Undress to your level of comfort, Statesboro, GA.
I recently watched a stand-up comedy routine by Steve Soelberg that was completely focused on the meaning of "undress to your comfort level" when preparing to receive massage. The comedian explained that his "comfort level" is fully dressed because that is what society has taught him. He went into hilarious detail about the dilemma of interpreting the meaning of this and other massage terms. I laughed so hard that I cried. And then I thought, of course there is some confusion. Most therapists assume that this term is self-explanatory and a lot of people are embarrassed to ask what we mean. So, I will shed some light on what I mean when I say, "undress to your level of comfort." As a therapist who has been doing massage since 1999, this is something I say all the time yet rarely am I asked what I mean. The truth is that this is what we are taught to say in massage school, and when I taught massage I told my students the same. Now, in a three and a...