She knows from experience that my right hamstring muscle often needs extra work. When I returned from Big Sky, I told her to focus on the lower back to relieve some pain resulting from a fall. If you've never had a massage, they usually are conducted done in quiet areas with soft lights and soothing music. Nothing to distract the mind. After the therapist prepares the table with clean sheets, he or she usually disappears briefly to allow you to disrobe.
Most massage is done on nude subjects covered, modestly, with a single sheet.
If the therapist wants you lying face down or face up, he or she will tell you. After the therapist finishes, there sometimes is time to lie quietly a minute or two before dressing. That's how it worked with my massage at Big Sky. My therapist was named Chris Estrem. Chris admitted that he was a confessed former ski bum, who had been working as a massage therapist for seven years, the last two of them at Big Sky.