Ayurvedic Massage is a brilliant healing art and an intricately crafted system of massage therapy. It is a form of oil massage that uses gliding movements along lines of tension and energetic distribution, as well as the treatment of pressure points, to restore health and wellness. Soothing therapeutic oils are applied and massaged onto the body, permeating the skin and having a healing effect throughout all of the bodies systems. It is a pleasurable and deeply relaxing full body massage. Strokes vary from deep to superficial and follow the flow of nerve pathways and energy channels. The massage caters to the recipients specific needs, providing deep tissue work if appropriate or taking on a gentler approach if required, addressing acute or general concerns, and always intuitively attuning to the best suited approach for the person undergoing treatment. Marma, vital acupressure points, are also stimulated in order to revitalize the entire body. This facilitates an opening and cleansing of the energetic pathways, allowing currents to flow freely throughout the system, engendering vitality. The bodywork techniques have a balancing effect on the body and mind.

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Ayurvedic massage promotes overall health, alleviates stress and fatigue, strengthens the nervous system, nourishes the bodily tissues, increases longevity, and enhances the process of purification and regeneration. It also focuses on releasing subconscious areas of tension and emotions stored in the bodies memory. The therapist navigates aches, pains and tissue tension to facilitate physical and emotional release and relief. The Ayurvedic word for oil is sneha: a term also synonymous with love, kindness and tenderness. Loving kindness and compassion are central to the practitioner’s disposition.

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Ayurvedic Massage comes out of the tradition of Ayurvedic Medicine. Ayurveda is one of the great ancient healing arts of the world, a medical tradition that has been practiced and refined for over five thousand years. Ayurveda is a deeply holistic health care system, of which massage is an integral component. The word Ayurveda is a sanskrit combination of the words Ayur meaning life and Veda meaning knowledge. What they realized in ancient India is as true as ever today, that massage is an essential element to living a healthy and fulfilling life. Massage is considered a sublime art in the Ayurvedic healing system and has been an important part of healing in India for thousands of years.