Indian Head Massage is a holistic therapy from the ancient healing practice of Ayurveda. This treatment is a slow-paced, soothing massage focusing on the upper chest, shoulders, neck, face, scalp, and upper back, to relieve tension and stress, improve mental clarity, and stimulate detoxification, bringing your energy back into balance.
This massage focuses on the four higher chakras (our more intuitive energy centers) starting at the heart, moving to the throat, the third eye, and then to the crown; however, an Indian Head Massage is like a massage of the entire body, as these energy points affect every other energy center in the body!
Highlights of this divine Ayurvedic treatment:
- An Indian Head Massage activates marma points on the body to provide healing on a physical, mental, and emotional level.
- Throughout your treatment, warm botanical oils are massaged into your skin, scalp and hair, leaving you in a state of bliss.
- A therapeutic heart opening massage of the upper chest soothes the heart space, promoting feelings of inner peace, love and connection.
- A soothing shoulder and neck massage helps to release tension, creating space and a sense of ease.
- A gentle massage of the ears stimulates several body systems, including digestion and immunity.
- A unique massage of the face focuses on specific points at the lips, nose, eyebrows, temples, and forehead, to relax the facial muscles.
- A cooling and relaxing kansa facial massage stimulates circulation and softens lines, helping to feel refreshed.
- A steady flow of warm oil is poured onto the forehead at the third eye center to nourish the nervous system and awaken intuition.
- A slow paced massage of the scalp (connecting with 180 marma points) helps to relax and loosen the scalp muscles, restoring blood and oxygen to the head and brain.
- Hair follicles are stimulated encouraging hair growth and reducing hair loss. The hair is nourished from root to tip, promoting strength and shine.
- A massage of the upper back and shoulders (back of the heart space) relaxes muscular tension, and helps improve breathing, allowing the ability to go with the flow.
- Relax and integrate with a hot towel covering the hair and scalp.
Treatment Details:
- Indian Head Massage (60 mins) $90+hst.
- Session time is 75 mins (arrival, 60 min treatment, post-treatment integration).
- Please note: Post-treatment your hair and scalp will be oily.
- An Intake form is required to be submitted prior to your session.
To request an alternate appointment date/time, please email colleen@wanderwithin.ca
Indian Head Massage has a myriad of benefits: body, mind, and spirit:
BODY
- Promotes relaxation and rest
- Balancing effect on the nervous system
- Activation of the parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest)
- Destimulation of the sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight)
- Stimulates vital organs and body systems
- Lowers blood pressure and heart rate
- Relieves fatigue and insomnia, and enhances quality of sleep
- Releases muscular tension (chest, neck, shoulders, facial, scalp, upper back)
- Supports better breathing and improved posture
- Increases range of motion
- Improves blood circulation, reducing inflammation, tissues are nourished and healing is promoted
- Encourages lymphatic drainage, removing toxins and waste
- Relieves tension headaches and migraines
- Clears nasal congestion, relieves sinus pressure
- Eases eye strain and jaw tension
- Improves facial complexion and skin tone
- Oils nourish the skin, stimulate circulation in the head, and nourish the hair follicles, improving hair health (texture, shine, strength)
- Promotes hair growth and reduces hair loss
- Regulates digestion
- Strengthens immune system
- Supports hormonal imbalances
- Detoxification and cleansing
- Restores balance in the body
MIND
- Improves circulation, increases the flow of blood and oxygen to the brain
- Increases endorphins, serotonin, and dopamine hormones
- Induces a deep sense of relaxation, harmony, and tranquility
- Supports improved sleep
- Reduces mental and emotional stress, eases the mind
- Relieves anxiety and feelings of depression
- Relieves mental fatigue
- Increases mental awareness (noticing emotions), emotional processing is stimulated
- Releases suppressed emotions (frustration, anger, guilt, grief)
- Releases negative thoughts and feelings
- Regulates emotions
- Enhances mental clarity (mind is open and clear to find solutions to problems)
- Improves concentration, stimulates memory
- Greater feelings of the ability to cope and function
SPIRIT
- Releases stagnant energy
- Balances energy flow throughout the body
- Calms and uplifts the spirit with chakra alignment
- Feelings of unconditional love and support
- Promotes connection to self and others
- Restorative, revitalizing
- Awakens intuition, stimulates creativity and expression
- Promotes balance among the body, mind, and spirit
- Awakening of spirit, inner peace, completely present in the moment and in tune with your highest self
This treatment truly is a heart centered gift, guided with intention and attention.
Indian Head Massage is a holistic therapy from the ancient healing practice of Ayurveda. This treatment is a slow-paced, soothing massage focusing on the upper chest, shoulders, neck, face, scalp, and upper back, to relieve tension and stress, improve mental clarity, and stimulate detoxification, bringing your energy back into balance.
This massage focuses on the four higher chakras (our more intuitive energy centers) starting at the heart, moving to the throat, the third eye, and then to the crown; however, an Indian Head Massage is like a massage of the entire body, as these energy points affect every other energy center in the body!
Reiki energy healing is a beautiful, inclusive, complementary therapy that brings balance, peace of mind, and wellbeing to your body, mind, and spirit. Energy is received and felt through the hovering of hands near the body or by light touch of the hands to the areas that need its healing light and vibration. This healing energy then rebalances and restores the body as it works on the chakras, meridians, and energy pathways of the body. For more information, click here.
Highlights of this divine Ayurvedic treatment:
- An Indian Head Massage activates marma points on the body to provide healing on a physical, mental, and emotional level.
- Throughout your treatment, warm botanical oils are massaged into your skin, scalp and hair, leaving you in a state of bliss.
- A therapeutic heart opening massage of the upper chest soothes the heart space, promoting feelings of inner peace, love and connection.
- A soothing shoulder and neck massage helps to release tension, creating space and a sense of ease.
- A gentle massage of the ears stimulates several body systems, including digestion and immunity.
- A unique massage of the face focuses on specific points at the lips, nose, eyebrows, temples, and forehead, to relax the facial muscles.
- A cooling and relaxing kansa facial massage stimulates circulation and softens lines, helping to feel refreshed.
- A steady flow of warm oil is poured onto the forehead at the third eye center to nourish the nervous system and awaken intuition.
- A slow paced massage of the scalp (connecting with 180 marma points) helps to relax and loosen the scalp muscles, restoring blood and oxygen to the head and brain.
- Hair follicles are stimulated encouraging hair growth and reducing hair loss. The hair is nourished from root to tip, promoting strength and shine.
- A massage of the upper back and shoulders (back of the heart space) relaxes muscular tension, and helps improve breathing, allowing the ability to go with the flow.
- Relax and integrate with a hot towel covering the hair and scalp.
Treatment Details:
- Indian Head Massage Infused with Reiki (75 mins) $111+hst.
- Session time is 90 mins (arrival, 75 min treatment, post-treatment integration).
- Please note: Post-treatment your hair and scalp will be oily.
- An Intake form is required to be submitted prior to your session.
To request an alternate appointment date/time, please email colleen@wanderwithin.ca
Indian Head Massage has a myriad of benefits: body, mind, and spirit:
BODY
- Promotes relaxation and rest
- Balancing effect on the nervous system
- Activation of the parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest)
- Destimulation of the sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight)
- Stimulates vital organs and body systems
- Lowers blood pressure and heart rate
- Relieves fatigue and insomnia, and enhances quality of sleep
- Releases muscular tension (chest, neck, shoulders, facial, scalp, upper back)
- Supports better breathing and improved posture
- Increases range of motion
- Improves blood circulation, reducing inflammation, tissues are nourished and healing is promoted
- Encourages lymphatic drainage, removing toxins and waste
- Relieves tension headaches and migraines
- Clears nasal congestion, relieves sinus pressure
- Eases eye strain and jaw tension
- Improves facial complexion and skin tone
- Oils nourish the skin, stimulate circulation in the head, and nourish the hair follicles, improving hair health (texture, shine, strength)
- Promotes hair growth and reduces hair loss
- Regulates digestion
- Strengthens immune system
- Supports hormonal imbalances
- Detoxification and cleansing
- Restores balance in the body
MIND
- Improves circulation, increases the flow of blood and oxygen to the brain
- Increases endorphins, serotonin, and dopamine hormones
- Induces a deep sense of relaxation, harmony, and tranquility
- Supports improved sleep
- Reduces mental and emotional stress, eases the mind
- Relieves anxiety and feelings of depression
- Relieves mental fatigue
- Increases mental awareness (noticing emotions), emotional processing is stimulated
- Releases suppressed emotions (frustration, anger, guilt, grief)
- Releases negative thoughts and feelings
- Regulates emotions
- Enhances mental clarity (mind is open and clear to find solutions to problems)
- Improves concentration, stimulates memory
- Greater feelings of the ability to cope and function
SPIRIT
- Releases stagnant energy
- Balances energy flow throughout the body
- Calms and uplifts the spirit with chakra alignment
- Feelings of unconditional love and support
- Promotes connection to self and others
- Restorative, revitalizing
- Awakens intuition, stimulates creativity and expression
- Promotes balance among the body, mind, and spirit
- Awakening of spirit, inner peace, completely present in the moment and in tune with your highest self
This treatment truly is a heart centered gift, guided with intention and attention.
Reiki energy healing is a beautiful, complementary therapy that brings balance, peace of mind and well-being to the body, mind, and spirit.
Reiki is an ancient and highly respected Japanese healing technique used to accelerate the body’s natural healing process. The word reiki translates to "Universal Life Force Energy."
Reiki energy is received and felt through the hovering of hands near the body or by light touch of the hands to the areas that need its healing light and vibration. This energy then rebalances and restores the body as it works on the chakras, meridians, and energy pathways of the body.
Reiki is holistic, meaning that it treats the whole person. Its effects can be experienced physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
A treatment can feel like a warm glowing radiance that flows through the body. The body may feel heavy as it relaxes, yet the spirit or emotions may feel light at the same time.
Benefits of Reiki
- Supports the body's natural ability to self-heal
- Promotes rest and relaxation
- Releases stagnant energy, balances energy flow throughout the body
- Cleanses toxins from the body
- Reduces tension and pain, speeds recovery from illness and injury
- Relieves stress, anxiety, and feelings of depression, eases the mind
- Relieves insomnia and enhances quality of sleep
- Strengthens immune system
- Increases mental awareness, regulates emotions
- Helps to release negative thoughts and feelings, old patterns, beliefs, and trauma
- Enhances mental clarity, awakens intuition
- Promotes connection to self and inner peace
- Greater feelings of being able to cope and function
Treatments have many benefits with each session being unique but always powerful and exactly what is needed on one’s healing journey.
As with many things in life, reiki must be experienced to be appreciated. Reiki is a gift, a return to your true self.
Treatment Details:
- Reiki Energy Healing (60-75 mins) $75+hst
- An Intake form is required to be submitted prior to your session.
To request an alternate appointment date/time, please email colleen@wanderwithin.ca
Slowing down and resting not only enhances our physical wellbeing but it also provides the opportunity for mental and emotional cleansing, healing, and growth.
The word “e-motion” tells it all - we need to keep our feelings and energy in motion, rather than locking them in our tissues. Practices that bridge the gap between our thoughts, emotions, and physical body are crucial in establishing health.
Restore Balance: Energy Healing, Cleansing & Clearing
This healing session uses meditation, breath, affirmation and reiki focusing on the chakras to release tension and stagnant energy, leaving you feeling balanced and renewed. This full body treatment allows life force energy to flow to every layer of your being.
Restore Balance includes the following holistic practices:
- Centering & Grounding
- Aromatherapy - Enjoy an enchanting blend of essential oils (pure vanilla, rose absolute, and palo santo) on the wrists and heartspace to promote self-love and self-compassion.
- Crystal Healing with a Rose Quartz Face Mask - The soothing weight of the crystals gently press into the skin, helping to relieve facial tension while the healing properties of rose quartz work their magic - inviting calm, love, and harmony.
- Chakra Healing Stones or crystals can be placed on the body to activate or amplify the energy of the chakras.
- Intention Setting
- Body-Sensing & Breathwork to promote relaxation and help direct energy flow
- Chakra Meditation, Visualization & Affirmations
- Reiki Energy Healing
- Energy Cleansing & Clearing with palo santo or sage to clear previous energy and set the stage for new beginnings
- Sound Healing with soothing music which may include chimes and singing bowls
- Chakra Affirmation Healing Cards - Complete your session by choosing an affirmation card for awakening and balancing your chakras.
This session is an invitation to:
- Create time and space for yourself to relax and restore
- Soothe your senses to promote harmony
- Connect with your breath, conscious breathing can help relieve anxiety, depression, and fatigue
- Release stored physical, mental, and emotional tension
- Shift stagnant energy, let go of what no longer serves you
- Relieve the effects of chronic stress
- Nourish your nervous system by activating your rest, digest, and repair response
- Replenish your adrenals and support your immune system
- Balance the body’s energy to improve overall vitality
- Find inner stillness to cultivate a calm and clear mind
- Deepen your self-awareness while listening to and connecting with your body’s wisdom
- Reconnect with yourself, integrating body, mind, and spirit
Session Details:
- Restore Balance (60-75 mins) $75+hst
- An Intake form is required to be submitted prior to your session.
To request an alternate appointment date/time, please email colleen@wanderwithin.ca
This is your invitation to shift from the outside world into the present moment. Cultivate a sense of calm and inner peace with a floating meditation under the light of the full moon. Soothe your senses with a beautiful blend of sounds, scents, candlelight, and the meditative rhythm of the movement of water.
To prepare the body for relaxation, our session will begin with a full moon pranayama (breathing practice), mudra (hand gesture), and short healing meditation to boost your heart energy which is lovely to practice at the full moon.
Light of the Full Moon Yoga Nidra & Visualization
Yoga Nidra, also known as yogic sleep, is a deeply relaxing, guided meditation. The idea is that your body rests completely but your mind remains quietly alert. This technique offers an array of benefits for our mental, emotional, and physical health.
Yoga Nidra is powerfully healing and can be practiced to:
- Encourage a sense of present-moment awareness, promoting self-awareness and mindfulness
- Calm the nervous system and quiet the mind, reducing stress and anxiety
- Improve sleep and restore energy
- Enhance overall wellbeing by promoting relaxation, stress reduction, and mental clarity
Join me as I guide you through this healing practice under the light of the full moon!
Floating Meditation Details:
- Upon arrival, please use a soft voice/whisper. Please turn your phone to silent to avoid distraction.
- Proceed to the side of the pool where we will assist you onto your raft.
- You will be provided with a large beach towel/blanket, pillow, and eye mask to enjoy during the float.
- If you need assistance at any time, simply raise your hand and Paresh will quietly wade over to help you.
- There will be light movement in the water throughout the session to maintain flow.
- Once the session ends, your raft will be escorted to the side of the pool so that you can return to land.
- Riding the wave of relaxation, please maintain soft voices and silenced phones until you depart.
Frequently Asked Questions...
Will I get wet? You will step onto the first or second step of the pool ladder while getting on and off the raft (your feet and lower legs will get wet but will dry quickly). The rafts are 39"x74" with flocked gripping fabric (there is very little chance of falling off the raft once you are on). Raft weight capacity is 330lbs. After exiting your raft you can use the towel to dry your feet and legs if needed.
What should I wear? Please dress according to the weather. Wear something comfortable and easy to move in. If the temperature is cool, layers work well (hoodie/sweatshirt, pants that roll up to knees, socks to keep your feet warm once on the raft).
How should I prepare? Eat lightly, stay hydrated, and give yourself enough time to travel without rushing. Guests are welcome to use the washroom before and after floating.
Can I participate while pregnant? For safety we suggest remaining on land while pregnant.
How many spaces are available? Ten rafts are available for this session.
What is the timeframe for this event? Boarding will begin at 7:30pm. When all guests have settled in, the guided meditation will begin.
What if it rains? Mother nature is our guide. A refund will be given if cancellation is required due to rain.
Date/Time: Monday September 8th, 7:30-8:45pm. $45+hst
Please feel free to email me with any questions: colleen@wanderwithin.ca
Join me to float into deep relaxation!