Centuries old, but now "hot" again!
The Hot Stone massage is a wonderful body treatment method based on the idea that body, mind, spirit and soul are working as one. Since humans have been on earth, stones have been used for tools and aids. For example, stones were used as heating on cold nights. Hot Stone massage is an age-old ritual that served as a basis for relaxation and unwinding.
The Greeks and Romans used the hot stones in their bathhouses for massage and the Incas and Maoris also used the hot stones in various rituals to prevent diseases and disorders. Here the stones were placed on the acupuncture points and smoothed over the meridian paths.
For Hot Stone massage it is best to use natural basalt stones, which used to be lava and therefore carried the heat of mother earth. Ended up in river beds with the lava flow and has lain there for centuries, hence the soft and smooth and often beautiful round shapes. Because they were in the riverbeds, they had to deal with all elements of the weather and that is why basalt can adapt so easily from cold to warm or from hot to cold, etc. These stones are therefore extremely suitable for the Hot Stone massage.
During a Hot Stone massage, the basalt stones are heated to a temperature between 45-50 degrees. The pressure of the warm stones on the skin causes the heat to penetrate deep into your muscles. The effect of the stones is detoxifying, draining and relaxing. The stones also have a strong magnetic force.
Hot Stone massage is a combined way of relaxing massage, enriched with pleasantly warm smooth basalt stones with massage oil and aromatherapy. The massage has a deep relaxing and healing effect, from the effect that the blood and lymph fluid flow better. Blockages in muscle tissue are resolved more easily, not only by the massage but also by the heat.
This ultimate relaxation removes stress from the body, relaxes you mentally and gives your body renewed energy.
In short, a Hot Stone session is a unique relaxing experience with a beneficial effect.
Massaging with these warm stones is pure pampering and relaxation at its finest.
You can't really explain this, you just have to come to my practice and experience it!
I hope to see you soon!
Linda Jane