6 Massages For The Soul
These techniques heal the spirit through the body. Its objective is to open the energy channels and deepen the essence of the person until heal emotional wounds
The skin is our deepest emotional archive: it preserves sensations that we do not even remember. The massages take us back to the moment when our mother caressed us, held us and wrapped us up to make us feel protected.
1. Arun, conscious touch
Arun means “light of dawn” and expresses the expansion of consciousness that this loving, relaxed and presence-filled way of playing brings. A good Arun practitioner develops love and gratitude for the mystery of their own body and inner awareness. You have 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 a way that helps your mind and body relax and inner awareness to expand.
2. Ayurvedic treatments
Massage is one of the star treatments of Ayurveda, the traditional medicine of India. Touch cleanses the body on a physical and emotional level, mobilizing the body’s self – healing mechanisms and rebalancing the three constitutional doshas vata (wind), pitta (bile) and kapha (phlegm). With pindas containing herbs soaked in hot oils , the entire body is massaged for about 60 minutes. The oils are chosen based on the patient in order to revitalize organs damaged by stress and poor diet.
3. Bioenergetic therapy
Some call it the “massage of the soul” because it opens the door to release the blocks that are locked in the body through relaxation, breathing and precise movements that help to release the characteristic tensions that shape the person’s posture. The technique was developed by Alexander Lowen from the findings of Wilhem Reich. The muscles are worked, 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. Its long, fluid and integrating movements serve as the basis for a wide variety of deep contact techniques. It is done with hands, forearms and elbows using oil on the naked body. It stands out for the quality of the contact with touches at different rates and pressures from a meditative mind. Deep breathing helps to release tension and to 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 highlighted that muscle chains are interconnected, that is, when one lengthens another shortens, and that tensions and bad habits contract them and affect their movement. He also gives importance to the diaphragm as a determining muscle of body posture. Through stretching and contact techniques, the psychic, physical and energetic structures of the body are acted upon.
6. Watsu, massage in the water
This fusion of the word water ( water ) and shiatsu arose in California at the Harbin Hot Springs spa by the hand of Harold Dull, a connoisseur of hydrotherapy and in love with Japanese massage. It is defined as an aquatic meditation that, taking advantage of the weightlessness of the water, leads to deep relaxation and contributes to recovering feelings of well-being typical of the mother’s womb. While the masseur holds, stretches, balances and hugs the water inside, the connection with the unconscious and the most primitive self is fostered.
