You should feel relaxed after your massage. There is often an initial period of feeling slowed down. But many people enjoy that time and then experience heightened awareness, increased energy and greater productivity. We suggest that you plan to have some quiet time for at least a half hour after your session, but then you can go back to any activity you prefer. As far as exercise, we suggest you try to exercise before your session. It warms up your muscles before your massage. It allows you to be done with the physical stress on your body. However, you can exercise after your session if you’d like. Since your muscles will be relaxed and feeling good, you might feel like you want to run longer, do an extra set of weight training or in some way work our more. We’d prefer you don’t do that. Give your muscles the chance to enjoy the benefits of the massage before you ask more of them.