh so amazing.
A massage is often considered as a luxury but it doesn’t have to happen only at a spa or massage establishment. When your significant other is stressed out from work, school, house chores, family, kids, etc., or when you are on your vacation together, Couple Massage – where you and your partner massage each other – is a great way to help reduce the stress and strengthen the bond with your partner.
5 Benefits Of Couple Massage
Here are the benefits of couple massage and how it can strengthen the connection between you and your partner.
1. Health Benefits
Massage offers many health benefits such as reduced stress and anxiety, reduced muscle and joint pain, improved range of motion, better circulation, better digestion, better sleep, and detox. When you massage your partner you are contributing to different aspects of your partner’s health.
Professional massage therapists can contribute to these health benefits too but they cannot combine it with the special love and appreciation that you have for your partner during the massage.
2. Reduces The Silent Relationship Killer
Research shows that stress can hurt relationships by hindering your ability to react positively to handle issues. No matter how nice you are, you may lose control and snap at someone or something under stress (and regret afterward).
Often people wait until the stress level has peaked before getting a massage. Couple massage doesn’t have to be 30 minutes or 60 minutes. It can be only a few minutes before you go to bed as you unwind together. It gives an opportunity to keep your partner’s daily stress in check before it gets out of control.
3. Increases Physical Touch
How much is “caring touch” part of your relationship? Couple massage is a fabulous way to increase the caring physical touch in your daily lives simply because you will have to touch each other to give and receive a massage.
If you are wanting to increase physical touch in your relationship but don’t know how to use couple massage as an excuse to incorporate more touch in your daily lives with less chance of getting rejected.
4. Expression Of Love
Physical touch is one of the love languages according to “The 5 Love Languages” by Dr. Gary Chapman. Some people feel loved when they are touched. For those people caring touch means so much and vital to their relationship.
If your partner’s love language is physical touch, couple massage not only provides the stress relief but it also satisfies the need of caring touch for the relationship to thrive. Learning how to give a better massage is a perfect gift that keeps on giving for such partner.
5. Increases Intimacy
When we touch each other with love, our brain produces a hormone called oxytocin, a.k.a. “bonding” or “cuddling” hormone. Once oxytocin is produced, it has a compounding effect of making you want more loving touch.
Oxytocin itself is not a sexual hormone but it can contribute to more sex drive. In other words, couple massage can lead to more intimate activities as long as you both want to take it that route.
Caution: If you approach couple massage only as a lead way to intimate activities, your partner may not be so open to your agenda.
Couple massage gives you the opportunity to take care of each other’s body and mind while you connect physically and spiritually. The best reward of Couple massage is that you get to make your partner feel good, relaxed, and loved. And having a happier partner will make you happier in return.
For those who tend to be hesitant to new ideas like couple massage, simply your willingness to try or learn how to massage your partner better may be enough to melt your partner’s heart.
