Aromatherapy Massage At Home

September 5, 2009 | By admin In aromatherapy essential oils |

Aromatherapy massage combine the benefits of touch and therapeutic massage with the relaxing of aromatherapy essential oils.

During Aromatherapy massage, lymphatic drainage and muscular relaxation are encourage with every massage stroke, while essential oils enter our body through skin and olfactory system stimulate and promote a state of relaxation.

Different essential oils will have different properties, it is important you know what is your purpose of massage to help you choose the right essential oils to use. The Aromatherapy Essential Oils have many benefits, the common benefits included:

Relax - stress relief, reduce anxiety, depression, fatigue and promote good sleep.
Mood enhancement - improve sex life and sensual response.
Relief minor discomfort - headache, cold, cough, cut, burn.
Improve Immune system - boost system ability to fight off infection and disease.
Improve respiratory - ease asthma, bronchitis.
Improve circulatory- help in hypotension, high blood pressure, palpitations.
Improve memory - it trigger and recall memory, thus help in study too.

It is a great pleasure if we visit experienced professional massage therapist with better massage techniques. Usually, they give massage in a cosy room equipped with a special massage table, aromatherapy candles and relaxing gentle music of natural sounds that can make aromatherapy massage a unique experience.

Anyhow, you can also experienced a beneficial and delightful aromatherapy massage at home. Here are a few basic recommendations to help you in preparation for this wonderful experience.

First of all, find someone as your massage partner, perhaps a close friend or your spouse. Massage therapists use special massage table in their practice, but padded floor area will work at home. Bed is not firm enough and make it awkward for the masseuse. A large bath towel covered with a cotton bed sheet on floor work well enough for aromatherapy massage at home. Get another towel to cover your partner. Make sure the room is sufficiently heated, lights and dim, and outside noise is at minimum. Aromatic candle, soft background music or nature sound will encourage relaxation.

Following these helpful tips will ensure a positive experience of Aromatherapy Massage at home:-

Empty your bladder right before massage.
Massage stroke should be slow and gentle, each movement blending into the next.
Always massage towards heart, this encourage blood flow back to the heart.
Masseuse must be relaxed and comfortable before “working” on someone else.
Maintain constant contact with your partner’s body.
Keep parts not being massage covered and warm. Heat increase essential oils absorption.
Keep conversation to a minimum for relaxing and calming.
Prevent distraction like TV, telephone and etc.
Encourage feedback from partner for any discomfort or pain experienced.
Avoid applying pressure directly over spine and joints.
Avoid stimulant such as alcohol and caffeine.
Eat lightly before massage.
Drink plenty of water after massage.
Full body massage should be avoid if flu, fever or any serious condition exist.

A full aromatherapy massage may last 1 ~ 1 1/2 hours. If you or your partner find a full body massage too much to handle at first, you may want to practice back massages. This part of our bodies is often neglected because it is so difficult to reach ourselves. They are much easier to do and don’t take long. Give special attention to the lower back and neck area where we tend to store tension and stress. The skin on our backs is evenly distributed and thick, making it a perfect area for application of essential oils.

If you want to try aromatherapy massage at home, it is recommended that you gather more information before start. Learn more about the essential oils properties, suitable carrier oils to use, proper massage technique and also safety precautions of it. There are many books written about it , you may also find valuable information from the internet.

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