WHAT IS HOT STONE MASSAGE?

Hot stone massage is a deep massage that uses soothing oils, warm basalt and sometimes cold marble stones to relax your muscles.

WHAT IS HOT STONE MASSAGE GOOD FOR?

Hot stone treatments alternate warmth and cold -- a technique which has proven beneficial to soothe an aching body. There's a method behind the madness of leaping from a toasty sauna into an icy pool, and hot stone massage uses the same principle.

Hot stone massage combines relaxing warmth and refreshing coolness to encourage the body to detox and heal. This also increases lymph flow and helps to flush out waste.

Heat relaxes your body in a short space of time, so your therapist can focus on a deep working of the tissues using both hot stones and hand strokes.

Hot stones also increase your sense of relaxation and calm. They are coated in fragrant oil which is smoothed gently onto your body, and each stone in turn is worked by your therapist's hands.

PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS:

boost your circulation
release stored tension
recharge your energy levels
relax you

Hot stone massage is said to have health benefits for people with:

muscular pain
poor circulation
rheumatic and arthritic conditions
fibromyalgia
back pain
stress
insomnia
depression.

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM HOT STONE MASSAGE

Hot stone massage begins with placing warm, oiled stones on multiple acupressure pointsaround your body, perhaps even tiny ones between your toes. You may drift off into a dreamy state and lose track of where the hot stones are arranged.

Hot stone massage employs a variety of strokes and techniques using the stones and hands, working over kinks in your muscles. You are unlikely to feel the intensity, since your muscles will be relaxed by the heat of the stones. Your therapist may alternate between hot basalt stonesand much colder, marble stones. As your body sinks further into a state of relaxation, you may even stop noticing the extreme changes in temperature.

Hot stone massage should trigger a deeply relaxed, blissed-out and meditative state.

During hot stone massage, your body is not only weighted down with hot, smooth stones, but the masseuse also uses the stones to massage your body. It's like being caressed by the smoothest (rollerball-like) hands.A hot stone massage is mostly relaxing, but it also is more invigorating than your run-of-the-mill massage, thanks to the almost-too-much heat bringing you back to focus on the moment instead of letting you drift off. The heat helps release the tension in your back and shoulders, mostly, so those muscles can be worked on more effectively.

PRICE

30 minute treatment £40

45 minute treatment £50

60 minute treatment £60

90 minute treatment £100

2 hours treatment £140

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