Yes, the rave and fad in bodywork modalities these days is definitely “HOT ROCKS” or thermal stone therapy. Professional massage therapies integrating bodywork modalities include heated stones as part of the therapeutic process. Indigenous cultures have used heated stones and cold therapies for cleansing, healing the body and spiritual rites of passage. Today, Chinese traditional medicine uses heat called moxibustion as part of acupuncture. Basalt stones from Peru are said to withdraw negative ions, and certainly ease deep muscular tension.

Basalt stones and river rocks are strategically placed on both sides of the spine and the chakras (energetic centers of the body). Cold techniques are applied with specifically crafted marble for massage therapists. Using craniosacral, shiatsu, Swedish massage, lomi-lomi, and reflexology techniques with heated stones, the session includes a gentle relaxation massage which some describe as "heavenly". The use of applying hot, cold and heat again to misaligned muscles with neuromuscular techniques (NMT) can bring remarkable relief with less pain than NMT alone. La Stone thermal sessions compliments the other modalities that I have been using for over three decades.

Similar to Swedish massage, a person is draped for modesty and a variety of oils and lotions are applied for approximately 75 minutes.