How deep is deep

Deep is a pace and a breath, not a number.

There is no scale to learn. These are the three things that decide how deep a session feels.

Pace
Muscle gives way to steady, slow pressure far more than to speed. We move slowly, and stay on one spot until it lets go or you tell us to move on.
Surface
A forearm is broad and covers a large area at once, so pressure feels wide, not pointed. Thumbs and fingertips are for small muscles, such as the neck, hands and feet.
Breath
Your breath is the gauge. If you can breathe out while we work, the pressure is right. If you hold your breath, we ease off.

The pressure check

Three checks, each with its own question

01
Start
Step 1: At the start
Before we begin you tell us where to work and what to leave alone. We start lighter than we will end, so your body has a few minutes to settle, then we ask: lighter, about right or deeper?
02
Middle
Step 2: In the middle
Halfway, we stop and ask again. Muscle that has warmed up often takes more, and sometimes it asks for less. Either answer is a good one, and we change to match it.
03
End
Step 3: Before the end
With the last stretch ahead we check once more and ease off, so the session closes slowly. Tell us what felt right, and we make a note for your next visit.

Our hands and arms

Forearm
For the large muscles of the back, hips and legs. Broad, slow and steady.
Thumbs and fingertips
For the neck, hands, feet and the smaller muscles around the shoulder.
Palms and knuckles
For warming up a large area before we go deeper.
Elbow, with your yes
Only on a large muscle, only if it suits you, and only after we ask.

Yes. We start lighter and build to it, so your muscles have time to settle, and the checks let you steer the whole way.

We work on the muscles beside the spine and around the joints, not on the bones themselves.

That is normal. We ask again each time, and we note what felt right so you do not start from scratch.

Choose a length, and we will check at the start, in the middle and before the end.