Best Practices Guide for Ayurvedic Massage – Part II

All of the illness or medical constraints and limitation should never be kept hidden from the therapist to avoid any possible hazard or to ensure safe treatment. It also include pregnancy element for women who may expect or already pregnant, should explicitly convey to therapist so no harm is expected.

Having an Ayurvedic massage that last around 40-60 minutes, therapist may ask you questions or say different mantras to make you feel relaxed and are always according to your mindset so you may feel comfortable. However, you should respond to therapist questions and let him or her know about you so that he or she may deliver a fruitful massage that is just according to your skin and body type.

As Ayurvedic massages and treatments are much oil therefore you should either ask the therapist about the massage type to know what to wear or in general you should wear such clothes which are dispensable or could be thrown away.

After finishing up with the massage, you may take long and leisure bath to remove all of oils and herbs etc. and should take cool drink to relax and take rest for some time.

Having regular Ayurvedic treatment ensures your balanced health and well-being apart from relaxation and overall improved lifestyle.

Best Practices Guide for Ayurvedic Massage – Part I

There exist a variety of approaches and procedures that could be adopted for doing some job and some of them could be quite common and some might be the best to opt for maximum results. Same is the case with Ayurvedic massage, different aspects should be considered before, during and after the treatment which will help ripping off the maximum results. Following are some of the best practices that an individual should consider if willing to go for an Ayurvedic massage treatment.

One should be ready for the massage and should not be engaged in arduous tasks before the treatment because it will not yield the valuable results due to the strain and stress that might have caused due that hard job – so avoiding rough and tough tasks before the treatment is essential.

Since, all massages and treatments are tailored according to the nature and skin of the individual that include massage type, oils and herbals. Therefore, having a discussion with therapist to assist him designing a suitable massage and mixtures for you because not all oils are suitable for everyone and each person’s skin may be different or require certain oils or herbs which may not be suitable for anyone else.

The Essence of Rasayana Therapy - Ayurvedic Massage

What is Rasayana?
Rasyana therapy of Ayurveda which is defined as nourishment of all the tissues in the body. The term rasayana is actually a substitute for the word Dehan Siddi which means building up a strong body thats going to to last long. The term rasayana is build up from two separate words i.e. “Rasa” which means the very first liquid tissue that helps in nourishment of all the rest of the tissues in the body and “Ayana” which means in circle i.e. in complete circulation in terms of quality and quantity. 

Process of Ayurvedic Massage - Rasayana Therapy

Slowing Down The Process of Aging:

As rasa is termed as the very first liquid that helps in the nourishment of bodily tissues so basically this procedure is used for biochemical metamorphosis and this procedure is known to be Rasakriya. According to the practitioners of Ayurvedic Massage Rasayana therapy also helps in enhancement of senses, mind and intellect. This is a very important terms specially referring to the process of aging as nourishment of vital tissues helps in slowing down the process of aging. Along with this it also contributes to the enhancement of physical strength and immunity of an individual

A Powerful Mixture:

Another very interesting theory regarding rasayana is that when mixed with certain ingredients it can help an individual in resisting fire, water and other powerful elements. So according to the practitioners of Ayurvedic Massage the preparation was obtained by mixing up herbs in rasayana with milk, ghee, and honey and finally it was fermented and was filtered.