Hot Stone Massage

Sandi has attended an intensive course, and is fully qualified in the treatment and massage with hot stones. The smooth stones are used during the massage to impart heat onto the body by laying stones under the client with a layer of fabric between the client and stone (a sheet or towel) and/or on top of the client, again upon a towel. Stone layout will usually be along both sides of the spine, or along the chakra centers on top, with one placed in each hand. While these layout stones are delivering concentrated centers of heat, the therapist is simultaneously massaging the client with oiled, heated stones held in the palm of the hand with firm strokes along the muscles of the legs, arms, and torso areas.An authentic hot stone massage is not simply the “gliding” of heated stones lightly upon the surface of the skin, but rather the stones are used as tools to deliver effective tissue and muscle massage at a pressure level comfortable to the client. The client can request light, medium or deep pressure, which is the beauty of the hot stone massage technique. It can be customized in an instant to the request of the client. The hardness of the stones makes for a deep tissue massage and is easy on the joints of the therapists hands. The heat from the stones relaxes muscles, increases the blood flow to the area being worked on, which further accelerates the healing process. This increase in circulation and the relaxation of the muscles also aids in mental relaxation.