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When I went to Thailand I was pregnant. So I watched with envy while my husband contorted under a tiny Thai woman and I got a feathery massage. While I did find a proper pregnancy masseuse back in London, I never did get a Thai massage.
But then one of our generous readers wrote an article about Return to Glory, and they said thank you with a free massage - for me. So I figured this was the time to fulfil my unfulfilled desires and get down on the floor.
It kind of hurt.
I'm used to massages that are 20% pain and 80% bliss. This one was more like 70/30. Clearly I should have pre-posted my status on Facebook so I could have benefited from some of my friend's comments:
"Aaauuggghh - it's supposed to feel good! Didn't you have a martini first?"
No. But next time I will.
"Thai massage is great. Its like massage meets chiropracty."
Ah. Thanks for the warning.
"Did it come with a side of Pad see ew?"
No. Should it have?
But I must say, while the benefits of my pampering massages are more or less gone two days later, the benefits of my Thai massage stayed with me awhile. I actually felt like I was in better physical shape then before it, like I'd had a workout along with that back and joint cracking. (I'm not sure if the pressure points in my belly helped my condition, but they made me laugh out loud. When have my internal organs ever been touched like this?)
So what can I say. Will I have one again? Maybe in Thailand.
But I'll definitely use Return to Glory again. Having a professional treatment in your own home (with your baby crawling all over you) is the best.
It kind of hurt.
I'm used to massages that are 20% pain and 80% bliss. This one was more like 70/30. Clearly I should have pre-posted my status on Facebook so I could have benefited from some of my friend's comments:
"Aaauuggghh - it's supposed to feel good! Didn't you have a martini first?"
No. But next time I will.
"Thai massage is great. Its like massage meets chiropracty."
Ah. Thanks for the warning.
"Did it come with a side of Pad see ew?"
No. Should it have?
But I must say, while the benefits of my pampering massages are more or less gone two days later, the benefits of my Thai massage stayed with me awhile. I actually felt like I was in better physical shape then before it, like I'd had a workout along with that back and joint cracking. (I'm not sure if the pressure points in my belly helped my condition, but they made me laugh out loud. When have my internal organs ever been touched like this?)
So what can I say. Will I have one again? Maybe in Thailand.
But I'll definitely use Return to Glory again. Having a professional treatment in your own home (with your baby crawling all over you) is the best.
Here Is The Writer : Sarah Western Balzer
Sarah Western Balzer is the managing director of HITC Life and is always on the lookout for reader-writers, so if you'd like to be one, make yourself known (sarah.western@hereisthecity.com). Sarah moved to London six years ago from New York but is originally from Florida, and still suntans like it's 1989. She is so grateful to the banker who introduced her to Here Is The City that she married him, and they live in Wapping with their son.
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