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The art of Indian Head Massage is based
on the ancient system of medicine known as Ayurveda, which has been
practised as a family tradition within India for thousands of years.
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Ayurvedic texts, dating back nearly 4,000 years, feature massage
and the principles of holistic treatment, in that health results
from harmony within one's self. The Ayur-Veda, a sacred book among
Hindus, written about 1800 BC, included massage amongst its
Ayurvedic principles. The Hindus used techniques preserved
in the Sanskrit texts, 2,500 years ago, which detail the
underlying principles of Ayurveda in maintaining balance in the
body.
Despite being in existence on the
Indian sub-continent for thousands of years, Indian Head Massage
has only recently started to gain popularity in the west.
Techniques practised today have evolved from traditional rituals
of Indian family hair massage and grooming to include other parts
of the body vulnerable to stress, such as the shoulders, upper
arms neck and face. |
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It is important to realise
that there is an integral relationship between the head, neck shoulders
and upper arms and by incorporating these parts the treatment becomes more
of a stress management treatment rather than a treatment to stimulate the
head and improve the hair growth and condition.
Indian Head Massage has
therefore become a primary form of stress management treatment in the
Western world.
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