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Ku Nye Massage
This is an amazing repertoire of body work that has been practised for around 5000 years. In the category of the External Therapies in Tibetan Medicine, it is the most important treatment and the one with the most aspects that can be used to tailor each treatment according to the patients needs.
Some of the rejuvenating and restorative benefits of a Ku Nye massage treatment include:
The elimination of toxins that can be stored in the body
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Increased vitality
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Reduction and alleviation of pain and pain syndromes
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Calming of nervous disorders including insomnia, depression and anxiety
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Easing of painful or strained muscles and joints
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Remove energy blockages
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A Ku Nye session will include:
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The selection of a massage oil blend according to your body typology
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The use of specific movements to stretch, relax or ease muscles and relieve pain
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Hot rocks
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Acupressure
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Joint movement and mobilisation
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Application of therapeutic heat with hot rocks
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If indicated, the removal of excess oils at the end of the treatment with sandalwood
and chickpea powders.
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Cupping, moxibustion, massage with shells and Yuk Cho stick therapy may be added to the session when appropriate.
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My teacher Dr Nida Chenagtsang always stresses that the best medicine for people with
a rLung (wind) typology is a hug. And he is quite right, the firm, warm pressure of a hug settles the parasympathetic nervous system, and it is why Ku Nye massage is so highly regarded in the context of Tibetan medicine as the best treatment for rLung or wind imbalances and disorders. Warmth and pressure through massage alleviate and balance
the rLung symptoms.
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But you don't have to fall under the rLung typology to be affected by those imbalances. Stress, anxiety, depression, physical pain, sleeplessness, blocked energy channels are all signs that the wind energy is out of balance.
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A full Ku Nye massage treatment will take around one and a half to two hours. A one hour treatment is an option but be aware that time constraints will limit the treatment range.
BLA MASSAGE
bLa energy is our life force, our chi, our vital "juice", it keeps us balanced and functioning. A pure and protective energy with the five elements of which we, and the universe we live in, consist of.
This energy moves around the body on a 30 day lunar cycle, being found in a different place on every day of that cycle. The study of bLa energy and its functions are a direct result of the strong relationship between the two sciences of Tibetan Medicine and Tibetan Astrology.
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bLa energy can be lost due to stress, trauma, operations or strong treatments done on the wrong day. (Therapies like moxibustion and bloodletting should never be done on the place where the bLa energy is on any particular day. A Tibetan doctor will always check the dates before giving this sort of treatment.)
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Signs that your bLa energy is depleted may include: tiredness, sadness, clouded thought and confusion, interrupted sleep, a grey or dull complexion.The good news is that this energy can be restored, called back through a bLa massage treatment. bLa points appropriate to the day can be incorporated into a ku nye massage.
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On the days of the full moon and the dark moon we can perform a whole body bLa massage, working on all the points to call this vital energy back and restore and rejuvenate our energetic and physical body.Relaxing and magical, many people feel deeply rejuvenated and restored after their bLa massage, and continue to feel the benefits for many days.
“Our bodies are probably the most complex, miraculous, under- valued constructs on the face of this planet. In the western world in particular, so many of us just drag ourselves around using our bodies like robots and then wonder why they don’t work when we didn’t take them in for regular servicing.
In the skin alone there are countless nerves and neurons, every layer beneath the skin also has its own network, fascia, muscles, tendons... and from the perspective of Tibetan medicine we also consider the importance of energy channels, points and meridians.
Touch is not just pleasurable to us; it is vital to our well-being. Babies who are not touched die, older people who live alone and are not often touched by another person are more likely to have suppressed immune systems. Yes even a simple hug can lift us on a bad day.
So it makes sense that the best treatment comes from a machine that understands our own, another body. In particular the human hand, it could have been purpose made for healing!
The hand is flexible, soft and firm, sensitive - fingertips are the second most sensitive part of the body after the tongue, able to mould to the shape of the body, able to sense pain, stress, energy blockages, tightness of muscles and tendons, and can do something to relieve these conditions.
When we lay our hands on another person with the intention to heal we are honouring so many aspects of our physical and energetic selves, we are practising a form of help and healing that has been part of being human since we first came to be. Our mothers were our first healers, through the simple yet profound act of loving touch.
This is an unbroken lineage of healing we all belong to.”
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Karen Stone
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