Ayurvedic warm oil massage

Service Description

This deeply personalised Ayurvedic massage weaves together firm, grounding strokes and precise pressure using the hands, knuckles, forearms, and elbows. A therapeutic oil blend is selected specifically for your constitution and current needs, helping to nourish the tissues and calm the nervous system. Your session begins with a warm herbal foot bath to settle the mind and prepare the body for deeper work. Throughout the treatment, key marma points are gently activated to release stagnation, support the flow of prana, and restore balance across the body’s systems. The rhythmic, intentional strokes follow the natural pathways of the lymphatic system, encouraging detoxification, reducing fluid retention, and supporting overall immunity. The experience is both deeply relaxing and subtly energising, making it especially beneficial for stress, anxiety, exhaustion, nervous system imbalance, muscular tension, and joint discomfort. For enhanced therapeutic effect, this massage can be combined with a cleansing castor oil pack placed over the liver, bowel, or another area of congestion (10 mins extra time). The session may then be followed by a 20‑minute herbal steam bath to further open the channels, promote circulation, and support the body’s natural detoxification processes. Can also be combined with Kati Basti, an Ayurvedic therapy using warm medicated oil retained over the lower back area (or another region of the spine) to relieve pain, stiffness, and improve joint and spinal health. Please bring a warm hat wear home afterwards. "Following my first massage with Joanna my immediate reaction was the rather inelegant 'all other massages are dead to me'. But it was honestly that good! I am very sensitive to environment and her lovely location in Batcombe, coupled with a very cosy and pretty treatment room allowed me to relax instantly. I loved the Ayurvedic oil massage and left feeling incredibly peaceful and very pleased that I had finally booked in." (Camilla Parkes) Ayurvedic warm oil massage should be avoided with fever, acute illness, active infection, or any contagious skin condition, as well as after recent surgery, fractures, or acute injuries. It is also unsuitable for individuals with uncontrolled high blood pressure, severe heart conditions, thrombosis, severe varicose veins, pregnancy complications, acute digestive distress, intoxication, or very high pitta states marked by heat and inflammation.