Receiving massage from other students

[sweetheart]

I enjoy both the giving and the receiving.  I appreciate it when my fellow student has taken the time to study what we are going to practice in class and adds their own flair or strokes to even out the clinical progression.  I am less appreciative of the times when we are learning something and the student does the stroke a few times then backs away and waits for instruction for the next thing to practice.  It tends to feel stilted and disconnected.  Many of the students in my class, thankfully, really want to do their best to learn and will often ask the teacher for additional guidance or comparative touch.  In that regard as a receiver I feel like I am giving back by giving positive feedback on what they are doing great and what may need to be tweaked.As a giver, I review the material beforehand and study the OIA's so that I'm not fumbling around too much.  I also ask for alot of feedback on what they are feeling/experiencing and what I am feeling in their body.  Also, I figure if I'm paying the big $$ to go to school I better utilize the resources of the teacher as much as I possibly can.  What I've found is that when I've done the prework, the teacher will show some additional techniques to make my practice even better.

 

[MikeSnake]

I enjoy giving and receving too.  Its in both of them you can learn new things......Just receiving would cause one to possibly feel less ready when going out in the career field.Sincerely,CaringHandsMss

 

[MeMYself]

Receiving massage from other students

I equally enjoy giving and receiving. In fact, I'm using providing a few people in class pre and post school touches (I also tend to give tuneups on during break). Fortunately, I've been very lucky in that everyone in my tech class is sincere in their work and their learning. In each tech class, we end up doing at least 1 swap (where both get and receive). Everyone is very focused. I learn by doing and by receiving. Now that we're onto specific clinical applications, I miss the 2x weekly fluff and buff.

 

[daywalker]

We had the situation in class where people were pairing up with the same people.  So our instructor got a bucket and ping pong balls and now we don't know who we'll be working on till we do our daily "lottery".   Fortunately, everyone is as eager to give as to receive so we have no slackers.This is exam week - end of the 2nd of 4 quarters. ;D