Indian Head Massage
Indian Head Massage
Indian Head Massage is an ancient therapy originally derived from a rich cultural tradition of family massage and grooming. It is now recognised as a means of providing relief from aches and strains of modern living. Stress creates tension and pain in the muscles, particularly in the area of the head, neck and shoulders. Indian head massage is specifically designed to treat these areas, thus relieve tension, improve blood flow and restore wellbeing in the body, mind and soul. The head, neck and shoulders are important energy centres within the body. By concentrating on these centres with the power of touch and massage a great deal of anxiety, emotion and tensions that accumulates in everyday life will be released.
Approaches to massage - Energy based and Physiological
These two approaches can be defined according to which part of the world you come from. In the East, energy based approaches are defined as a universal life force which enters and leaves the body at energy centres known as chakras. The life force runs through the body along special channels or meridians. If this life force is blocked along its channel through muscle tension or injury then pain or illness will result.
Physiological based approach to muscular based massage is adopted in the Western world, which focuses on the muscular skeletal system.
By using thumb and hand pressure to massage muscles, energy blocks can be released, enabling the body to balance and energy flow freely once more through the body. Oxygenation of blood to the tense muscles also gives relief and enables to body to detoxify. Therapeutic touch massage communicates warmth, gives reassurance, alleviates aches and pains by sending healing signals to the brain.
Indian head massage is highly effective in dealing with:
- Physical and emotional complaints
- Especially stress related muscular disorders
- Headaches
- Hormonal imbalances
- Blocked sinuses/asthma
- Protects against colds
- Keeps muscles supple and mobilises the joints
When you receive an Indian head massage you will be coaxed from emotional and occupational stresses and brought into the intense arena of the here and now. The importance of this kind of non-verbal communication can never be underestimated in our increasingly impersonal and detached society.