Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:21 pm   Reply with quote      

I have been looking at a lot of websites for spas and luxury hotels recently, and there's various photographs of people lying on their front with a line of pebbles sitting along the length of their spine.

What's going on here? Is this some kind of alternative treatment?

Aaron

Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:23 pm   Reply with quote      

Here is an example of what I'm referring to:



Aaron

Mon Feb 06, 2006 4:08 am   Reply with quote      

Putting pressure on certain parts of the body and/or applying some energy like electricity can be good for your health, but this is one of those you-feel-good-doing-it treatment. I doubt if it's a medically proven treatment or conventional alternative medicine.

Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:45 pm   Reply with quote      

Does it work without the big flower too? Or does that have to be in just that particular position?

Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:04 pm   Reply with quote      

Oh, I don't know. Maybe it's a magic flower ... .

Wed Feb 08, 2006 11:19 pm   Reply with quote      

Next you'll be asking whether the towel really has to be in that position.

Aaron

Sat Feb 11, 2006 4:56 am   Reply with quote      

I never thought of that! Perhaps it's also important for the bed itself to be of same base colour as the towel and stones perhaps? But the flower not... that should be of colour somewhere on opposite side of the colour wheel? Or a particular number of degrees even?

Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:52 pm   Reply with quote      

You guys are just taking the p*ss now!

It's called Hot Stone Massage Therapy. Done with basalt stones of varying size that are heated to a certain degree.

I don't do the massage bit, but I've acquired the stones & am adding it to other 'lie-down' therapies simply as a feelgood factor. The main stones are placed along the spine at the chakra points.