A massage retreat helps to deepen awareness of this presence and relationship with God, ourselves and relationships with others – past and present. The massage giver creates the safe space of encounter and mediates the presence of God through touch, listening, praying with. The one receiving massage also ‘listens’ to their body story, and lets the inner conversation be heard, gives it time and expression. It is a sacred time, one of intimacy, often of healing, sometimes struggle – each unique and an opportunity for integration of self and God. |