I use gently heated stones during your massage for a deeply penetrating heat, melting away stress and tension for the ultimate in bodywork. Sometimes the stones are placed in your hands, on your stomach or lower back, or between your toes. The best part is when I massage you with a warmed stone in my hand. Radiant heat penetrates deeply, melting away stress and tension for the ultimate in bodywork. Everyone loves it!

Hot Stone Massage can be a dual purpose massage. Due to the heat of the stones, it is always a highly relaxing, stress reduction massage. The hardness of the stones allows me to address specific problem areas with more detailed work or deeper pressure.

Basalt stones of various sizes, shapes and weights are used throughout. Some stones are the size of the tip of your thumb (these are used between the toes) larger stones are normally used on the sacrum or low abdomen.

Stone layout typically will be along both sides of the the spine, or along the chakra centers on top, while tennisball-sized stones would be placed in the hands. While these layout stones are delivering concentrated areas of heat, I will massage you with oiled, heated stones with firm strokes along the muscles of the legs, arms, and torso areas.

An authentic hot stone massage is not simply the "gliding" of heated stones lightly upon the surface of the skin, but rather the stones are used as tools to deliver effective tissue and muscle massage at a pressure level comfortable to you. You can request light, medium or deep pressure, which is the beauty of the hot stone massage technique. It can be customized in an instant to your request. The hardness of the stones makes for a fantastic deep tissue massage.

A good stone massage, when properly performed, will accomplish many of the goals and benefits of other massage modalities. Many paths often lead to the same destination - and so it is with a great stone massage. The heat from the stones relaxes muscles and increases the blood flow to the area being worked on, which further accelerates the healing process. The heat also greatly aids in mental relaxation.