Four hand massage in Amsterdam, for the evening that marks something

Where it comes from

Two practitioners working on one body at once is often traced to Hawaiian lomilomi, in which more than one pair of hands was sometimes used, and it turns up in several spa traditions besides. The synchronised modern form spread through European spas late in the twentieth century. The only change here is the setting: your own room instead of a treatment suite.

The technique

The two therapists mirror each other, left and right, or divide the body between them and cross at agreed points. Timing is the whole skill: strokes start and stop in step, and the hand-over from one to the other is meant to go unnoticed. Pressure from both is agreed at the start, so that neither side of the body feels heavier than the other.

What to expect

The two of them come to the door together. They introduce themselves, check the heating and the light and set their towels out on the bed, and each tells you her own limits in her own words. Then they work in step, one beginning at the shoulders while the other starts at the feet, meeting in the middle and crossing over. The effect is hard to predict from a description; most guests give up following where each pair of hands is within a few minutes. The pace is agreed at the start and held by both of them. When the time is over they leave together, as they came.

Who it suits

A milestone evening that ought to feel like one. A guest who has enjoyed single sessions before and wants a different experience of the same hour. Couples marking a date, with a therapist for each of them and the fee four times that of a single guest. It is less suited to a very first booking in years, when one person and one pace make the gentler start.

What it is good for

It turns an evening into an occasion without asking anything extra of you. Guests who book it for a milestone often say afterwards that it was the part of the trip they described to friends at home, ahead of any view or meal.

At your address

Four hand massage in Amsterdam with two therapists in your hotel room or apartment, the hour charged at double the single rate, arranged ahead with half confirmed in advance.

Length

Every length with two therapists costs twice the single figure for that length. A whole night with two is counted hour by hour at that doubled rate, not as the single overnight block. Half of the figure goes ahead to confirm any two therapist booking, whatever its length.

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