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The Art of Hot Stone FOOT AND HAND Massage
Pat Mayrhofer-
The Art of HOT STONE FOOT AND HAND MASSAGE
by Pat MayrhoferCreate the ultimate spa relaxation treatment with hot stone foot and hand massage. This instructional massage DVD demonstrates the timeless, healing technique of using heated stones with classic western massage techniques to increase the relaxation of massage and to improve energy flow. Features up-close video footage of massage strokes and stone manipulation accompanied by expert narration. The perfect addition to a manicure or pedicure.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
- A foot and hand massage using heated stones
- The basic equipment involved in heated stone massage.
- Proper handling of the stones including the appropriate temperature and layout.
- The best stones to use for hot stone massage work, including which stones best conduct and hold the heat.
- Easy care and cleaning of the stones.
- How to set up your equipment and heat the stones to the proper temperature.
- How to incorporate hot stone massage protocol with a pedicure and manicure.
- How massage therapists can introduce stone massage in a salon atmosphere.
- How to use the stones to promote and increase the energy of the massage.
- How to relax your client and enhance their foot and hand massage experience.
ABOUT HOT STONE MASSAGE THERAPY
Hydrotherapy and the application of heat to the body to produce therapeutic effects can be traced to ancient times. Adding stones to your hand and foot massage protocol – or to manicures and pedicures - adds a medium for the application of heat and/or cold to the body. Your clients will experience the added benefit of heat and you’ll save your wrists and hands because you’re sharing the work with the stones. The combination of the heat from the stones, the essential oils, and the soothing massage action of stones and oils produces a deep and penetrating state of relaxation and well being – both for you and your clients.
The technique of using ‘hot stones’ combined with massage is one of the most requested and fastest growing spa services. The Nature’s Healing Stone Therapy™ DVD Series provides hands-on demonstrations of timeless and creative techniques used by world-class professionals to perform relaxation and therapeutic stone massage. With these instructional stone massage programs, you’ll learn the art of stone massage with a team of professional instructors led by Pat Mayrhofer, a massage therapist, educator and cosmetologist with over 39 years of experience.
Note: The five volumes in the Nature’s Healing Stone Therapy™ DVD Series are designed for certified and licensed estheticians and massage professionals, and assumes a working knowledge of basic massage techniques, anatomy, and medical contraindications.
Bonus: You’ll find a FREE coupon in this DVD package that you can use to save $25.00 off the cost of a Nature’s Healing Stone Therapy™ training session.
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Pat Mayrhofer
Pat Mayrhofer wrote, directed and produced The Nature's Healing Stone Therapy DVD Series. She has been a massage therapist and cosmetologist for over 39 years and she has been using stone therapy in her massage practice and teaching it since 1998. She is widely recognized as an international leader in hot stone massage education. Pat currently works with an experienced network of professionals to develop multi-disciplinary approaches to massage and spa treatments utilizing stone therapy. She specializes in training massage and spa professionals worldwide in the art and science of stone therapy. This timeless healing technique joins the art of massage with the thermogenic benefits of heated Mexican beach pebbles. Pat conducts over 40 seminars a year and travels around the globe with her team of stone massage experts to bring this art form to spas, clinics, massage schools, estheticians and salons.
NATURE'S HEALING STONE THERAPY™ DVD Series
These programs offer massage therapists, estheticians, cosmetologists, chiropractors, physical therapists and healing arts professionals access to the most qualified stone massage experts working today with tried and true instruction from experienced professionals.
The Art of HOT STONE MASSAGE - Volume 1
The Art of HOT STONE FACIALS - Volume 2
The Art of HOT STONE FOOT AND HAND MASSAGE - Volume 3
The Art of HOT STONE REFLEXOLOGY - Volume 4
The Art of COOL LIFT FACE MASSAGE - Volume 5
"What is in your heart, comes through in your hands “The stones share the work with therapist and they become part of your hand. Hot stones help soften the muscle tissue so that you can work deeply. Make your business more profitable by learning the right techniques with the proper equipment. Your clients will know the difference. Continue to learn as your stone massage practice grows.”
Pat Mayrhofer, producer,
Nature’s Healing Stone Therapy™DVD Series." -
WORDS OF WISDOM
"Beware of any training program that showcases hot stones on bare skin. In the photographer's eye It Is very appealing to see beautiful black stones lying on a client's back. However this gives the wrong Impression of what stone therapy should be. First of all a therapist should NEVER place a hot stone on bare skin without moving It; this is how people get burned.
Beautifully styled photos of gorgeous models with hot stones on their bare skin are everywhere – so you can understand why some therapists mistakenly think this is the way stone therapy is performed.
Not knowing the right way to do stone massage work can be dangerous to clients, as I mentioned recently in an editorial published in Massage & Bodywork Magazine. Finally, think how disappointing it is for clients to pay a hefty sum just to get stones laid all over their body. There is a better way and we teach you how to do it in our DVD series and in our training seminars."
Pat Mayrhofer
THE EFFECTS OF HEAT AND COLD
The application of heat acts as a vasodilator, increasing circulation; increasing metabolism; increasing the inflammatory response (including a rise in leukocyte migration to the area); decreasing pain; decreasing muscle spasm; softening the tissues; and raising the body temperature.
The application of cold acts as a vasoconstrictor. The immediate short-term effect of cold is stimulating. The prolonged use of cold decreases metabolism; decreases inflammation; decreases pain; decreases muscle spasm; increases muscle tone; and has an analgesic effect. Cold applications can increase or decrease circulation depending upon the specific temperature: the colder the temperature, the greater the decrease in circulation.
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