Indian Head Massage is a popular treatment based on Ayruvedic techniques involving work on the upper back, shoulders, neck, scalp and face.
It has its roots deeply within Indian culture, originally forming part of the daily grooming ritual of Indian women and used as a means of bonding with family. It was brought to the West by Narendra Metha who refined the techniques and routines into a standardised form; he taught in England but his teachings spread worldwide swiftly.
The aim of Indian Head Massage is to relieve all areas of stress that tend to accumulate iespecially in and around the head, neck and facial areas.
Benefits of Indian Head Massage include:
| Psychological Benefits | Physiological Benefits: | - Helps to relieve pressure and stress
- Helps to balance the mind
- Helps to relieve low mood
- Aims to increase awareness and alertness
- Promotes relaxation
- Improves concentration
- Sense of calmness, peace and tranquillity
- Clearer thinking and focus
- Aids memory
- Helps with insomnia
- Renewed energy
- Chakra balancing and energetic healing
| - Eases tension within the muscles of the neck, shoulders and face
- Eases and aids joint mobility
- Improves and encourages Lymph drainage
- Encourages deeper breathing and thereby increasing the blood supply to all systems
- Relieves muscular pain and fatigue
- Improves muscle tone
- Improves circulationMay help remove surface adhesions e.g. blemishes
- Helps to alleviate eyestrain, migraine, headaches, blemishes and premature lining of the face caused by tension
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