As the innovators of stone massage in both Europe and the USA over the past 14 years, LaStone have maintained and grown a flourishing education programme that aims to educate for excellence.

More than a ‘hot stone’ body massage it is a Total Therapy System designed to create master practitioners and enable therapists to develop their skills in a range of treatment fields. With over 25’000 therapists working in over 100 countries worldwide, the popularity of LaStone has grown consistently through the years and treatments are now available in major destination spas, hotel groups, health hydros and private centers. All qualified LaStone therapists automatically become members of an International network that supports all types of therapists across the health industry. These ambassadors deliver the highest quality treatments and the LaStone philosophy to their clients.

Much confusion has arisen over the years about the differences in treatment plans from LaStone and subsequent expressions of the principals of using stones to massage the body. Although named by the press –‘hot stone therapy’, LaStone is actually the only directly prescriptive temperature treatment on the market and is a concept based on thermotherapy to deliver this deeply therapeutic, relaxing, grounding, deep tissue, cleansing treatment -– with the stones being the tools that administer the elements of temperature to the body. In 2006 LaStone earned its hallowed place on the world renowned SPA Healthy Living Massage Milestone Calendar charting revolutionary and innovative ideals in massage therapy since the dawn of time, from 300BC to the present day.

So what is the value of a thermotherapy treatment to your clients?

The chemical responses in the body occur when using the temperature to ‘work’ the blood vessels to vasodilate and vasoconstrict in an alternating pattern – this in turn creates a flushing action moving the primal bodily fluids to the vital organs. Toxins are directed towards the liver, congestion and fluid retention towards the lymphatic nodes, and nutrients throughout the blood stream. This science creates an increase in the metabolism and pulse rate therefore increasing circulation; additionally the cold stones immediately create an analgesic effect on the muscles, reducing pain, inflammation and congestion.

Whatever your current philosophy, whether you are thinking of training as a LaStone therapist or becoming a client, there is a level of LaStone that everyone can get to grips with. Once you have experienced the training or the treatment you will see how the combined energies of the stones and the temperature create a unique and thoroughly rewarding wellness treatment.

LaStone offers over 12 courses: Simply Stones 2 day course teaches you a 60 minute treatment. Original Body 3.5 days teaches a 90min treatment.

New course development has seen the creation of a variety of courses and they now offer an extensive range of advanced training to therapists from a variety of disciplines. Stone Sole Reflexology 3 day course is specifically focused on stimulating all the reflex points making reflexology a full body treatment and is open to qualified reflexologists.

Deep Stone is highly prescriptive and suitable for those already trained in LaStone Original Body or Simply Stones. This treatment enables the therapist to work deeper and more effectively using thermotherapy when working on a site specific area for greater lasting results, the temperature does the hard work, not the therapist.

Muscle tension and inflammation are reduced by the use of the cold stones and using the combined properties of hot and cold leads to an increasing flow of blood to muscles, stimulating them to flush out toxins. The treatment is at once deep and remedial as well as healing and releasing. In total you will learn how to treat 43 different specific muscles over the 4 days of instruction. As the course progresses we incorporate these new techniques and your existing skills into a full body treatment and assess your ongoing professional development.

To learn more about LaStone courses for spa, energy and science please visit www.lastonetherapy.co.uk

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