Product Details

• Actors: Kim Hansen
• Producers: Institute for Massage & Spa Therapy Education (IMSTE)
• Region: All Regions
• Studio: Institute for Massage & Spa Therapy Education (IMSTE)
• Run Time: 55 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000TZ6D0C
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,902 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Learn the basics of hot stone massage and how to create a relaxing, gentle and effective treatment for your client. This video, produced by the Institute for Massage and Spa Therapy Education (IMSTE), in conjunction with the Institute for Therapeutic Massage (ITM), 6 Massage Therapy Schools in New Jersey, is designed to show the benefits and contraindications of using hot stones while providing 2 full-body and facial demonstrations (by different therapists) to help you integrate one of the most requested spa services into your massage therapy routine. Body workers will also be shown the equipment needed, how to set up a workspace, the techniques to use, and how to use the stones safely and effectively. It is recognized that all therapists have their own style, and this video provides the tools and flexibility to create your own routine. By combining the warm stones with a deep flowing massage, the result is an extremely soothing massage for your client while saving the wear and tear on the therapists hands. The heat from the stones allows for the release of muscle tissue at a greater intensity than with some other forms of massage. USERS MANUAL: In the package with the DVD, you will receive simple instructions on how to gain access to, and download all of the user manuals in an electronic / pdf format on a computer - even if you only buy one, you can still read all five! These manuals can be saved to your computer, your laptop, your ipad, or any other device that can read pdf documents... even your mobile phone! Also, you will have the ability to print it, store it on multiple computers, share it with your friends, make a bound book out of it, and even contribute to its growth if you feel there is some relevant information that would benefit those who follow you in practicing this amazing modality.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars okay for a review or introduction to stone massage, December 8, 2008

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windhorse (Harrisonburg, VA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Hot Stone Massage Full Body Video on DVD - Learn Healing Through Therapeutic Touch As Taught By 2 Master Instructors & 18 Pg Digital User Manual (DVD)

I got this dvd so I could review what I already knew about stone massage, and it was sufficient for that. On several occations the camera angles were poor and you could not see the therapists hands at all, so minus a star for the production/editing (very basic production quality, like editing was done at a local college). Other than that it served its purpose as a refresher for me. It does not talk much about healing touch, other than general reminders about client comfort, pressure, and stuff covered in the 18 page "user manual".

The video covers basics such as the spinal layout, and massage strokes (efflurage, petressage) with the stones performed in real time to give you a feel of how to pace yourself. It also reminded me that stone massage is very different from basic swedish in that there is no way not to break continuity, you have to stop and pick up/lay down stones, and that is okay: the nature of stone massage.