Holistic wellness
by Eloise Lonobile

PROFESSIONAL MASSAGES in PISA
& CHINESE MEDICINE TECHNIQUES

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Essential Oils in massage

Essential Oils amplify the benefits of massage thanks to the purest properties of their components

With the additional cost of 10 Euros it is possible to personalize the massage experience with the use of a flavored oil (Sweet Almond Oil + selected Essential Oils, all of high quality, chemotyped and that comes from certified companies).
The mixture will be chosen to amplify the effect of the massage:

• a relaxing effect for the central nervous system
• a decontracting effect for contracted muscles
• a warming effect for problems of arthritic and rheumatic origin
• a draining effect for stagnation of connective tissue or adipose tissue

Why use Essential Oils in massage?

Essential Oils are natural compounds of vegetable origin obtained by distillation or by pressing from material with aromas, of which they retain characteristics such as taste and smell.

Since ancient times, man has been able to distinguish between plants which were poisonous for him and which are important allies for his health. Using and smelling them, perceiving their aromas even when burned on the fire, man has developed a close relationship with them and has made them fundamental parts of his daily life, integrating them into food, drinks, his environments, his health practices. and even in its magic and religious rites, thus sanctioning a very close relationship destined to last until today.

 

Essential Oils can therefore be used with diffusers or humidifiers, or as scented oils for the body, as insect repellents, or even as products for home care, for example to deodorize the bathroom or as an additive for household detergents. Appropriately selected and often diluted in a basic substance such as water or a carrier oil, they are also used in aromatherapy, a branch of phytotherapy that uses essential oils for their healing properties and the maintenance of well-being.

Used wisely and carefully and diluted in a particularly suitable carrier oil, Essential Oils penetrate our tissues through the skin.

«All Essential Oils have such an affinity for the skin (given by the smallness of the molecule) that a few minutes are enough for them to be absorbed and diffused into the peripheral microcirculation, to then be found in the general blood circulation»*.

They are nutrients that arrive in cell membranes and fight viruses and bacteria, as well as having specific properties based on their essence. They also have the very strong power to stimulate the Amygdala, which is located in our brain and is the HEART OF EMOTIONS: it is in fact connected to the olfactory system and acts unconsciously, bringing benefit and storing memories.

Modern PNEI has definitively demonstrated how the state of health of the individual is closely related to the physiological mechanisms triggered in the individual at the endocrine and biological level, and in this sense «Essential Oils behave as modulators of the terrain, which is part of the psycho-neuro-endocrino-immunological system»*.

But what is the "terrain" and how can the plant help?

Each individual is characterized by a particular set of physiological functions that fall under the control of the "involuntary" neurovegetative system, mostly ortho and parasympathetic (conditioned by adrenaline and noradrenaline the first, and by acetylcholine the second). In this context the plant, loaded with energetic information (thanks to the electrical behavior of its molecules), works as a balancer of the sympathetic or parasympathetic tone, therefore as an accelerator or brake, exactly like any adaptogenic substance: «It is a factor capable of causing minimal changes in the physiological functions of the organism and equipped, however, with a non-specific normalizing action and independent of the direction of the pathological state» (Brekhman and Dardymov).