Many of my clients come to me because of back pain of various types. The techniques I will describe below are not meant to take the place of therapeutic massage, but are good for relaxation and de-stressing.
The easiest place to do this is on the bed. Make sure the room is comfortably warm, so the person on the receiving end doesn't get a chill. Have your oil close by on the bedside table or a breakfast tray. You should have on clothing you can move easily in and the recipient should be either naked or in underwear with the waist band pulled low on the hips.
Have the other person lie face down on the bed and get comfortable. (Grammar note: To avoid using horrible grammar, I'm going to choose a male recipient. I detest using "their" when I'm talking about one person.) You can either kneel by his side, or straddle the backs of his thighs. Try to keep your weight off his legs.
Pour a little oil or lotion in one hand and rub both hands together. Then put both hands on his lower back with the heels of your hands on the space between the dimples. Your fingers should lie along the curve of his hips. Slide your hands up his back as far as you can comfortably reach without stretching. This is now your stopping point. Move your hands out along the ribs and then back down his sides to the starting point. Repeat this two or three times.
Use alternate hands and rub from the spine (remember no pressure on the spine) outwards and circle back. Move up one side of his body to your stopping point and glide back down. Repeat for the other side. Caution: light pressure over the lower ribs. This is a relaxing massage and there's no need for heavy pressing. Check from time to time with the recipient to make sure you're not hurting him and that everything feels fine.
The next step is to use your finger pads (the part where your fingerprints are--not the tips) to make small circles on either side of the spine. Start just above the dimples and work your way back up to your stopping point. Return to start with a slow glide. Put the heels of your hands on the dimples and press with one hand and then the other. Don't do it too hard; just enough to get a nice, gentle rocking motion. Let your hands slide up and out a little, circle back, go higher and circle back, all the way to the stop point. Glide back to start.
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