Are you and your sweetie stressed to the max? Nothing will help you relax and get rid of your neck pain like a giving each other a gentle massage. Follow these step-by-step instructions from Christie Abbott of Cherokee Hands and feel your worries melt away!

{Step 1} Make sure the room is comfortable with low lighting (candles are great), easy listening music playing in the background, and a warm temperature.
{Step 2} Your significant other should start off supine (face up) on the massage table (or other comfortable surface). Stand behind them and place both hands on each side of the head. This is called grounding and gets them used to your touch and transfer of energy from body to body.
{Step 3} Warm cream in your hands and stroke around the sternal notch (triangular indent at bottom center of neck), around the shoulders, up the neck, to the occipital ridge (base if the skull). Do this 3 times.
{Step 4} Turn their head to one side and continue strokes around the shoulder and up the neck. Thoroughly knead and rub the side of the neck paying close attention to any tight areas. Repeat the long strokes around the shoulder and up the neck.
{Step 5} Turn their head to the other side and repeat.
{Step 6} Next, hold their head in the palm of your hands placing fingers under the occiput (back portion of the head). Gently pull to stretch the neck. Knead the back of the neck with knuckles and pull on the occipital ridge.
{Step 7} You’ve just given a great neck massage!

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