Open heart, open mind, open palms
My approach has always been to keep an open heart, mind, and palms. Everyone is unique, with their own muscular nuances. It’s my job to have a universal touch and figure out where those pesky nuances lie to help adjust the physical state of being. I do this by listening to one’s concerns and requests and applying my knowledge of the muscular system and anything related to the massage. Next, I feel for areas of subtleness and rigidness. Starting off with light to moderate pressure, this permits my hands to melt into the deeper layers of tissue and granting the muscles to speak into my open palms. And then finally, a little intuition.