Post treatment
and post 1 hour relaxing in my oils (its best to try and sit in your oils for
at least an hour after treatment).
Gee where to start. I feel spent, scrubbed, wrung out and newborn. It was so emotional. It’s been so long that I’ve forgotten the
parts of me that hurt with a deep ache and acute sharp stabs when touched. But thankfully he finished with an Indian
head massage and I wept. The emotions
that poured out were of relief and gratitude.
I’m so grateful to be here and to be so very fortunate to be able to
have this treatment and I’m relieved that there is some help for me.
Over 25 years of pain has led
me to probably 50 or more specialists and only the best just took the edge off. Ive had several massage therapists say not to
come back as they can’t help me. Only a
few months ago I had a therapist stop ¾ into his treatment when he said he couldn’t
think what else to do that would help me – and I so walked out in despair. I’ve had acupuncturist say that they couldn’t
help me. I’ve had Chinese Doctors doing
cups where my body swelled up bizarrely into big mounds underneath the cup
which freaked him out and said he has never seen this before. Ive been turned away by many and told that “Im
an interesting case”. Not so for the
Ayurveda therapists who say “why not” when I ask “can I be helped”.
I feel overwhelmed with relief
to be lucky to have found Ayurveda and that its relatively so simple.
Over the years, the closest to
a diagnosis for my “condition” was by the Head of the Pain Clinic at St Vincent’s
Hospital in Darlinghurst Sydney. He said
it’s similar to Fibromyalgia but not since I still have physical strength. So his answer was to switch the type of
Anti-Depressants I had been put on (halve the dose immediately which after
research even I knew this was dangerous to just cut down so suddenly) and since
it was an “older style” anti-depressant it had an anti-inflammation added to
it.
The typical Western medical
answer was to medicate me and so I was a serious anti-inflammatory pill popper
for nearly 25 years. Who knows what
damage that has done since recent information showed that it can cause stomach
ulcers – however even before this, at the age of 12 I was diagnosed and treated
for a Duodenal Stomach Ulcer so this was dangerous pill popping.
My neck first went out when I
was about 14 years old into spasms that my neck was fused over to the left so I
couldn’t lift my head. The physio answer
was to plug me into a device that I controlled that emitted electric pulses to
my spasmed spots. It was actually kinda
fun to turn it up to “11” and spasm my whole shoulder out – well I did say I
was only 14.
Then came the chiropractor who
cracked me even without muscle preparation, and the one who ran his finger down
my spine and I jumped off the bed accusing him of dragging a cutting knife
straight down my back. And so it
continued, visiting specialist after specialist for over 25 years, it was
exhausting and expensive.
Today Dr George has created a
14 Day Treatment Plan just for my body needs which will be done for 2 hours at
a time (though sometimes some split into the evening – making a whole day of
bliss):
·
Udvartana Powder Massage and Abhyangam Massage then a Steam for 5
days
·
Abhyangam Massage then Kizhi and Nasyam for 5 days
·
Dhanyamly Shara – 3 days
·
Abhyangam and Shirodhara – 4 days.
UDVARTANA – Ayurveda’s specialised Weight Loss
Massage: One of the tools for weight
loss is Udvartana, a specialised herbal treatment for weight reduction. An herbal powder is applied all over the body
and deeply massaged with specific movements by massage therapists for one hour.
Benefits:
This therapy is very effective in naturally reducing weight. Toning the skin and muscle after child birth
or weight loss, removes cellulite, obesity, weight reduction, imparts good
complexion to the skin, revitalises the sense of touch, removes Kapha toxins
from the body, tones the skin and muscles.
This was first time experiencing
this massage, and at first I was worried that the powder like sand was going to
be too abrasive and hurt – but its not as strong as a loofa, and nowhere near
as rough as the Shafair Ayurvedic Fairness Soap I mistakenly bought at the
Supermarket. This is designed for
creating “fair, youthful and glowing complexion” and far out it’s like taking a
layer of skin off – just to be white – that’s really sad.
Apparently the powder is
massaged into you until it turns into a black paste which is the “junk/fat”
coming out of your body – wow if that works it will be fantastic.
Normally I feel more inflamed after
a massage which is why I stopped going for traditional type massage, but so far
its late and nothing, I feel great. Tomorrow
I will tell you more about the “mother of all massages” - the Abhyangam Massage
and the stash of Ayurveda medicines I have to take.
(PHOTOS: look how crazy I look after the Steam treatment - like Ive done a full 2 hours aerobics class. Even a little puppy growled at me on my walk home - sooooo funny Im frightening small animals.
AND LOOK AT MY NEW EARINGS: They only cost 300Rs (about $5) and I feel about a million bucks thanks to Dr George and my new therapist).