Did you know Denis created MELT to hook up with Emma? This is the truth behind the world-first massage videos, as told by Denis.

MELT was my way to grab Emma’s attention… and personally speaking, I think it was a stroke of genius!

Back then we were so young (I was 25, she was 21). Emma and I would flirt and crush on each other but it never went further than that. We never kissed, or held hands… oh man, I was infatuated with her. I spent countless hours figuring out ways to make her fall in love with me! So I decided to play to my strengths.

At that age my massage career was beginning to take off; my massage business was sweeping through Melbourne and I was creating a bit of a name for myself, massaging super celebrities when they came to town on tour… Art Garfunkel, Pearl Jam… and a whole bunch more. I’d even set up a massage clinic in the snowfields and was rocking it during the ski season. I was busy running a business and managing staff and bookings… teaching couples massage just wasn’t on my radar. Hooking up with Emma… well, that was definitely on the to-do list – I just needed a clever way to make that happen.

I created the first version of MELT as a way to secretly woo her – my massage was brilliant (I knew that for sure), why not use my skill set to impress her? I told her that I was starting a new business (well, I wasn’t discounting that possibility) and needed someone to test the routine on. No massage-loving girl could resist that invite!

The first massage was intense. We were pretty good friends already, but this was intimacy on a whole new level. I’d promised her I wouldn’t make any moves, and I didn’t. But lo and behold, just a few short hours after we’d finished the massage, she kissed me!

We started dating after that. And the rest, as they say, is history.

For months I was referred to as “the masseur” among her girlfriends. As in, “And how are things with you and The Masseur?”

I massaged Emma a lot that year and the original version of MELT was far too raw to teach. At this point it was something that we were only using in our own relationship – and besides, my business was in a major growth phase and taking most of my attention.

I had no desire to release the MELT massage routine to the public; it was my little massage routine, created just for our burgeoning relationship.

Denis & Emma – Row Boat Date Idea

Denis’ chances of hooking up with Emma

94%

Using Massage

14%

Being a typical Boy

76%

Being Funny and Spontaneous

4%

Flashing Money Around

63%

Being Charming & Creative Date Ideas

Over next 12 months we experimented with MELT, looking for the best way to massage at home.

Eventually I tweaked the routines to make it safe for a group environment and then asked our friends and family to join us for a test run. It was a huge success. We had something great, we knew that. Now we just needed to be able to bottle it, and replicate.

The first ever release of MELT: Massage for Couples happened in 2006 – a live workshop. Two couples showed up – eek! Actually for a long time we often had one, two and sometimes zero couples!

My “real” massage career was still booming, and so MELT took a backseat as a side project. In fact the small workshops helped me get direct feedback on the strokes, what worked and what didn’t. I could work directly with couples to fix their technique and it allowed me to polish my teachings. I dropped techniques, added news ones. I found better way to explain things, including some fun names for the massage strokes so that couples could easily remember the techniques. I didn’t know it at the time, but this was trial and error at its best.

The years rolled by, and MELT remained a hobby. Organically the techniques changed and were adjusted according to how couples would interact with each other in the workshops; they became polished and more effective. Though our numbers were small, everyone who attended loved what we were teaching. Word started getting out; we began being reviewed in newspapers, magazines, on blogs and even TV.

Soon the workshops started selling out, it feels like I blinked and we had gone from four people in a class to 50!

More workshops were added, two and sometimes three in just one day to meet demand.

Six years have now gone by… we’ve taught hundreds and hundreds of couples. MELT was good, actually it was really good! The bigger class size made for bigger laughs, and I noticed myself looking for ways to not only teach massage strokes but also entertain and create a fun and exciting atmosphere.

I can confidently tell you that nothing like MELT exists in the world. Seriously, I’ve researched. No one is teaching couples how to massage this way, nothing this intuitive or easy to follow. Everyone teaches couples how to massage as if they’re teaching massage therapists which doesn’t make sense to me.

It could have turned out soo cheesy! Yikes!!

The MOST important massage tip you’ll ever learn

Couples Massage Tips

The single most important tip I’ll ever teach you. Mold your hands to your partner’s body:
Keep your palms down and fingertips down.

Even just watching this you can see it feels amazing. It looks like the perfect stroke. Follow along to this technique and your partner will fall in love with your hands too – it’s so easy!

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It’s visually stunning! It could have turned out so cheesy…

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The massage strokes are really easy to follow along to, although the Australian accent could do with a bit of polishing.

In February 2014, we put MELT onto video. A lot of time and careful thought went into development. We knew the techniques were already good, with eight years of experience playing with them, this was the easy part. Delivering a video that was classy, easy to watch, understand and follow-along to would be the difficult part – it could have turned out so cheesy!

I’m not too humble to say that the MELT video series has been my second stroke of genius (second to the massage that scored me my wife, that is!)

We split the massage techniques into three routines that couples can use for a simple stay at home date idea. The videos are accessible on any device and streamed online and they’re short… an average of 4 minutes per video makes it easy to follow along to. That is what I’m proud of most! You’re not forced to commit to an entire 90 minute DVD (seriously, who has time?) you can work at your own pace, and set aside just 15-20 minutes.

And when you split it over 3 separate date ideas, it’s not daunting at all – learn a few massage techniques and then put it into a little massage routine. Each series adds onto the previous one, making your routines longer each time, adding more massage time, more moments where your partner can “mmm” and “ahh” and fall in love with your hands.

I’ve achieved a lot in my 14 year massage career. I’ve trained and developed some of Australia’s brightest massage practitioners, massage colleges have asked me to join their team, I’ve lectured at universities, massaged some major celebrities, important politicians, sports stars, billionaires, musicians, actors, seriously the list is so long that I’ve long forgotten most of the celebrities.

I’ve been very blessed with my profession… but nothing makes me more proud than the creation of MELT: Massage for Couples. I regard this as my biggest career achievement, an opportunity to guide couples all over the world with what I think are my finest massage techniques. Emma and I are floored with the amazing reviews and feedback that comes pouring in from all corners of the globe. And we are so happy we decided to share our little massage routine with other couples.

If you do ever take a chance to follow my massage guide, I promise you I won’t let you down.

Cheers,

Denis.

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