Raindrop Treatment
Your peripheral nerves are the nerves outside your brain and spinal column. Most of them branch out from the spinal cord, making it an essential part of your health. Raindrop therapy benefits the spinal column nerves that feed the entire body. It’s a soothing treatment that relaxes and nurtures. Raindrop therapy promotes wellness long after the initial treatment. The benefits to the body can last for days, to even months after application.
Why is it Called Raindrop Therapy?
Raindrop therapy got its name from how the treatment’s essential oils are applied. The masseuse drips the oils along the spine from a height of about six inches. This mimics the feel of raindrops falling on the skin. It increases the relaxing, therapeutic feelings experienced during the session.
What is Raindrop Therapy?
During a raindrop treatment session, therapeutic essential oils are applied to the client’s spine, neck, and feet. The hour-long therapy combines aromatherapy, reflexology, massage, and moist heat to encourage alignment and healing in the body.
Nutritionist Gary Young developed raindrop therapy based on the theory that pathogens lie dormant in the spine. He believed that pathogens cause inflammation, therefore misaligning the spine. Antimicrobial oils reduce inflammation and kill pathogens, providing relief from symptoms.
Aromatherapy is a French technique of applying essential oils directly to the skin without diluting them first. The raindrop technique applies the oils in a specific pattern to best utilize the aromatherapy benefits. Valor is applied first, and then follows warmed oregano oil. Next is thyme, then basil, cypress, marjoram, wintergreen, aroma seiz, and the last is peppermint.
The oils used are:
- Basil: antiviral and antibacterial
- Cypress: circulation support
- Majoram: muscle relaxation
- Oregano: antibacterial
- Peppermint: tension release
- Thyme: antibacterial
- Wintergreen: rain relief
- Aroma Seiz: a special oil blend to relieve stress and fatigue
- Valor II: a special calming oil blend
- The massage oils V6 and Ortho Ease are used during the massage portion of the therapy
Feather stroking is a very light effleurage. Effleurage is a French word that means “to lightly touch or skim.” The technique is a series of long, gliding massage strokes using different degrees of pressure. Effleurage is applied to loosen knots and tension in the muscles.
Feather or nerve stroking is the very lightest application of this technique. Light fingertip pressure is applied across the massage surface. It is intended to generate relaxation. With raindrop therapy, feather stroking is used to brush the oils up and down the spine. A different massage technique is used on the rest of the back.
Along with essential oils, gentle reflexology treatments on the feet are part of the raindrop treatment. Reflexology is a type of massage that applies varying amounts of pressure to the hands, feet, and ears. The theory is that these body parts are connected to specific organs and systems in your body. Gentle pressure on the nerves is believed to affect the connected systems, increasing health and vitality.
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This relaxing treatment is meant to soothe and nurture the body. Massage is an effective stress relief treatment that promotes wellness and spiritual healing. Contact us today to book an appointment or ask about our services.