Aromatherapy Massage

A step-by-step guide to using the ancient skills of scent and touch to bring harmony, health and vigour into your life, whether you want to calm your partner's anxiety, relieve your own aches and pains, shift cellulite, aid digestion or alleviate a headache. This comprehensive guide explains everything you need to know about essential oil and massage, with step-by-step guidance and photographs showing which oils should be used, how to apply them in massage and the different techniques and applications - self massage, massage with a partner, instant massage and healing massage. All the basic strokes, such as fanning, effleurage, circling and friction are explained, together with special techniques for massage in pregnancy, baby massage and massage for the elderly. A comprehensive directory lists the origin, application and effect of each of the most commonly used essential oils and throughout there are suggestions on blends and specific treatments.