Read the article on touch/massage therapy. Our question here is why do some people seem to have a 'gift' in this and others don't? Is it something one can learn or is it more of how a person is?
antoni
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Antoni,
Great question and probably one that would be best answered by someone who does touch therapy. But I would think its alot like therapy. There's a lot you can learn, but the people who are really gifted seem to have something integral to who they are, an extra gift of empathy, that I don't think you can learn. You just have it or you don't. I think someone without it can learn to be a "good" therapist, but for "great" you need to have something in you. Just like some people can rise to become professional athletes, its an inborn talent. Just my humble opinion.
AG
Great question and probably one that would be best answered by someone who does touch therapy. But I would think its alot like therapy. There's a lot you can learn, but the people who are really gifted seem to have something integral to who they are, an extra gift of empathy, that I don't think you can learn. You just have it or you don't. I think someone without it can learn to be a "good" therapist, but for "great" you need to have something in you. Just like some people can rise to become professional athletes, its an inborn talent. Just my humble opinion.
AG