Hot Stone Massage

There is something in the human nervous system that responds to warmth with an immediacy and completeness that no other stimulus quite replicates. It is instinctive. Ancient. The moment the first heated stone is placed on your body, something in you releases that was not ready to release before.

Our Hot Stone Massage uses smooth volcanic basalt stones that have been heated to a precise therapeutic temperature and placed strategically along the body’s primary energy centres, where their warmth radiates inward and begins to dissolve muscle tension at a depth that hands alone cannot reach. As the stones rest on the body, your therapist simultaneously works with additional heated stones in fluid, gliding strokes across the muscles, the combination of heat and pressure creating a deeply penetrating effect that melts away even the most stubborn knots and adhesions.

The heat causes the blood vessels to dilate, dramatically increasing circulation and flooding the muscles with oxygen-rich blood while simultaneously flushing out the metabolic byproducts that cause soreness and stiffness. The nervous system responds to the sustained warmth with a deep parasympathetic shift, heart rate slows, breathing deepens, and the body enters a state of profound, effortless relaxation.