Each of us dreams of maintaining physical activity and mental vigor for a long time, which are often undermined by the modern hustle and bustle of life. One of the ways to achieve this is Ayurvedic massage. We will discuss it further.
About the procedure and its differences
It has long been known about the fundamental difference between Eastern and European methods of healing. In the East, they focus on the cause of pathologies, while in Europe, they treat the ailment that has already undermined the body. Even the name of the ancient Indian healing method Ayurveda translates as ayur - life, veda - knowledge, i.e. - “Knowledge of life”. This constitutes its main essence, which involves harmonizing the body’s energy balance. Now no one doubts the effective impact of this teaching, one of whose therapeutic techniques is Indian massage. Its main goal is not so much to promote physical relaxation, to affect areas affected by the ailment, but to ensure psychological calmness, to create conditions for the free movement of energy flows. After all, their imbalance, as Ayurveda indicates, underlies the occurrence of various pathologies.
Types of massage
Ayurvedic massage involves many types, which differ from each other in the area of impact and the technical methods used, for example:
- Abhyanga - indicated for daily use. Its main task is prevention in order to maintain the balance of the so-called doshas . A special feature of Abhyanga is that the massage in the form of the same weak pressures is performed simultaneously by two specialists standing on either side of the patient. All this contributes to slowing down aging, stimulates the process of body renewal at the cellular level, improves skin turgor, provides good sleep and relieves muscle fatigue;
- Marma - refers to one of the oldest techniques, named in connection with its main task - working out certain points of the body (marmas), where energy accumulates, affecting the regulation of the activity of internal organs. Massage is often used for the face, where there are many acupuncture points. Usually, Indian Marma massage is performed after Abhyanga. Ayurveda claims that this combination perfectly starts self-healing processes in the body;
- Shirodhara - involves massaging the head. For several minutes, a warm oil stream is poured into the area of the so-called third eye (above the bridge of the nose), which causes relaxation. This massage effectively relieves headaches and migraines, helps overcome insomnia, and has a healing effect on the psychological state as a whole.
Procedure
Ayurvedic massage has its own rules of conduct. The main one is that the session should be carried out on an empty stomach for the patient. This can be morning or evening time.
- sunflower;
- olive;
- corn;
- sesame;
- mustard;
- coconut;
- castor. But there may also be oils made according to ancient Indian advice, which are often combined with medicinal herbs. All this is used in a heated form.
Benefits
Even a small number of professionally performed Ayurvedic massage sessions significantly improve health. It helps to solve many health problems:
- restore physical and psychological strength;
- improve blood circulation, lymph flow;
- solve the problem of cholesterol accumulation;
- ensure calm and deep sleep;
- relieve pain caused by osteochondrosis;
- prevent joint diseases;
- regulate blood pressure;
- relieve headaches;
- calm the nervous system.
Contraindications
Due to the fact that this massage differs in its powerful effect on the body, there are a number of contraindications for its conduct, including:
- allergy to oils and herbs used in manipulations;
- colds;
- runny nose;
- cough;
- acute skin diseases;
- digestive disorders;
- fever;
- oncology in any of its manifestations. This procedure is also not indicated for pregnant women.
