What should I expect when receiving a Siddha Hot Oil Adrenal Bath?
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When you come in for your appointment, we'll sit down and discuss your preferences to heat, potential allergens and contraindications, and cover any questions before treatment begins.
After our discussion, I'll leave the room so you can get situated on the table. For the treatment you will be face down, with your back exposed. I'll knock to let you know I'm coming back in. Because you have not placed any oils or lotions on you back since the day prior as requested, the dough will stick to your lower back. I will spend some time building a dough dam around the Kidneys and adrenal glands. |
The upper back and sides of the body will be draped with a towel so only the dough dam is exposed.
From here on out your job will be to relax, stay as still as comfortably possible to avoid dam breaks and oil leaks, and provide me feedback on oil temperature preferences.
I start the oil bath with a lukewarm oil pour.
For the next 30 to 40 minutes, I will suction oil out of the oil bath (some will always remain, enough to cover the bottom of the dam) and add more heat, re-pouring the oil and increasing the temperature gradually to a bearable hot temperature. This is why your feedback is important.
The oil goes over my palm before it reaches your back, I will always be aware of the oil temp, but everyone's heat tolerance is different. It becomes a dance.
The heat and pour drops the body into a deep state of rest and digest as it nourishes the Kidneys and adrenals.
Session ends with me draining the oil from the dam, removing the dam, and using hot towels to remove any remaining dough. Grounding at the feet and leaving the room to allow you space to dress and come back to Earth.
With a deep state of relaxation, you'll want to give yourself a minimum of 15 minutes to ground before leaving.
Keep your lower back warm after treatment and avoid shocking your system with cold. Enjoy!
From here on out your job will be to relax, stay as still as comfortably possible to avoid dam breaks and oil leaks, and provide me feedback on oil temperature preferences.
I start the oil bath with a lukewarm oil pour.
For the next 30 to 40 minutes, I will suction oil out of the oil bath (some will always remain, enough to cover the bottom of the dam) and add more heat, re-pouring the oil and increasing the temperature gradually to a bearable hot temperature. This is why your feedback is important.
The oil goes over my palm before it reaches your back, I will always be aware of the oil temp, but everyone's heat tolerance is different. It becomes a dance.
The heat and pour drops the body into a deep state of rest and digest as it nourishes the Kidneys and adrenals.
Session ends with me draining the oil from the dam, removing the dam, and using hot towels to remove any remaining dough. Grounding at the feet and leaving the room to allow you space to dress and come back to Earth.
With a deep state of relaxation, you'll want to give yourself a minimum of 15 minutes to ground before leaving.
Keep your lower back warm after treatment and avoid shocking your system with cold. Enjoy!
What are the benefits?
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Disclaimer: statements have not been reviewed by the FDA, please consult with a physician with medical questions. The information presented is not meant to diagnose conditions.
Your Adrenal Glands sit above your kidneys and they are responsible for the secretion of hormones throughout the body. These hormones include cortisol, adrenaline, testosterone in females, and estrogen in males. The adrenal glands directly impact stress response, blood pressure, sugar and salt levels within the body, growth, metabolism, and reproductive health. Because they are interrelated with the pituitary and hypothalamus for hormone regulation, if you have healthy adrenal glands, you can increase healthy communication of these areas of the brain. |
Adrenals help regulate the parasympathetic nervous and sympathetic nervous system response. These are more commonly known as fight or flight.
There are also freeze, fawn, and flop. These look like inability to move forward to complete a task, people pleasing, and total collapse of the body function (think of an animal playing dead).
Fight can look like anger and over aggression towards tasks. Flight can look like being absent to important events. For me, flight was being late to work every morning because I did not want to be in the situation that I knew awaited me.
In Chinese Medicine, the Adrenal Glands are treated with the Kidneys. They are viewed as having the same manifestations.
Kidneys, in TCM, are paired with the bladder on the yang, or moving organ, and paired with the heart on the yin side, or the nourishing and storing organ.
Supporting the Adrenals will directly support the heart health and the bladder health in this way. All areas would benefit as the body is not separate from itself, but these areas may see more direct impact.
In the 5 Element Theory, the kidneys and the bladder are responsible for the ears, the bones, and your sensitivity to cold. The best time to nourish the Kidneys is in the winter and between 3pm and 7pm in the afternoon.
Kidneys also govern fear and apprehension. The opposite which would be caution.
They are also the store house of our chi reserves in our body. We are born with a limited and unrenewable amount of prenatal chi and we create an unlimited and renewable amount of postnatal chi (through diet, exercise, air and breath quality, movement, etc.).
Someone who has aged quickly is using an expansive amount of prenatal chi and lacks postnatal reserve. In this way, regenerating the kidneys can bring a more youthful appearance.
And the most abstract are of the kidneys, if you have made it this far, is that they are the house of your Destiny. You are born with just enough prenatal chi to complete your destiny. When our prenatal chi is gone, our life span ends. By supporting the kidneys, you also support your destiny.
There are also freeze, fawn, and flop. These look like inability to move forward to complete a task, people pleasing, and total collapse of the body function (think of an animal playing dead).
Fight can look like anger and over aggression towards tasks. Flight can look like being absent to important events. For me, flight was being late to work every morning because I did not want to be in the situation that I knew awaited me.
In Chinese Medicine, the Adrenal Glands are treated with the Kidneys. They are viewed as having the same manifestations.
Kidneys, in TCM, are paired with the bladder on the yang, or moving organ, and paired with the heart on the yin side, or the nourishing and storing organ.
Supporting the Adrenals will directly support the heart health and the bladder health in this way. All areas would benefit as the body is not separate from itself, but these areas may see more direct impact.
In the 5 Element Theory, the kidneys and the bladder are responsible for the ears, the bones, and your sensitivity to cold. The best time to nourish the Kidneys is in the winter and between 3pm and 7pm in the afternoon.
Kidneys also govern fear and apprehension. The opposite which would be caution.
They are also the store house of our chi reserves in our body. We are born with a limited and unrenewable amount of prenatal chi and we create an unlimited and renewable amount of postnatal chi (through diet, exercise, air and breath quality, movement, etc.).
Someone who has aged quickly is using an expansive amount of prenatal chi and lacks postnatal reserve. In this way, regenerating the kidneys can bring a more youthful appearance.
And the most abstract are of the kidneys, if you have made it this far, is that they are the house of your Destiny. You are born with just enough prenatal chi to complete your destiny. When our prenatal chi is gone, our life span ends. By supporting the kidneys, you also support your destiny.
Are there contraindications? What do I need to take into consideration before scheduling?
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This is a heat dependent treatment that is very potent.
Please allow for extra time after the treatment to ground back into your surroundings. Before scheduling, please note the following: -Contraindications that prohibit adrenal treatment: fever; chronic kidney infections; extreme fatigue; urinary tract infection; infective skin condition and or lesion in area of treatment; adrenal kidney cancer; allergies to massage oil; skin hypersensitivity to herbal application; heat intolerances - This is a HEAT DEPENDENT THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT involving the use of a heating device and application of warm to tolerably hot oil. -Allergies or sensitivities to massage oils (especially Sesame oil) and or allergy to herbs (especially involving topical herbal heat applications) may be problematic. The dough dam is crafted with wheat and soy flour. Please check in with your body. Do let us know if such sensitivities may prohibit your ability to receive treatment. -Please refrain from applying any oil or lubricants on your back prior to your treatment (preferable 24 hours prior). Doing so will definitely interfere with adhering the leak proof dam made up of dough to be applied on the lower thoracic area. Without a leak proof dam, the treatment is not viable. |
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Oils Available for Treatment
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All Oils are herbal infusions in sesame oil.
Sesame oil nourishes muscles, bones, and joints while bolstering your ability to handle stress. The first herbal option is Ashwagandha Bala. Ashwaganda is a calming adaptogenic that combats stress, insomnia, fatigue, and anxiety. It supports the thyroid, reproductive health, immunity, hot flashes, and digestion. Bala is translated to "Strength"; it can reduce neuralgia pain, inflammation, and cortisol. It also nourishes and supports the lungs, kidneys, bladder, circulation, and heart. Bala is also indicated for cystitis. Bala should not be used with MAO Inhibitors or Steroids. |
The second option is Brahmi.
Brahmi is a brain tonic and helps with signs of aging. Reach for Brahmi when you have brain fog, are recovering from illness, or if you would like to improve ADHD symptoms.
The final option is Bhringaraj.
Bhringaraj is indicated for loss of pigmentation in the hair and skin, balding and hair loss, liver toxicity, poor eyesight, loose teeth, itching, vertigo, ear and sinus problems. It helps the body cool down and relaxes the brain while increasing appetite and reducing mental nervousness.
More information on the oils is available on request.
Brahmi is a brain tonic and helps with signs of aging. Reach for Brahmi when you have brain fog, are recovering from illness, or if you would like to improve ADHD symptoms.
The final option is Bhringaraj.
Bhringaraj is indicated for loss of pigmentation in the hair and skin, balding and hair loss, liver toxicity, poor eyesight, loose teeth, itching, vertigo, ear and sinus problems. It helps the body cool down and relaxes the brain while increasing appetite and reducing mental nervousness.
More information on the oils is available on request.
My Personal Experience with the Treatment
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Learning the treatment:
The Adrenal Bath is a very old and powerful art of applying warmed herbal oil over the adrenals and kidneys for nourishment. The oil is exchanged to become increasingly warmer and bearably hot over the course of the treatment. The temperature is monitored by the hand of the practitioner, with loving care, attention, and empowered intentions. Building the dough dam for the first time proved to be a learning experience, the dough has to be just the right consistency to sculpt properly and to seal completely. |
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Communicating with the warmth of the oil becomes a dance.
My first experience taught me that my adrenals and Kidneys were much colder than I anticipated.
The warm oil felt much too hot even though I consciously knew it was a safe temperature. A lesson in why the heat becomes a slow build.
The emotions stored in the kidneys from the last few months of turmoil surfaced for release.
My second experience was smoother as my body now knew what to expect and I had greater clarity for my personal heat tolerance.
The gradual warming sent me into an out of body experience not once, but twice. I remember traveling on the first instance, but don't remember where to.
I also remember feeling like I was tipping on the table as the circulation moved, I kept thinking to myself to quit leaning as I'd spill the oil.
I remember almost feeling like catching the table a few times only to remember that the tipping sensation wasn't a truth.
For the next night and into the next day I felt as if I had a heating pad on my middle back. It's been several days and the warming sensation can still reappear.
I move easier, my emotions are more stable, I am building stamina, and I feel like I am once again able to make forward progress on my path.
My digestion is clearing, my lymph is moving, and my fatigue has started to dissipate. I am able to face challenges with a little more stability and a little less panic.
This treatment came into my life when I was in adrenal overdrive and I do genuinely feel like this treatment helped save my life and allowed certain manifestations, circumstances, and prayers to come through in Divine Timing.
My first experience taught me that my adrenals and Kidneys were much colder than I anticipated.
The warm oil felt much too hot even though I consciously knew it was a safe temperature. A lesson in why the heat becomes a slow build.
The emotions stored in the kidneys from the last few months of turmoil surfaced for release.
My second experience was smoother as my body now knew what to expect and I had greater clarity for my personal heat tolerance.
The gradual warming sent me into an out of body experience not once, but twice. I remember traveling on the first instance, but don't remember where to.
I also remember feeling like I was tipping on the table as the circulation moved, I kept thinking to myself to quit leaning as I'd spill the oil.
I remember almost feeling like catching the table a few times only to remember that the tipping sensation wasn't a truth.
For the next night and into the next day I felt as if I had a heating pad on my middle back. It's been several days and the warming sensation can still reappear.
I move easier, my emotions are more stable, I am building stamina, and I feel like I am once again able to make forward progress on my path.
My digestion is clearing, my lymph is moving, and my fatigue has started to dissipate. I am able to face challenges with a little more stability and a little less panic.
This treatment came into my life when I was in adrenal overdrive and I do genuinely feel like this treatment helped save my life and allowed certain manifestations, circumstances, and prayers to come through in Divine Timing.
