Hot Stone Massage
What happens with a hot stone massage:
Thermal conduction in the warm stones bring about local and systematic changes in the body, and influences the energy centers in the body and mind balancing. The use of massage techniques in conjunction with the stones helps produce energy that assists and directs vital flow to areas of blockage.
Techniques Used For Hot Stone Therapy:
- There are several ways to start off a session of stone therapy, but it usually begins with you reclining on a series of flat hot and cool stones, which are covered with a thick towel or by having your client lie face down. The stones are placed in such a way that it traces the spine. Within minutes it makes one feel relaxed and the breathing slows down.
- Different aromatic oils are applied to the body, and massaged over the skin. Then with an aromatherapy massage oil, use sweeping or light, strokes up the body and then down the arms and legs. Spread the oil lightly over your client’s body to make the stones glide in an easy manner.
The therapist glides these hot stones rhythmically across the meridian lines, starting at the foot the stones move up the leg, along side the torso and up the arm, right to the finger tip, all in a delicate non stop ritual. Change the stones for fresh ones as the used ones lose their heat. Keeping the pressure comfortable is very important, so the best technique is ongoing communication with the client.- The next is the touch on the chest and shoulders which receive the same mindful practice.
- Large stones are cradled in the palm and coin sized stones are lightly wedged between the toes.
- Heated chakra stones align and balance chief energy centers, sending their healing properties deep into the core.
- After the body has been calmed, the client is then made to lie on the stomach, as a large hot stone is placed on the cotton blanket, just above the tail bone supported by the sacrum.
- . The sequence of synchronized movement follow the peaks and curves of the body, careful not to cross the spine or come into contact with bones and joints.
- Cool stones are placed on key areas to alleviate stress.
- As one lies down, the warmth of the stones are felt on the body, and one feels relaxed and in harmony.
- The basalt volcanic stones are heated at a temperature of over a hundred degrees, in an oven of water bath, while the alternating marble stones are kept cool.
- This combination of stone compositions of hot and cold and varying temperatures brings about a truly beautiful experience.
