Hot Stone

LaStone^®

If you have not yet had a Hot Stone or LaStone^® Massage, you are missing a treatment that is profoundly relaxing and balancing. The warm even pressure of the stones feels amazing! The heated stones also draw toxins to the skin’s surface promoting a purification process. The placement of cool stones relieves blockages and congestion. Chilled stones can help with chronic muscle spasm. In massage, chilled stones can increase range of motion and stimulate muscles and the nervous system.

Some proponents of Hot Stone Massage claim that the metasthetic energies of basalt and sedimentary stones are known generators of energy and help move energy in places of excess, promoting a harmonizing and cleansing effect and allowing for a soothing meditative state of quietude, calm and balance. Other claim that the geomagnetic radiant quotients of the stones act as permanent magnets and liken it to magnet therapy. Many shamans medicine people, and spiritual healers from all over the world use stones and crystals in their healing ceremonies.


	*What Is LaStone^® Therapy?*

Clinically, it is the application of geo-thermo therapy, using deep penetrating heated stones and alternating with chilled stones to bring about a chemical release within the body’s system to balance and recharge our soul with Mother Earth and Father Sky. Using different temperatures, whether heated or chilled, on the body to bring about a certain reaction has been done for eons. Adjusting temperatures in bodywork to aid clients in healing has always been beneficial. People are searching far and wide for that sense of well being that connection with the power and peace of life. We have forgotten where to find it. We live in a fast paced world. We need to go outside in nature, connect with Mother Earth and to the energies that sustain us. Just sit under a tree, lie on Mother Earth looking up to Father Sky, feeling alive and vibrant. The vibrations and energies of the stones remind us of our connection to Mother Earth supporting us, feeling cradled and protected.

The different stones are the medium and the hot and cold temperatures are the message. This vascular gymnastics of the circulatory system assists the body in self-healing. LaStone^® Therapy goes beyond the physical experience of typical massage and enters deeper dimensions of relaxation, health and well being, creating a positive approach to body-mind-spirit philosophy.

Mary Nelson is the founder of LaStone^® Therapy. She has been a practicing massage therapist and worked mostly with sports injuries. Mary is a very spiritual woman with incredible love and connection with Mother Earth. She receives messages from her spirit guides in how to use the stones in her practice.