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Do you avoid basic 'belly-work'...even with pregnant clients?

I've found many workshop participants are uncomfortable performing hands-on abdominal work, i.e., pelvic and respiratory diaphragm releases and sometimes even superficial belly techniques. This seems particularly true when working with pregnant clients/patients.

Do you feel belly-work is under-emphasized in massage trainings? Does the area hold too much emotion or possibly too intimate for some? I've written a short e-newsletter & posted a video showing some basic useful structural techniques that allow for proper draping @ http://erikdalton.com/NewslettersOnline/Sept_09_Newsletter.htm

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Comment by Darcy Neibaur on September 12, 2009 at 12:59pm: I do feel that basic belly work is not emphasized enough in school. I have no problem doing basic belly work as that is all I know to do at this time. When it is asked for I massage the belly. I have heard therapists refuse to do belly work by just saying they don't do it. I have no problem doing the belly or receiving work on my belly. It is all benificial to me.

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