Indian Head Massage
Head massages originated as part of the ancient Indian practice of medicine, called Ayurveda, based on balancing the body, mind and spirit to promote a long life. Ancient Indians believed that massage of all types, used with herbs, spices and oils, promoted strong muscles and skin, good health and encouraged the body's natural healing powers.
Indian women began offering head massages to their daughters more than 1,000 years ago. They combined them with oils, which included coconut, almond, olive and buttermilk, to keep their hair in good condition. This tradition has been passed on in Indian families from one generation to the next. Indian barbers have also made head massages part of the hair cutting treatment for men, as a means to refresh their clients.
Traditional Indian head massage originally included just a massage of the scalp and hair. However modern Indian head massage include neck, face and shoulders as well. It is a seated massage working on the upper back, shoulders, neck, head and face and can be applied through clothes or directly on to the skin using oil.
Indian Head Massage has many benefits including:
Indian women began offering head massages to their daughters more than 1,000 years ago. They combined them with oils, which included coconut, almond, olive and buttermilk, to keep their hair in good condition. This tradition has been passed on in Indian families from one generation to the next. Indian barbers have also made head massages part of the hair cutting treatment for men, as a means to refresh their clients.
Traditional Indian head massage originally included just a massage of the scalp and hair. However modern Indian head massage include neck, face and shoulders as well. It is a seated massage working on the upper back, shoulders, neck, head and face and can be applied through clothes or directly on to the skin using oil.
Indian Head Massage has many benefits including:
- It will immediately relieve stress and promote relaxation, allowing for a deeper sense of wellbeing and relaxation and opening your body to better rest. This can help to improve sleep problems.
- It will reduce the kind of tension in the upper back, neck and head which often leads to migraines, headaches and back pain.
- Massaging the head encourages the supply of oxygen to the brain and is said to help reduce anxiety and of lift one’s mood. Oxygen helps you think clearly and creatively. Often we have short-term memory difficulties because our brains are overloaded with disorganised thoughts, making it very difficult for us to efficiently ‘log’ and collect thoughts and occurrences.
- Indian Head Massage slows us down, sense awareness takes over, thoughts quieten and our memory capabilities can be refreshed. Think of it like someone pressing your ‘reset’ button.
- It can renew energy levels; by working on the Ayurvedic concept which goes beyond the limits of healing and places emphasis on balance. Working on the chakras through Indian Massage has a powerful effect in bringing the energy of the body back into balance.
- Indian Head Massage is detoxifying; it stimulates and improves lymphatic drainage and blood flow to the neck thus helping to remove waste products from the body.
- A lovely side effect of the Indian Head Massage (if you’re trying to grow your hair anyway…) is that the massage increases nourishment and oxygen to the scalp and hair follicle which in turns stimulates hair growth.
**Your first session of Indian head massage will include an initial consultation to determine your present and past health and lifestyle, so as to tailor the massage to suit your needs. This will take approximately 1 hour 15 minutes. Thereafter, sessions are 30 or 60 minutes in duration.
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Hathi Therapies would advise against relying on any complimentary therapy over seeking medical advice and treatments recommended by medical specialists but massage can be used as a complimentary therapy alongside conventional treatment. It is certainly an effective form of relaxation and beneficial for muscle strain and tension.
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