​Re-Balance Your Energies with an Indian Head Massage

An Indian head massage is a relaxing holistic treatment that uses acupressure massage on the head, face, neck and shoulders to re-balance your body's energies. It concentrates on your Higher Chakras - your Energy Epicentre.

What is an Indian Head Massage?

Indian head massage is an ancient therapeutic treatment that has been practiced in India for thousands of years. Part of the Hindu health care practice of Ayurveda, Indian head massage focuses on your head, neck and shoulders and was originally used to improve scalp and hair condition. It is a deep massage, using a variety of pressure and techniques, including circular massage strokes on your scalp, deep tissue work on your shoulders, and stretching the neck. 

This form of massage focuses on the three higher "chakras" - mind, body and spirit and as such hits your energy epicentre. A good Indian head massage will relax you. It's more than this. It can make you feel detached and serene, leave you sighing and wordless, but also alert and clear-headed, alleviating brain-fog and stress. The use of fragrant oils mixed enhances the experience. ​

​Even if you don't experience this level of relaxation, this massage treatment offers all kinds of other benefits. It may relieve aches, pains and tension in your neck, back and shoulders, improve the texture of your hair and encourage it to grow. An Indian head massage stimulates the flow of blood, lymph and oxygen in your upper body, and therefore may clear your sinuses, relieve stress and help you sleep better. And because it is said to help cure headaches (even migraine), eye strain and anxiety, some say an Indian head massage can help you to concentrate better at work.

Why not follow an Indian head massage with a reiki boost? One of my most popular therapies, you enjoy 45 mins of relaxing massage and then 15 minutes of lovey healing reiki energy, a perfect way to unwind and restore energy.​

Benefits of an Indian Head Massage

Indian Head Massage is a holistic and complementary treatment, a natural approach and many people say they find it helpful for maintaining general health and well-being. It offers benefits for a wide range of aches and pains and can promote deep relaxation, helping to relieve stress and revitalise the body, so is a perfect complementary therapy to have alongside Reiki.

Indian Head Massage massage focuses on the three higher "chakras" - mind, body and spirit and as such hits your energy epicentre. Designed to relax you, it's more than this. It can make you feel detached and serene, leave you sighing and wordless, but also alert and clear-headed, alleviating brain-fog and stress.

What to Expect

You can either lie on the couch or, for a more traditional head massage, sit in the comfy massage chair.  If having a seated treatment you can choose to remain fully clothed. It's a good idea not to have too many layers as I will want to massage your neck and shoulders, even your upper back, so a polo neck is a bad idea, as is complicated or tight-fitting underwear. I also provide an Indian Head Massage with you laying on the therapy couch. If you are to be lying on the massage couch you will be asked to remove any upper body clothing so that an upper back massage can be fully enjoyed.

During your treatment you may choose to be quiet so as to truly calm your mind and body but you are encouraged to speak up if you feel uncomfortable in any way or need to ask a question. ​

​Indian head massage is kind to hair; it is not kind to hair-dos. Remove any hair bands, clips or slides before you go in, and book that hair appointment for the day after.

Be prepared for the fact that some of the massage will be quite firm - it can be quite an odd sensation to have your skull massaged, for example - but stick with it. You will feel really relaxed and serene afterwards. The results are worth it.
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Bear in mind as well that as you may have oils rubbed into your scalp - you might want to take a cap, "Alice band" or other hair band with you, along with a hair brush, to make yourself look respectable on your way home, or back at work.

A full treatment usually takes a maximum of 45 minutes. Why not follow an Indian head massage with a reiki boost? One of my most popular therapies, you enjoy 45 mins of relaxing massage and then 15 minutes of lovey healing reiki energy, a perfect way to unwind and restore energy.