massage · Schiphol · From €180
Tantra massage at Schiphol, and why the second session differs
In one paragraph
Tantra massage is paced on breathing rather than on a sequence of strokes, and it asks real patience of the guest. That is exactly why it pairs well with repeat visits. A first session is often spent learning how slow it really is and letting go of the habit of waiting for the next thing. A second, with the same therapist or a different one, tends to be the session people describe afterwards, because the pace no longer surprises them and they can simply follow it. For a traveller who spends the week reacting to delays, meetings and gate changes, an evening organised around nothing happening quickly is its own relief. It is also the format to consider on a night when you are wide awake at an hour you should be asleep, which a crew rotation produces reliably.
Where it comes from
Tantra is a set of religious and philosophical traditions from the Indian subcontinent, many centuries old. The massage format carrying the name is far more recent, a Western adaptation from the late twentieth century that borrowed ideas about breath and attention rather than any ritual, and it should be understood that way.
The technique
Breath sets the tempo. Strokes are long, slow and joined up, with deliberate stillness between sequences, and the pressure is lighter than in a clinical massage. She watches the breathing and adjusts to it, which is why the same therapist a second time often feels quicker to settle: she already knows how you breathe when you are finally relaxed.
What to expect
The opening is slower than in other formats: a few minutes of sitting, a few instructions about breathing, and an agreement about pace. She names her limits in her own words at the start, and they stand for the visit. The massage itself uses oil and long, deliberate strokes, with pauses that are part of the work rather than gaps in it. Guests are asked to breathe with the rhythm rather than talk through it. Most say the first half hour feels unusually slow and the second half hour passes far faster than it should.
Who it suits
The returning guest who has booked sensual massage a few times and wants something slower still. Crews awake at the wrong hour. Anyone whose working week consists of reacting quickly to things. Less suited to a night with only an hour to spare.
Benefits
An hour or two in which attention is deliberately slowed. For a mind that has been scanning departure boards and inboxes all week, that change of pace is the point, and the calm tends to last into the following morning.
At your address
Tantra massage brought to a room at Schiphol by arrangement or anywhere in central Amsterdam, outcall only, usually booked at ninety minutes or two hours by guests who return to it.
Length
Ninety minutes is the sensible minimum, and two hours is common among guests who have booked it before. Sixty minutes is possible but ends the session before the pace has had time to settle.
Related formats
- Format
- Tantra Massage
- Family
- massage
- Lengths
- 60 min 90 min 2 hours 3 hours overnight
- Given
- Outcall only
- Arrival, Amsterdam
- 40 to 60 min
- Guests
- Twenty-one or over
One guest, one therapist
The rates
- 1 hour€180
- 2 hours€360
- 3 hours€540
- Overnight (8h)€1,250
All taxes includedSchiphol carries the city figures
Asked before the first booking
Questions
Does a first tantra booking need any preparation on my side?
No. She explains the breathing at the start in a few sentences, and nothing more is asked of you than following the pace she sets.
Why do regulars say the second session is different?
Because the slowness no longer surprises them. The first time, part of the hour goes on noticing how unhurried it is. The second time, that part goes to the massage itself.
Can I book tantra for a crew rest period at an odd hour?
Yes. Give the hour in Amsterdam time and say whether the room is at Schiphol, and the journey time is agreed before anything is fixed.
On the roster for this format
Who gives it
Write, and the thread does the rest
Send the week
Give the building, the hour in Amsterdam time and how long you want, and a name, a figure and a journey time come back in the same thread. A second trip needs far less typing than a first.
Book on WhatsApp How a booking runs
Longer questions go to contact@massageatschiphol.com, read more slowly than a booking thread.