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    Time It for When Your Partner Isn’t Too Tired
    Massages can turn even bright-eyed, bushy-tailed types into sleeping beauties. To avoid a snooze fest, schedule your session for a time when your partner will be awake enough to enjoy it.
    Hold Off on Eating Until Afterwards
    Heavy meals and massages don’t mix well for a couple of reasons. For one, it’s uncomfortable to have your stomach pressed if it’s stuffed with a hoagie or half a pizza. Two, after you eat, your blood makes a beeline for the digestive organs, while a massage attempts to increase circulation throughout the body, which means you’ll be fighting an upstream battle. So hold off on getting a massage for at least an hour after you’ve eaten, or at the very least, stick to light snacking, and plan a post-massage feast.
    STEP 3: THE INS AND OUTS OF BREATHING
    Breathing—you know, where you draw air in and out of your lungs—probably isn’t something we need to remind you to do, during a massage or otherwise. Still, there are ways to enhance your massage experience through breathing:
    Breathe Deep for a Better Massage
    Many people breathe too shallowly while receiving a massage. Remind the recipient of the massage to take deep, slow breaths,inhaling through the mouth as if sucking on a straw and exhaling as if letting loose a long sigh. Many also make the mistake of inhaling just into the chest when the abdomen should also expand to fill the lungs to their full capacity. The deeper and slower the breathing, the more relaxed and pliable the body’s muscles will be, and the more pleasurable the massage.
    Breathe Together for a Deeper Bond
    In some cultures, inhaling and exhaling in sync with someone is considered a bonding experience. In fact, according to the ancient traditions of the Maori tribe in New Zealand, it’s actually considered more intimate than sexual intercourse. We’re not sure if we’d go that far, but still, breathing together can be a way to get on the same wavelength and tune into each other’s bodies on a whole new level. So try it for a few minutes at the beginning and end of your massage—with you following the pace of your partner—or for longer periods if you can. Or try a variation where one of you inhales as the other exhales. In Tantric traditions, a set of beliefs that aim to attain spiritual enlightenment through the body, alternating breaths is a way to exchange energy, maybe even merge souls a little. Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it.
    STEP 4: ASSUME THE POSITION
    There’s more than one way to give (and get) a massage, and since everyone’s setup may be different—you may use a bed, the floor, or a massage table—it can help to know all your options. Here’s the gamut, and while some are pretty obvious, there are tricks and tweaks to each that will make them considerably more comfortable for you both:
     
Your partner lying on his/her front or back, with you straddling his/her butt or pelvis. If you’re sitting around the thigh or knee area, make sure not to lean your full weight on those body parts.
Your partner lying on his/her front or back on a massage table, bed, or other surface, with you standing to the side. For better leverage, keep a wide stance with your knees slightly bent.
Your partner lying on his/her front or back, with you kneeling to the side. Since kneeling can be hard on your knees, put a pillow under them or consider this non-kneeling alternative: Sit with one leg folded out as a prop and the other folded in. You can also sit in this position with your leg underneath your partner’s head, which can feel very nurturing and be great for massaging the face, head, and arms.
Your partner lying on his/her side, with you standing or kneeling on either side. This position is especially comfortable for pregnant women, who may find it uncomfortable or downright impossible to lie on their front or back.
Your partner lying on his/her back,