Somebody please clean up my drool 🤤

After having to wait over a month to get another appointment, I finally managed to make my second visit to the local massage therapy school and get another reduced-cost massage from a student in training. I already wrote a post explaining how all of this works after going for the first time in February, you can find that post here.

My first experience was pretty sub-par, but I had hoped that things would be different the second time. It is hard to pass on the opportunity to receive a massage for only $40 here in the USA. That price may seem like a lot in other parts of the world, but prices are often $60+ for one full hour of massage from an LMT where I live. Thank goodness I did not give up my faith because the latest massage that I received was fantastic.

I was really hoping that I would get a different student this time. When I was escorted to the massage rooms, I saw the student that worked on me last time and was relieved to find out she was already massaging somebody else. She was nice, but her pressure just was nowhere near enough for me.

I waited a couple of minutes and then my shoeless massage therapist showed up in my room to greet me. She asked some basic questions that are mandatory for her training and then left the room for me to get undressed and under the sheet on the table. I was to start face down and let her work on my back and shoulders.

I can say without a doubt that this girl had far more talent than the first student that I was assigned. Some people are born to do certain things and others are not ready until they have received adequate training and plenty of practice. This second student was a natural. She wasn't quite on the level of the Asian massage parlor that I go to sometimes (read about that here), but she was definitely skilled.

The room was warm and cozy, there was peaceful music playing, and I enjoyed every second of it. One thing that I liked much more this time was the fact that the girl was really good at communicating. She didn't try to talk my head off or anything, but she consistently asked if the pressure was good and I was able to give her some positive feedback. I know as a student in anything, every bit of confidence-boosting that you can get is vital to find great success.

Not only was she able to communicate, but she had a very solid massage technique as well. She did a few things that I have honestly never experienced in a massage before, and I have had around 100 massages from dozens of therapists in my lifetime. It is obviously very hard to describe through text what she did, but my legs very much appreciated her hard work with her hands and elbows.

Once our 60 minutes together was up, I got dressed and walked out of that room feeling totally blissful. My body enjoys every bit of extra care that it can get, especially with doing strenuous strength training exercises 6 days a week now and also spending countless hours sitting at my computer daily.

The only two bad things about getting massages at the school is the fact that I have a chance of getting a student who hasn't found their full potential yet, but worst of all is struggling to get an appointment. This place is super popular since it is very affordable. Sadly, I wasn't able to reschedule this time. They only book a month out in advance and were already booked up. I have been placed on the cancellation call list and I have unlimited availability, so I hope I get a ring from the school in the next few weeks for a chance to get back in there again.