What is De-armouring Massage?

What is De-armouring Massage within Holistic Sexology?

Do you ever feel numb, disconnected or frustrated with your sexuality? You're not alone! Fast-paced modern Life and cultural norms can often lead to stress and harsh emotions. And what do we do we often do to cope with these challenges? We close up and sometimes we use anesthetics, like alcohol, TV Netflix or drugs to help us cope. When we do this, we are consciously or unconsciously pushing our emotions under the carpet. This process and the general strain of daily life creates armoring.
What is armoring? It is a defense mechanism, a closing of the body to avoid feeling pain. But the problem with protecting yourself from the bad emotions is that you will also be closed off from feeling the good emotions like happiness, pleasure and sexual connection.

How can we stop and reverse this process? Within Holistic Sexology, there's a form of massage that takes the whole person into account the body, the mind, the emotions, and the soul. We work with multiple modalities of touch to promote better energy flow in the body. When the body is closed and blocked no amount of talking therapy can heal it. De-armoring is one bodywork modality which focuses on clearing stress trauma and old emotions stuck in the body.

What does this all have to do with kink & domination? In my research on the therapeutic benefits of S&M play, the top reason reported by participants was emotional release. De-armoring targets emotional release directly and effectively by using trigger point bioenergetic and nurturing touch. This form of bodywork can reawaken sensation and pleasure in your body and heal wounds in a safe and gradual way. Some of benefits experienced from this type of bodywork are a reduction in guilt and shame around sexuality, including fetishes. Deeper and longer lasting pleasure and well-being (in and outside of sessions) and a heightened awareness and connection to our authentic self.

So do you want to feel more pleasure in a deep way? Would you like to free yourself from shame, guilt or regret? Would you like to heal past trauma and blossom into your full potential? De-armoring and sexological bodywork can open the gate for these and many more solutions.