Imagine lying completely relaxed on a massage table and enjoying the gentle touches! During the massage, you can feel how your stress begins to fall away. Touch by touch, you immerse yourself in the soothing experience and suddenly feel your entire body being stimulated and revitalized.
In a hectic world that often drains us physically and mentally, we are all looking for ways to bring body, mind and soul back into harmony. The Garshan massage, a traditional Ayurvedic dry massage, offers you exactly this opportunity.
Lymph flow: the invisible lifeline of our body
Our body is a marvel in which the lymphatic system plays a central role. This is because we transport nutrients, filter harmful substances and thus maintain our immune system via the lymph flow.
However, stress, lack of exercise or unhealthy lifestyle habits can cause this “invisible flow of life” to come to a standstill. This often manifests itself in external signs such as swelling or severe skin problems. However, a weak immune system and frequent infections can also be a sign of poor lymph flow.
Kapha types in particular, who have a sluggish metabolism and lymph flow by nature, often suffer from these symptoms.
The magic of Garshan massage
One treatment that can help with this problem is the so-called Garshan massage. The traditional Ayurvedic dry massage has its origins in the millennia-old Indian healing art of Ayurveda. The term “garshan” comes from Sanskrit and means something like “rubbing” or “massaging”.
Unlike classic oil massages, this massage technique does not use oil. Instead, a special silk glove made from raw silk is used. It has a slightly rough texture that not only leaves a pleasant tingling sensation on the skin, but also enables manual lymphatic drainage.
This extraordinary Ayurvedic massage was originally developed to stimulate the metabolism, activate the lymph flow and harmonize the Dosha-Kapha. This is because Kapha, which consists of the elements earth and water, tends to be sluggish, cumbersome and accumulate fluid in the body.
How does the Garshan massage work?
Traditionally, the massage with the silk glove always begins at the extremities and works its way to the center of the body. The even and rhythmic movements follow the course of the lymph channels.
Although the massage was originally developed for Kapha types, it can be adapted to any constitutional type (Vata, Pitta, Kapha). The massage techniques differ mainly in terms of intensity.
For Kapha types, more vigorous movements stimulate the metabolism and lymph flow, while for Pitta types, only gentle pressure is applied to balance the Dosha. For Vata types, on the other hand, we use slow and calming strokes at the Ayurveda Resort Mandira to harmonize the skin and nervous system.
How does Garshan massage affect the body, mind and soul?
Garshan massage can have numerous positive effects on your well-being.
- It gets your lymph flow going and stimulates the removal of harmful substances. It is not for nothing that dry massages are an important part of detoxification treatments such as our Panchakarma Light treatment.
- Like most Ayurvedic massages, the Garsham massage has a relaxing effect on your body and mind. It relieves tension and supports your regeneration.
- The friction warms your skin slightly and stimulates blood circulation, leaving you feeling fresh and energized after the massage.
- At the same time, the silk glove massage acts as a gentle exfoliation that removes dead skin cells. This gives your skin a radiant, healthy glow and makes it particularly receptive for subsequent treatments with warm oil.
The massage can also be perfectly combined with other Ayurvedic treatments, such as Marma therapy, which has a targeted effect on energetic points, or Pinda Sveda, a soothing herbal stamp massage.
What other effects can Ayurveda treatment have?
Garshan massage can not only help you to reduce stress and improve the appearance of your skin, it can also help you to lose weight.
As part of our Holistic Ayurveda Detox intensive treatment, you can cleanse your body from the ground up and learn to regulate your weight in a beneficial way. Our exclusive combination of nutritional advice, type diagnosis and traditional Ayurveda treatments, such as the Garshan massage, the synchronous Udvartana herbal powder massage, the Shirodhara forehead oil pouring and the Udanavata© abdominal massage, will provide you with ideal support.
Every treatment and therapy at the Ayurveda Resort Mandira is specially tailored to the needs of your type and invites you to feel and grow holistically. Experience the relaxing effect and power of the Garshan massage and be inspired by the holistic art of Ayurveda! Your journey to a lighter and more radiant you begins here.
