AYURVEDIC MASSAGE
Ayurveda, the oldest healing system in the world, which has been used in India for over 5000 years, employ massage as a basic therapy.
Abhyanga, Ayurvedic massage with warm oils, is a global, holistic massage which brings to the body as well as to the soul and spirit.
Oils ( sesame, coconut, mustard, olive, almond and so on…) are choosen accorded to the constitution of the beings : Vata (ether and air), Pitta (fire) or Kapha (water and earth), as well as to the season and to the age.
Stimulation of some of the marma points (107 vital points) has an action on the chakras (7 main energetic centers), circulation of prana (vital energy) is intensified in your whole body.
This massage strengthens the muscles and improves local and general nutrition of the body, it increase the blood circulation and helps to accelerate the lymphatic system which absorbs and eliminates many toxins. Millions of pores on the skin are cleaned and this indirectly helps the action of the lungs, large intestine and kidneys.
Abhyanga restores vitality, it helps keep you feeling young, vital, beautifull and healthy.
Other Ayurvedic treatments can be given too as for example Shirodhara (special neck face and head massage and then a stream massage pouring oil on the stapani marma, given for emotional and pshychological rebalancing) and the diverse Basti given on specific marmas as Udara Basti on the ombilicus, Ruda Basti on the heart, kati Basti on the sacrum.
Ayurvedic medecine treats the beings not only with herbs, plants, food and massages, yoga and meditation but through a deep changing of the habits of life. Claudine will be able to guide you too about those subjects.