From Marcia Montenegro:
When I was in the New Age and was an astrologer, I knew many Massage Therapists and had several as clients. They were all New Agers and I was very aware of the New Age philosophy behind their practice, which always included energy healing and views about the body that incorporated the “subtle energy body.” They also believed pain had a cause from your past a la Louise Hay, the doyenne of New Age healing.
After I became a Christian, I was alarmed to notice that Massage Therapy became more mainstream and that Christians not only studied it but went to MTs, apparently unaware of the New Age underpinnings. As far as I know all MT schools in the U.S. include New Age teachings and now also teach Reiki, a dangerous energy healing. I started receiving emails from Christians studying at MT schools, conflicted about the New Age energy teachings.
Note the words on this Massage Therapy pendant:
“I close my eyes and say a prayer
Release my thoughts into the air
I ask for guidance from above
That my hands might flow with healing love
A touch that’s meant to reach the soul
To ease the pain that took its toll
The mind and spirit to renew
As energy flows from me to you”
Regular massage is purely physical and existed before Massage Therapy (MT). MT is relatively recent. The key word to notice is the word “therapy” which means to give healing. The healing in this case is not just physical and that’s the whole point of my warnings about MT.The stones on the back of the woman are placed there according to the supposed location of the invisible chakras. The photo of the woman with the MT’s hands hovering over her demonstrates Reiki or possibly Healing Touch, both examples of “healing” with energy.
While some forms of MT may help and be based on actual facts about the body, there are also large amounts of pseudoscientific quackery going on with MTs (some include energy beliefs) such as Reflexology, Polarity, Aura balancing, Craniosacral massage, Myofascial release, that massage can detox you or release toxins, and more untruths. In other words, you can encounter a plethora of alternative treatments from one Massage Therapist, so it’s best to be informed.
If you are seeing a MT now or want a massage, I suggest you carefully question the person about beliefs and practice in energy healing and also ask for the names of the practices they use so you can check it out. Don’t pay for quackery or pseudoscience, and you do not want energy “healing” done on you. Those who practice energy “healing” always have spirit guides (fallen angels), whether they are aware of it or not (and if they are in the New Age, they have such guides anyway).
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This is one of the stupidest things I have ever read. You are spreading ignorance.
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But you read it anyway…
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This is not stupid. It’s the truth. I have been a massage therapist for 11 years and walking away from a booming career for Jesus. The root of massage modalities are based on New Age and occult practices. Even the creator of the church of Satan, Anton Levay, said the the New Age movement was stealing practices from Satan. New Age including massage is occult practice with the name of Satan removed. Practices such as: massage therapy, meditation, Yoga and many others are not safe and can bring demonic forces into your life. The only safe massage is sports or medical massage. As long as the therapist doesn’t use grounding techniques, energy transference and meditation during massage.
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is there any massage that can do and it’s not from any occult or demonic practices? is there any massage that is not a sin against God that can do?
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There is no IC-9 codes for medical massage but for therapeutic or massage therapy. Touch is very important in the healing process and if you are a living person you have a need to be touched. That’s why God said lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. There is not always a demon behind every tree. Also, if you are trained in massage and you are a Christian than take the good from the training and throw out the bad. Surely you know how to discern good from evil.
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I am a Christian and I am a massage therapist! I pray for every client of mine and I always ask The Holy Spirits guidance and help when I work . Sometimes I even receive Words of Knowledge for my clients and that leads to me praying for and sharing Jesus with them afterwards. So I see my work as my ministry . By Gods grace and His mercy it’s working as I’m giving Him All the glory . I do classic massage , but with Supernatural Help!
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Please take it to God in prayer and fasting ask for the guidance of the Holy Spirit on this matter, please don’t seek those answers from us mere mortals, but take it to our Heavenly Father.
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I agree with you Ann, on everything you said but a massage therapist is going to have an personal energy that helps them be a comforting, yet effective medical or sports massage therapist. That energy transfer is something you can’t do anything about, and if it’s “good healthy” energy it can only be from God (IMHO)
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is there any massage that can do and it’s not from any occult or demonic practices? is there any massage that is not a sin against God that can do?
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There’s no such thing as a “Christian” massage therapist. This is the same line of Christians that participate in activities such as “Yoga” and “Positive Thinking / New Thought”. You can attempt to “Christianize” it all you like but it will never change its origins, intended purpose and based philosophies no matter what spin you decide to put on it. You’re behaving the same way a “new ager” would in dealing with doctrinal conflicts. Good luck with this.
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Show where you biblically find your beliefs on scripture. I am a Christian and a LMT. I do not perform any type of energy work but strictly massaging muscles that are tight and those with medical conditions or complaints. I also stretch my clients. Massage is only wrong if its from opposite gender, idolatry meaning getting more massage due to desire, as well as immorality or using energy healing.
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Agreed and God Bless you!
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MBK, are you saying that a Christian MT has to limit their practice to their gender only? I have been an MT for 13 years and have had a couple of experiences with both genders where I had to stop the session and never see them again, and really it comes down to the person who is on the table having “ideas” which have nothing to the do with the MT performing a service on their muscles. And that said, the majority of my clients (both male and female) are just decent people who want their muscles worked out. Lastly, I agree with you on no energy work (besides having a pleasing personal God-given energy with which to do your session)
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Sorry Alex, I disagree. I continue to be a Christian Massage Therapist and have asked Jesus Christ to take this job away from me if it is NOT pleasing to HIM. Every time I start to work on a client I ask HIM to lead and guide me to help the person with whatever is ailing them. If a client compliments me on being a talented therapist (and it happens many times) I simply tell them I can take NO credit for my ability to do this as God gives all of his children gifts and abilities, and this is merely one of mine. I also tell them that God gets the credit, not me.
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This is not true .. God has given us the ability to touch others to increase blood flow and relieve muscle tension.. which in turn promotes well being and healing through Him .I am a massage therapist and this work has given me the opportunity to pray for and minister to people whom I otherwise not have met or spoken to. What I do is NOT grounded on any pagan or demonic foundations .On the contrary He has given me a talent which I’m using to glorify Him. Don’t put Him in a box. The Holy Spirit guides me every time and like I said He sometimes even gives me a Word for someone which I share and I pray for them . God is glorified in my work . Christians and non-Christians alike come see me . I pray that God gives you fresh revelation in this through communion with The Holy Spirit .
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I am a medical massage therapist. I have stopped massaging temporarily due to being convicted not to massage men and transition to clothes only massage. Since I only work with injuries and chronic pain anyway.
I am nervous to begin again due to recently a few christians saying you cannot be a christian and a massage therapist. I understand that point of view and having come from the new age before becoming a christian I am very aware of the strong influence. Since graduating from massage school I only take classes and study massage therapy for injuries. I will not go near anything that even mentions the word energy but I am now questioning if I need to give up my career altogether. I would love my fellow brothers and sisters thoughts on this. Ultimately my goal is to please God and I am willing to give up my career if that is what proves to be the truth.
Blessings in Christ
Jen
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Please take it to God in prayer and fasting ask for the guidance of the Holy Spirit on this matter, please don’t seek those answers from us mere mortals, but take it to our Heavenly Father.
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AMEN Jacquee! This is exactly what I have done in the past when I was worried about accidentally falling into a wrong career that felt so right. I asked God to please take it off my plate if I was upsetting him with my choice of career. And as I have asked him to take things off of my plate if they were wrong for me (like a move etc) and he has done so every time, I believe that he is fine with me in my present occupation as I am still working and enjoying helping His children.
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i gave up my license two years ago. I haven’t practiced for a while. I was in the new age while at school. I rededicated my life thanks to the Lord using a medium friend. After reading this article, I googled the origins of massage. China, India, Egypt.5000 years ago. So my Lord is more important than this career. Thank you Jesus for directing me away from this.
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Medium friend?Mediums hip is demonic.
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