Indian beauty treatments are extremely popular in Salons all over the country and Ayurveda Massage is one treatment which is becoming more and more popular. Aiming to improve both your health both physically and mentally, Ayurveda massage is generally a long standing treatment which is combined with other Indian treatments in order to give the body the best possible benefits. So what exactly does it involve?

There are quite a few Indian beauty treatments and really they are all pretty good. There are some that are more popular than others however and these include:

Ayurveda massage has been practiced in India for thousands of years and it was developed by a Vedic Civilization. Abhyanga is one form of Ayurveda massage and it generally involves the whole body being massaged with oil before a morning shower or bath.

It is fairly easy to add Abhyanga into your daily routine as it is not difficult at all to perform. According to experts who use Ayurveda massage, Abhyanga produces benefits such as skin and body resistance against exhaustion and exertion, and it can also prevent many skin conditions. If natural peanut oil is used on the head for example, it can help to prevent baldness; headache and it can also prevent the hair from turning grey.

Not only that, but oils can also help a person have better working organs, the skin on the face often becomes brighter, and they will often sleep better too. Overall an oil massage has an extremely soothing effect on the skin, and on the nervous system. This makes the treatment ideal for people whoa re either constantly stressed, or people who worry quite a lot for whatever reason.

Abhyanga can amazingly be done either whilst you are sitting down, or whilst you are standing. In order to do it yourself you need to start each morning by heating up a cup full of cured oil so that it is slightly warmer than your body temperature, but not too hot that it scolds you! Oil can get hot very quickly so do be careful as you heat it up.

Begin by massaging the head by placing a very small amount of oil onto the scalp and massaging it vigorously. Try not to use your fingertips for the massage, instead try using the flat palms of your hands and the flat surfaces of the fingers. Also, the movements should be small and circular and in Abhyanga, more attention is focused on the head than anywhere else in the body. This is because the head has ‘marma points’ which generally influence other parts of the body.

Next it is time to move onto the face and the ears using the fingers as your massaging tool. It is also thought that the ears influence the whole body and so spending more time on them is often a good idea. Whilst you are massaging the face it is a good idea to start placing massaging oil on the rest of the body in order to give it plenty of time to penetrate the skin. Be careful not to massage the ears too much, but giving them a little extra attention will not hurt.

Once you have finished with the face and the ears, start massaging the front and the back of the neck, as well as the upper part of the back. Again, try not to use the fingertips and instead use the flat palms of the hands and the flat surface of the fingers. The arms should be your next target and they should be massaged vigorously. Generally use straight massaging motions along the bones, but on the joints use circular motions.

Overall, Abhyanga is excellent for the body and the mind, and if you are not confident about doing it yourself, you could always go to your local spa or salons who usually offer various Indian treatments.