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skin condition
sensitive or sensitized skin.
introduction
The UltraCalming Skin Relief
Massage can be incorporated
into your skin treatment at the
massage stage. In addition to
helping to improve breathing and
calming the psyche while relaxing
the body, these techniques
remove accumulated stress in
the face, including the sinuses,
head and eye muscles. Clients
will experience reduced swelling
of the tissues, which will help with
redness commonly experienced by
those with sensitive or sensitized
skin. Skin will be revitalized and
skin health will be dramatically
improved.
treatment time
10 minutes
contraindications
Check your Face Mapping ® skin
analysis Consultation Card for any
skin or medical conditions that
might contraindicate a product
selection.
dermalogica
UltraCalming skin
relief massage
step-by-step
1 Perform inhalation techniques: cup hands over face while encouraging client to
do deep abdominal breathing; hold hands over the nose and mouth area for 3
deep abdominal breaths. Helps to improve breathing, calms the psyche through
inhalation of essential oils.
2 Place hands together on the sternum, palms flat to the skin, perform light
pressure in a clockwise motion. On the exhale breath 3x. Helps to improve
breathing and calms the psyche.
3 Move hands out to the anterior axillae and press shoulders down to the bed 3x.
Pivot hands to cup the shoulders and press towards the feet 3x. Relaxes the
chest and shoulders.
4 Bring the hands around the shoulders and with whole hands stroking behind
the shoulders bring to the base of the skull, stretch the spine gently by pulling
towards your body 3x. Relieves stress and tension in the head, neck
and shoulders.
5 Reposition hands slightly and using the middle finger on both hands, stroke
upwards on the governing meridian to the occipital ridge. Pulse with middle
finger on (GV 16) stress point 3x. Relieves stress and tension in the head, neck
and shoulders.
6 Bring hands out from behind the head and stroke the jaw and cheeks with
fingers, and then the forehead with the fleshy part of the thumbs simultaneously
3x. Drainage movement; tension relief for frontal sinus and headache.
7 Pulse with the middle finger to temple (Tai Yang) 3x. This relieves headache
and stress.
8
Using the fleshy part of the thumb stroke over the brows and follow with
cushioned forefinger stroking under the eyes draining to the temporal lymph
node. Drainage of the mastoid sinuses.
9 Stroke under the eyes with middle fingertips and pinch the eyebrows between
thumb and forefinger to the end of the eyebrows 3x. This movement helps to
drain the frontal sinuses and relieve tired eye muscles.
10 Pulse with the middle finger at the inner eye socket (B1) 3x. This helps with pain
and swelling in the eyes, nosebleeds and sinus problems.