THAI OIL (AROMATHERAPY) MASSAGE
Thai oil massage, also called Thai aroma massage, is a combination of traditional Thai massage and special Thai and essential massage oils.
Aroma massage harnesses the body’s sense of smell to help relieve stress, boost moods and improve general wellbeing. However, contrary to popular belief, aroma massage isn’t all just about scent. The oils from fruits, plants, herbs or flowers are also carried into the blood stream when rubbed into the skin.
Aroma massage involves the use of essential oils hat have been extracted from naturally-occurring materials. Because they’re natural there is less chance of developing allergies to them. Essential oils are far from being a new phenomenon, despite being considered by some to be “new age”. In fact, they’ve been around since ancient times and are used in cultures around the world.
There’s a huge selection of essential oils to choose from and each type of essential oil has its own unique health giving properties. Your massage therapist will discuss with you and together you will find the single essential oil or formula that has the healing properties right for you.
In addition to the benefits traditional Thai massage, the specific healing properties of the plants, flowers, and roots will help alleviate a variety of ailments.
Some plants are “super plants” and have healing properties for a variety of ailments. For example, lavender helps heal a variety of ailments including burns, fevers, fractures, cuts, headaches, heat exhaustion and heatstroke, infections, incest bites, jet lag, over exercised muscles, physical exhaustion, rashes, sleepiness, sprains, swellings, vomiting.
However, more common is that different plants hold healing properties for specific problems. For example, a variety of different oils work help cure different types of sports injuries. What works best is when the therapist combines individual oils into formulas to maximize the healing properties of single oils and create a synergistic effect to heal an ailment. This is a holistic approach to healing.
Additionally, the carrier lotions and oil that essential oils are blended into help smooth your skin and give you healthy looking skin.