Healing Haven Ayurveda

Abhyanga massage offers many health benefits which makes it very popular. 

The benefits include: 

• It helps in physical and mental relaxation. Abhyanga relaxes the muscles of the body that are strained or overworked. It also helps to calm the mind and brings relief from stress and tension. It can help people with depression by relaxing their minds.

• Studies have shown that Abhyanga helps in reducing blood pressure. This is because of the positive effect on blood circulation.

• Imparts muscle tone and vigor to the dhatus (tissues) of the body

• Since Abhyanga involves massage of the skin, it provides benefits. It helps to improve skin health. It can moisturize the and improve its texture. It can help provide relief from skin problems like wrinkles, scars, and signs of aging.

• Head massage can be very helpful in improving scalp health. This can solve hair problems and promote hair growth.

• Those who have back pain, muscle strain, and related problems can experience relief from aches and pain. It helps to reduce stiffness.

• Abhyanga helps to slow down aging and promotes rejuvenation.

• Assists in the elimination of impurities from the body

• Abhyanga can be very helpful for improving the working of the digestive system.

• It improves overall energy and increases physical strength. It also improves mental agility and sleep cycles.

• Benefits of sleep—better, deeper sleep

• Pacifies Vata and Pitta and stimulates Kapha

Ayurvedic Marma Therapy.

Marma points are essential “gateways” through which the healing, sustaining, and vitalizing life force enters one’s body, their potential for harmonizing all aspects of the physical and mental systems is tremendous. This gentle treatment creates an opportunity to experience powerful and dynamic transformation at the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual level by building a positive link with the subconscious mind.  Many a time, people are not able to go outside their ‘comfort zone’.  They think they have absolute limitations. After Marma is done, they can start taking positive risks. Based on years of experience of using Marma point therapy, it may offer the following benefits:

1. Enhanced immunity

2. Pain relief

3. Increased energy level

4. Improved digestion, assimilation, and elimination

5. Deep, revitalizing sleep

6. Increased circulation to the skin

7. Strengthened internal organs

8. Balanced tridoshas

9. Cleared emotional blockages

10. Released trauma

11. Expanded intuition

12. Amplified creativity

13. Slowed the aging process

14. The experience of deep peace

Sound healing therapy with singing bowl 

Sound therapy with Tibetan singing bowls is an ancient form of regeneration. The first bowls were made from an alloy of various metals and were used already 6000 years ago in the Far East. Tibetan singing bowls area a mysterious acoustic phenomenon, which was discovered by “spiritual tourists” in the Himalayas and after the Chinese invasion of Tibet appeared also in Europe and the USA.

Singing bowls are metal bowls used to deepen meditation and promote relaxation. They produce sustained sounds and vibrations when hit or circled with a mallet. Sound therapy and guided meditation often make use of singing bowls. Bowls of varying sizes are placed around the room, around your body, or on your body.

In addition to relaxation, people say singing bowl sound therapy can help: 

• lessen chronic pain

• improve sleep

• reduce anger

• improve blood pressure

• improve respiratory rate

• reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression

• improve symptoms of some neurological disorders such as fibromyalgia and Parkinson’s disease

A 2020 research review of four studies showed that singing bowl therapy resulted in improved mental and emotional health. These improvements echoed the findings of an earlier 2016 observational study. Some of these improvements include:

• anxiety

• depression

• fatigue

• tension

• anger

• confusion 

• vigor 

The study also reported improvements in physical health, including:

• blood pressure

• heart rate

• respiratory rate

• peripheral capillary oxygen saturation