Hands On Shirodhara Treatment - Promolife

Ayurvedic Facial
Massage Sequence
1. Place a teaspoon of oil in hand; apply oil from shoulders to forehead.
2. Start with fingers on upper trapezius and circle 7x both sides at the same time.
3. Bring hands around shoulders and up the back of the neck. Cradle occipital bone
with good pressure. Hand over hand up the back of the neck 7x.
4. Thumbs on front of the neck at both sides glide upward and gently squeeze the sternocleidomastoid
muscle (SCM) alternating sides on each stroke, 7x.
5. Thumb on chin, and index finger under the edge of the mandible glide from chin to
lateral jaw alternating sides on each stroke, 7x.
6. Index finger on chin and thumb above upper lip, glide around lips to the ear alternating
sides on each stroke, 7x.
7. Using index finger, start at either side of the nose, glide under the maxillary arch and
to the ear both sides at the same time 7x.
8. Using both thumbs glide over the top of the maxillary arch to the ear, both sides at
the same time, 7x.
9. Using ring finger, circle the eyes going medial to lateral on eyebrows and continuing
around the orbital ridge gently 7x.
10. Glide up the sides of the nose with your middle finger. You can either alternate fingers
or do both sides at the same time; whichever is more comfortable for you.
11. Bilaterally, press on avarta marma at the very point where the eyebrow meets the
nose. This will probably be sensitive on most people.
12. Squeeze along the eyebrow in 3-4 points moving medial to lateral. Use extra caution
not to poke the eye. Do this with the ring or index finger and thumb, with thumb on
top edge of the brow.
13. Using index, middle, and ring finger on both hands circle 7x at the temporomandibular
joint (TMJ) with firm pressure.
14. Same hand position, glide up sides of face, both hands at the same time and circle at
the temples 7x.
15. Glide back down toward TMJ and back up toward temple (figure 8 style) 7x. Use
light pressure on the down stroke and firmer on the upstroke.