Massage for senior citizens, persons of 50+ or 65+

and other elderly people

& also senior hippies in Amsterdam

and for all of those who feel young at heart

Experience a paradise massage... also in Osdorp, Amsterdam West, Centre, Amsterdam Zuid/South.

This is in English. Click for an Dutch version.

Fotos: Jeroen Leclercq, www.hollandfoto.com.

Talking about massage and elderly people in one sentence is sometimes seen as taboo and as "cursing in church" as they say in Dutch.

I am drs. Kees Kaldenbach and I experience that touch is a special gift between people.

Many senoir citizens feel a lack of physical touch in their social life. In this cold, windy and rainy country, human touch is not an everyday event. At the same time there is a great need among 50+ or 65-plus senoir citizens or the elderly and infirm to experience soft and caring touch in a calm encounter with another human being. That need of skin contact and being near someone can still be there when the skin is older, wrinkled and blemished. Within that skin a very young spirit can be alive.

I can walk three paths with you:

1) I can massage 1 senior citizen myself in a massage. Location: in my practice - or in the house of the senoir citizen - or in an old age home. This massage may take place in order to celebrate a birthday or another event. My art of touch and the massage session will bring a source of joy and happiness.

2) In a group of elderly people I can give a workshop just to find out how it would be to touch with warmth in day to day practice. In this workshop I will teach the ABC of a soft and caring massage, perhaps starting with the hands or forearm or the foot. It will be a pleasant kind of class in an old age home, in a senior citizens flat, in a home for general and medical care. In order to celebrate what event ? Perhaps a birthday or jubilee, or just for fun! It maqkes for a difference from sitting in a circle over a cup of coffee and cakes.

3) For staff members of a home for the elderly I can give a series of workshop classes in order to fit the art of touch into the day to day life, and thereby to upgrade the quality of life of the inhabitants and the staff members.

Go to the reports in Dutch, by bejaarden.

Philosophy

We believe that touch is a great gift between human beings. Massage works by means of the quiet, healing power of human touch. Touch forms the most direct contact without words between one person and the next - and it influences the wellbeing not only of the skin itself, but of the entire person. Massage has miraculous healing powers.

The one who receives massage and the one who gives massage are not just concerned with a small part of the anatomy, just an arm or a leg or a back, but they bring with them their totality as a human being. During the massage, both the one who gives and the one who receives, stand at the outer limit of the skin - the most sensitive and largest human organ - and thus at the outer limit of the physical self. At its very best, the massage session forms a platform of bliss in a world sometimes full of stress and pressure. Massage is living in quality time. The release of energies and endorphins will make you feel good for a long time. Come discover this for yourself.

Being Quiet and Trusting

Giving and receiving massage takes place in inner calmness and concentration on the basis of serenity and trust.

The massage which we give is slow ; it is called 'holistic' or 'intuitive'. It is applied with two full hands on the partner, and is aimed at relaxation and in the best of cases it may trigger - in the one who receives - an inner sensation of flow, peace, serenity and bliss. It is quite allright to enjoy and the human mind may soar as well. Our motivation is in the pleasure of giving and receiving.

The session mat last for half an hour or an hour. Physical handicaps are no problem.

I speak Dutch (Nederlands), English, German (Deutsch) and also some French and Italian ; studied at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Lichaam & Ziel, Body & Soul is my company name.

You may call or mail me for finding out prices and dates.

A client introducing a new client will recive a E 10,- bonus.

Times: massage is possible on a number of days and nights, also in weekends. We will compare our agendas / notebooks to set the right date!

Reaction, questions?

Center for Applied Massage Art - Kees Kaldenbach, kalden@xs4all.nl. Haarlemmermeerstraat 83 hs, 1058 JS Amsterdam (near Surinameplein, ring road exit s-106, tram 1 and 17). Telephone 020 669 8119; cell phone 06 - 2868 9775. Open seven days a week.

Masseur Kees Kaldenbach is collaborating with a number of masseurs and masseuses in Amsterdam. He is also active as a masseur in the finest and most luxurious hotels.

I give this massage at various addresses: at my home address (see above), or at your own home or at your hotel.

Lichaam & Ziel [Body & Soul] is registered at the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce, number 3419 6612.

See Akademie voor Massage en Beweging www.akademie.nl

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Psychological Bulletin, January 2004 highlights

MASSAGE THERAPIY AGAINST DEPRESSION

Psychologists at Illinois University have researched effectiveness of massage therapy. A series of visits to the masseur may reduce depression, anxiety and pain. Even single visits may help alleviating anxiety and pain and may reduce hypertension and a high heart rate.

Psychological Bulletin, January 2004

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