What happens to your body in an hour of massage?

27 September 2026

Surely, if you're a massage enthusiast, you will have read quite a few times that massage helps reduce cortisol (the stress hormone) and toxins, while increasing serotonin and dopamine (associated with well-being and pleasure).

It is clear that massage makes us feel better, but we genuinely haven't found any studies that can prove this claim.

It could be true. These kinds of studies are very difficult to carry out; maybe nobody has found a way to prove it, or maybe it's a myth. I have no idea. Science always wants to disprove things with placebos, and there is no way to give a placebo massage. Besides, there are countless different massages and techniques.

If this has made you want to try it: a one-hour session.

I can tell you what you will feel after an hour's massage at Evaluna. We don't have a scientific study, but we do have masseuses with years of experience and I have personally received hundreds of massages.

Our masseuses won't hurt you, won't look for knots, won't stand on you or use their elbows. Unless you specifically request a "decontracting massage prior to erotic massage. We will stick to the massage that interests us and sets us apart.

You'll start face down, freshly showered. The room will be at a suitable temperature, between 22 and 25 degrees, so you can be comfortably undressed.

The masseuse will come to you. We don't have set 'pases' (as the mechanical parts of each massage are known in massage jargon). The masseuse will start with your back or your legs; she will decide on the spot: experience tells them the optimal place to start.

The caresses will be gentle and slow. Depending on your skin, she will start without oil or begin applying our odourless, colourless oil all over the back of your body.

Their movements are not random: they know exactly where the mirrors are and, depending on whether you placed your head to the right or left, they will position themselves so you can enjoy their touch and their sensual movements with your own eyes.

Minutes after the first caress, the touch of the masseuse's hands will become a familiar sensation, and the initial excitement of seeing an attractive naked body and the electricity of the first touches will fade away.

Time stands still. You will enter a constant present, everything ceases to matter, the mind disconnects to let our more primitive side receive all the sensations of pleasure and connection.

Depending on your tastes, your movements and the masseuse's perception, the caresses will focus more on the upper, lower or middle area. She will explore you with her lips, you will feel her breath, even her soft moans.

The masseuse will cover her body with oil and use her breasts and hips to continue the massage. Excitement rises immediately: that state of tranquillity and endless present is replaced by wonderful pleasure.

At this point in the massage, your body and mind have left stress behind and are beginning to activate all the pleasure receptors. It seems like 5 minutes have passed, but surely 30 or 40 have already gone by.

It's time to turn over. By this stage, such a deep connection has been created with the masseuse that you feel no shame or discomfort. Quite the opposite: the sense of familiarity and well-being is incredible, it's like being with a person who knows everything about you.

Both of you are now slick with oil. The massage can begin with your feet or your neck, depending on what feels right, but no more oil is needed for the moment.

The masseuse slowly travels over every centimetre of your skin. The connection is so deep that she immediately senses where you like it most.

In the case of women, there is always one breast that is more sensitive than the other; by playing from one to the other for a few seconds, you will hear a moan or feel a slight movement of the body where she feels the most pleasure. If it is a "couples massage, this is one of the most interesting moments: when the woman begins to writhe with pleasure and her partner notices it.

For men it varies a lot: some love the neck, the nipples… Don't worry, she will guess your favourite spot.

Things start to get interesting. Desire takes hold of your body, tranquillity fades and your eyes can't believe the spectacle they see, both in front of you and through the mirrors.

There's no need to go to the genitals yet, however much you desire it: the feet, legs, groin, inner thigh are the preferred places at this moment.

At this point everything is pure intuition. She will drizzle oil on her breasts to glide them over your body, oil her buttocks to caress your torso, move behind you to massage your neck, or go straight to your genitals. This moment is pure magic: nothing is planned. Surely, on another occasion, in another massage, it will also be completely different.

It seems like only seconds have passed, but the massage is almost over. You may not realise it, but you are more than ready: in one or two minutes, an uncontrollable ecstasy takes hold of you.

We haven't finished yet. There are still caresses to come, a gentle and thorough cleaning of the whole area. The body's state has just changed dramatically. Excitement gives way to calm, relaxation, peace.

This is when the most honest conversations arise. The masseuse is ready to listen to you and pamper you for a few more minutes. The entire state of body and mind has changed, everything is harmonised now.

It's time to have a shower and return to the normal world.

Your body has gone through moments of relaxation, anxiety, pleasure, and has ended up in a wonderful state of well-being. Cortisol has dropped, dopamine has appeared, everything is in much better balance than when you arrived just an hour ago.

We don't have a scientific article to back this up. We hope you'll come and tell us about your experience.