Hot Stone Therapy

Hot Stone Therapy is a type of massage treatment. It combines a traditional, deep massage with the use of smooth, heated stones, which are used to warm and relax the muscles.

The stones used are made from dense, volcanic rock, which has its own special energy and healing properties. They hold their heat for a long time and release it slowly. After applying oil to your skin, the therapist glides the stones across your body’s meridian lines. This harmonizes, restores and rejuvenates your body at its deepest level.

Hot stone massage therapy has been used in different cultures for many years. Healers used rocks from river beds and warmed them either in hot coals or hot water. This ancient healing therapy was rediscovered in 1993 by Mary Nelson in Arizona, USA.

The placing of the stones before a massage, can make it a deeper and more intense experience. The heat penetrates the body, harmonizing, restoring and rejuvenating the body physically, mentally and spiritually.

Hot stone therapy is helpful in the treatment of many problems including muscular aches, pains, and strains, rheumatic and arthritic conditions, Multiple Sclerosis, Fibromyalgia, back pain, and insomnia. It also helps to improve circulation and to reduce stress, anxiety, tension and depression.