For those seeking the ultimate, penetrating oil massage, this could well be it. It’s pedigree is a long one- at least 2,000 years and its origins are to be found in Ayurveda. Those familiar with Traditional Chinese medical theory who subsequently receive Indonesian massage will recognise a very disciplined treatment of the main energy meridians.

Whether this is intuitive or the result of Chinese influence in the distant past , it is difficult to say. As practiced today, Indonesian massage is still very much part of an effective healing system that also includes herbal remedies called “Jamu’.

Indonesian massage is performed on the floor or on a hard bed or couch. The recipient is naked but may be partially covered with a towel over areas that are not receiving attention. For people of modest stature, Indonesian massage therapists have astonishing strength in their thumbs and elbows their principal massage tool.

This is a deep massage – very deep and is not for the faint hearted. Even the stroking techniques are penetrating, using as they do the heels of the palms and lots of body weight to push deeply into the tissues.

Thumb kneading is used everywhere with Indonesian massage to give the ultimate muscle fascia release. Manipulations using stretches, pulls and twists are used to brilliant effect on the spine.


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