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Hot Stone Body Treatment
 Hot stone massage is a specialty massage that uses smooth, heated
stones. The stones are basalt, a black volcanic rock that absorbs
and retains heat well. The stones are heated using water, and the
ideal, safe temperature range of the heated water should range from
130 to 145’F
Hot Stone can be a dual purpose massage. Due to the heat of the
stones, it is always a highly relaxing, stress reduction massage.
The hardness of the stones allows the therapist to address specific
problem areas with more detailed work or deeper pressure.
The stones are used in two ways during the massage. One is 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 typically will be
along both sides of the spine, or along the chakra centers on top
and in the hands. 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 fantastic deep
tissue massage and is easy on the joints of the therapists hands.
The heat from the stones relaxes muscles, increase the blood flow to
the area being worked on which further accelerates the healing
process. The heat also greatly aids in mental relaxation.
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