6 massages for the soul

The skin is our deepest emotional archive: it preserves sensations that we don’t even remember. The massages take us back to the moment when our mother caressed us, held us and tucked us in to make us feel protected.

1. Arun, conscious touch

Arun means “morning light” and expresses the expansion of consciousness brought by this loving, relaxed, and presence-filled way of playing. A good professional from Arun develop love and gratitude by the mystery of his own body and inner consciousness. She has learned to feel the touch, without judging, analyzing or comparing, to touch the natural life of the body with an attitude of unconditional acceptance. Use your touch in ways that help body and mind relax and the inner consciousness expands.

2. Ayurvedic treatments

Massage is one of the star treatments of the ayurveda, the traditional medicine of India. Touch purifies the body on a physical and emotional level, mobilizing the mechanisms of self healing of the body and rebalancing the three doshas constitutional vata (wind), pitta (bile) and kapha (phlegm). With pindas containing herbs soaked in hot oils the whole body is massaged about 60 minutes. The oils are chosen based on the patient in order to revitalize organs damaged by stress and poor nutrition.

3. Bioenergetic therapy

Some call it the “soul massage” because open the door to release the locks that are enclosed in the body through relaxation, breathing and precise movements that help release tension Characteristics that configure the posture of the person. The technique was developed by Alexander Lowen from the findings of Wilhem Reich. The muscles are worked on, but also the circulatory and lymphatic systems, as well as the subtle and emotional body.

4. Californian or Esalen

He was born in the 1960s at the Esalen Institute (California), where Gestalt therapy was developed. His long, flowing, integrating movements serve as the foundation for a wide variety of deep contact techniques. It is performed with hands, forearms and elbows using oil on the naked body. It stands out for the quality of the contact with touches at different rhythms and pressures from a meditative mind. Deep breathing helps to release tension and get in touch with the sensation.

5. Diaphreotherapy or “diaphreo”

It is based on the concept of muscle chains developed by Françoise Mezières. This French physiotherapist stressed that the muscle chains are interconnected, that is to say, that when one lengthens another shortens, and that tensions and bad habits contract them and affect their movement. It also gives importance to the diaphragm as a determining muscle of body posture. Through stretching techniques and contact acts on the psychic, physical and energetic structures of the body.

6. Watsu, water massage

This fusion of the word water (toilet) and shiatsu arose in California at the Harbin Hot Springs spa at the hands of Harold Dull, a connoisseur of hydrotherapy and a lover of Japanese massage. It is defined as a aquatic meditation which, taking advantage of the weightlessness of the water, leads to deep relaxation and helps to recover sensations of well-being typical of the maternal womb. while the masseuse holds, stretches, swings and hugs Inside the water, the connection with the unconscious and the most primitive self is fostered.