Gua sha Facial Massage

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Gua sha is a traditional Chinese healing method in which a trained professional uses a smooth-edged tool to stroke your skin while they press on it. This motion raises small, red, rash-like dots that show under your skin called petechiae.

Gua sha, when used on the face or body, helps to relieve muscle tension, boost blood circulation, and promote lymphatic drainage. It also enhances the delivery of fresh oxygen and nutrients to various tissues throughout the body, which means a healthier glow for the skin!

Our Gua sha massage is performed while the client is laying on our BioMat®, treating the whole body.

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Our Gua sha Practitioners are certified.

Facial Information

Meridian Massage

Practitioner involves several different massage techniques applied to different acupressure points along the meridian lines. The various massage techniques employed in this massage include kneading, tapping, pinching, pushing, and stretching of soft and deep tissue.

Gua Sha Massage

Practitioner uses a smooth-edged tool to stroke your skin while they press on it. This motion raises small, red, rash-like dots that show under your skin called petechiae.

Acupressure Points Massage

Practitioner uses their fingers, palms, elbows or feet, or special devices to apply pressure to acupoints on the body's meridians. Sometimes, acupressure also involves stretching or acupressure massage, as well as other methods.

Scalp Massage

Practitioner massages the scalp to relieve tension in the area, reduce stress, and even improve hair.

Benefits of Gua sha

Tension Relief

It goes without saying that there are many differentiating situations where tension can arise: a repeated action, poor posture, injury, stress, health conditions or imbalanced structure; but most have a relation to how the connective tissues and fibres behave when under pressure. Therapists use a variety of techniques to release Tension: tightly bound fibres referred to as knots or adhesions, trigger points, scar tissue, and spasms.

Relaxation Ritual

We live in a FAST-paced world. Too few people take time for wellness and relaxation. Wellness is something everyone can pursue. People of all genders and fitness levels can benefit from living a wellness lifestyle. It’s never too late to take care of your health and well-being through renewal. Benefits can be noticed immediately.

Clear Meridian Channels

Our body has twelve main meridians, or energetic passageways, that pass through the top layer of skin and fascia. Think of twelve different extension cords plugged in end to end and intertwined. If you were to unravel them, they would form one big circle. Thus, they are all connected.

Natural Facelift - Revitalize/Refresh Skin

No surgery required! People use gua sha for a host of skin care reasons, including smoothing wrinkles, reducing puffiness, and sculpting the face.

Lymphatic Drainage

The lymphatic system plays an important role in immune function. And lymph fluid helps filter toxins from the body. When the lymphatic system doesn't function properly, it can cause fluid buildup. Massage therapy and manual lymphatic drainage have been used to reduce swelling and fluid buildup for people with musculoskeletal disorders, breast cancer, and other conditions.