01/06/2025
Ayurvedic Massage and Steam with Grounding Medicinal Herbs 🌿
with Rachel Niclair , Ayurvedic Therapist at .ofhealingarts
✨ June Offer: Receive a complimentary Dashmul steam add-on with any 60 or 90-minute Abhyanga booked this month.
Just mention “June Steam” when booking. A little extra warmth and herbal support to carry you gently through the season.
As we move into the cooler seasons, our bodies often start to feel a little tighter, drier, and more sensitive. This is a natural time to slow down, warm up, and reconnect with your body’s deeper rhythms.
At Soul Song Temple, Rachel offers traditional Ayurvedic Abhyanga—a warm oil massage that’s deeply nourishing for the nervous system, joints, skin, and digestion. For those wanting to take it a little deeper, you can add a Bashpa Swedana (herbal steam) to the end of your treatment.
This steam is never offered on its own—it’s always after massage, when your tissues are warm and open, and the medicated oils have begun to do their work. The steam helps drive the herbs and oils deeper into the body, supporting detoxification, circulation, and release.
The herbal blend Rachel uses is Dashmul—a classical Ayurvedic formula made from the roots of ten medicinal plants. Dashmul is known for its grounding, anti-inflammatory, and vata-pacifying properties. It’s especially beautiful during seasonal transitions, times of stress, or when you're feeling depleted or scattered.
Adding herbal steam can help to:
Relieve muscular tension and stiffness
Support joint mobility and circulation
Calm the nervous system and mind
Open the body’s subtle channels (srotas)
Aid digestion and natural detoxification
Deepen the absorption and effect of the oils used in massage
You’re welcome to come in for massage alone—or choose to add the steam if your body’s calling for a little more. Either way, it’s a chance to slow down, receive, and come home to yourself.
