Chakra Basti Massage

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60 minutes: £45.00

An ancient Ayurvedic treatment which involves applying warm medicated oil to a specific area (contained by freshly made dough rings) and allowing it to penetrate for 20 minutes. These 'washes' create very deep, penetrating heat that allows the healing qualities of the oil to profoundly infiltrate the tissue.

The word chakra comes from the Sanskrit language meaning wheel or disk. Prana (life force) moves through the Chakras to produce different states equated in modern science as chemical changes produced by secretions of endocrine glands and ductless glands entering the bloodstream.

Prana passes through the Chakras and into a complex network of thousands of subtle energy channels known as nadis.

Each chakra is said to have a distinct purpose and function, affected by what is thought and felt. Chakras are said to be aspects of our pyschology that interact with the physical body through two major vehicles: the endocrine system and the nervous system.

Each of the seven chakras is associated with one of the seven endocrine glands, in addition to a group of nerves called a plexus.

Chakra Basti (cleansing) balances the prana moving through the chakras and glands of the body.

Basti means bladder or to cleanse or wash. Chakra Basti is an effective and soothing system that involves marinating/washing specific local reas of the body in warm oil.