How do you end your massage and depart from the room?

[Paco]

I end every session with 3-5 minutes of craniosacral/reiki on the occiput and forehead... just holding their head between my hands. They almost always fall asleep.

Then I compress their shoulders, put my hands on their scalp and say, "Thank you. Take your time getting up." I wait for them in the waiting area and allow them to decide when they are ready to come out. I schedule 30 minutes between appointments so they don't have to rush to get out. I'd love to have two spaces, so they have at least an hour for "re-entry".

I love the therapist I receive massage from now, but she just gets up and walks out. Then about 5 minutes later she knocks on the door to ask if I am dressed. Even though I was dressed, I found this a bit intrusive.

 

[Chewyrite]

This is a great thread, cause I have wondered about my ending.

I usually always end with the client face up. I do the neck and shoulders and end with a temple and scalpe massage. When I finish I actually feel an energy break then I say, Ok (name) our time has come to an end. Take your time relax a bit then whenever you are ready come on out. Then I am waiting with water and we visite then they go.

 

[J09]

my massage completion

I always finish with my clients prone, so I do some gentle polarity/Reiki, holding the sacrum and occiput for 1-2 minutes,inviting my spirit guides to enter and assist as needed for balance and clearing of negativity(with client approval, of course!!) and complete the session with some feather strokes from the occiput to the sacrum 2-3 times, ending with both palms on the sacrum.I sometimes do some gentle rocking w/ hands on the sacrum and occiput, ending with a gentle reminder to treat themselves well and to enjoy the moment. I always thank them for allowing me to assist them and give them a warm moist towel from my cabi for them to wipe off any excess lubricant on the skin, especailly the feet . I leave the room, wash my hands after telling them to get dressed and to meet me in the office for payment and rebooking. I give them a bottle of water and they depart, feeling very relaxed and well cared for. Thats how I do things.

Blessings and Light-
Johnny

 

[Semra]

I usually end with the client face up and end at the neck/ shoulder area. Gently placing my hands on the shoulders, when I feel the energy pull I stand and moving to the right, moving around the table as I do a polarity move holding the right shoulder/right hip, on to the right hip/ right foot, both feet, left foot/left hip, left hip/left shoulder, then back to the shoulders pausing at each hold. While doing this I silently say a blessing for them. Then slowly sliding the fingers down the shoulders, I then say softly, " Okay, (client), I'm going to let you get dressed now. I will take out the bolster for you and you come out when you are ready." After removing the bolster I then quietly leave the room.

 

[Dashing Geek is Bada$$]

Interesting to read of everyone else's techniques. Of course, there are always the ones you have to shake awake!
After an aromatherapy massage, we were taught we should always help the client up from the couch (with elaborate wrapping technique with drapes, naturally). The thinking is that the oils might make the client light-headed or wobbly on their feet. When I was a student, it always seemed unnecessarily fussy to do this, but I have to say now that it does seem a good idea.
After finishing the face massage, I cover the client, apply some pressure to the shoulders, move to the side and do the same with my hands on the client's chest and stomach, then remove my hands, telling to client to relax while I leave the room to wash my hands. When I return, I let them come round in their own time, then offer them the choice of being assisted off the couch or being left alone to do it themselves. Before ofering them that choice, though, I do make a judgment: I once massaged my brother, who insisted he was fine to get off the couch by himself. He leapt off - and pitched forwards violently, banging his head on the sloping ceiling!