Treatments

Hot Stone Therapy

Hot Stone therapy can help in the treatment of the following problems; muscular aches, pains, and strains, rheumatic and arthritic conditions, Multiple Sclerosis, Fibromyalgia, back pain, and insomnia. It also helps to improve circulation and can help reduce stress, anxiety, tension and depression.

In certain cases cold stones can also be used to help muscular injury and inflammation. Warm stones expand the blood vessels, helping to move blood faster round the body, sedating the nervous system. The application of cold stones stimulates the nervous system by causing the blood vessels to contract and increasing the lymph flow of waste materials round the body.

During a treatment the client lies on a couch or a series of flat hot and cool stones - covered by a thick towel - that trace the spine. The therapist applies oil to the skin and glides the stones across the body’s meridian lines. In some treatments large stones are placed on the body, in the palms of the hands, and coin-sized stones are lightly wedged between the toes. Heated Chakra stones align and balance chief energy centres, benefiting the whole body, not just specific areas.

Thai Herbal Massage

Thai Herbal compresses are traditionally used as a part of Thai Massage. Ground fresh or dried herbs are wrapped in a muslin cloth, and then steamed to release the potent qualities of the herbs. These hot herbal compresses, known as prakhop, are then systematically pressed over the body. In Thai medicine the body's vital life energy flows through Sen ChannelsThai massage treats the main Sen Channels helping to release blockages and stimulates stagnant areas The specific techniques of patting, pounding, pressing and pummelling all help with lymphatic flow