I'm excited to review my experience here, because it was nothing short of amazing!…read more
Also, I need to put this out there.. I read the 1 star reviews, and they made absolutely no sense to me, and it's unfortunate that they felt the way they did. I would honestly say that they should give him another try!! I honestly don't know how anyone could think Zakarie was anything short of amazing and professional. None the less, I will say it now, and will say it later... I HIGHLY recommend seeing Zakarie (if you want a great massage, and lots of really helpful information (if you ask).)
Also, be warned.. I am going to say that I appreciated many things in this review. (Enjoy!)
Let me take you on a walk through my experience here..
Once I parked in the parking lot, I walked in and no one was at the front desk (I had no idea anyone was supposed to be there, so I decided to wander around on my own so I wasn't late) I was able to find suite 23, and get to my appt on time (FEW!). I knocked on the door, and was promptly greeted, and asked to sit down and chat about what I needed worked on.
The rooms vibe was very calm, and it was very clean, and set up in a very accessible way.
Once we chatted for a few minutes, he gave me a couple more to get situated on the table. The table heating thing was on, and I had just got off work and was still pretty warm.. So I asked if he could turn it down or off, and he immediately shut it off and made sure I was fine. (I appreciated that, and didn't want to be drenched in sweat during my massage!! Hahaha)
He started on my upper back, and felt around to see what was tight and how he was going to go about it. I was in dire need of a real deep tissue massage, because I am a full time student, working full time in a full active roll at work that has me standing for 7+hrs, and workout 6-7 times a week in addition to that. So let me tell you I WAS READY!!
But then, I realized I really don't know which spots connect to where and how tight certain parts of my body were, and when they were worked on OH BOY did I feel it. (Note; it didn't hurt, and I was not uncomfortable at all! Just slightly unprepared for how tense I was! Haha) I just started laughing and said (on multiple occasions) that my muscles were a lot tighter than I thought (which was very true!)
At one point, he stepped out for a few minutes (I think it was a few minutes.. I was so relaxed that I started dozing off, so I really don't know) haha but once he came
Back, he acknowledged that he stepped away, and added a little time onto the actual massage. (Which I also really appreciated!)
Zakarie was very knowledgeable, and I really appreciated it! Towards the end, he helped loosen up the area between my shoulder and my peck (I don't remember what it's called now.. oops..) But I do remember him having me lay as flat as I could, but my shoulders were not touching the table... Which was SUPER WEIRD to have pointed out, because I never realized... But once he stretched my arms around a couple times, my shoulders basically splat back onto the table mostly relaxed. I was so surprised I was so tense, and still am surprised how off my shoulders were haha
Once the massage was over, he gave me some more information about how I could stretch, which was very helpful as well!
This was seriously one of my top 3 favorite massages I've ever gotten, and I learned some stuff too (which I always like!)
Honestly I probably missed a couple things, but overall I had a wonderful experience!
HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend.