This therapy is becoming widely known for its deeply relaxing benefits. Hot stone massage uses smooth, heated stones which are placed on specific points on the body to melt away knots, tension and stress. A relaxation massage follows incorporating the stones as massage tools. The hot stone experience relaxes muscles, promotes harmony, balance and peace.

The stones are used in two ways during the massage; to warm the body by laying stones under the client and on top of the client. At the same time, the therapist is massaging the client with oiled, heated stones held in the palms of the hands. The heat from the stones relaxes muscles and increases the blood circulation to the area being worked which can accelerate the healing process.

An authentic hot stone massage is not simply the "gliding" of heated stones lightly upon the surface of the skin, but rather the stones can be used as tools to deliver effective tissue and muscle massage at a pressure level comfortable to the client. The hardness of the stones makes for a fantastic deep tissue massage but the stones can also be used very gently, as the client may prefer.

The heat also greatly aids in mental relaxation. Hot stone massage is a wonderful break for you when the cold of winter starts feeling like it's "creeping into your bones." There is also something wonderfully organic about the feel and the sound of the stones any time of year. In some Native American ceremonies, the stones are considered the wisest of beings as they are the oldest and have endured much. I know from experience with these ceremonies that the stones are wise and very powerful and so I especially love this particular massage.

Hot Stone Massage costs 1 hour for $60, 1 1/2 hour for $85.