12/04/2025
Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is a tingling sensation that can begin on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine. Sometimes from face to throat and chest and sometimes down the limbs and “lightening” tingle out your fingers or toes. Every body and the energy they hold is different. In essence, the dopamine reward system is activated and balanced with seratonin's regulation and relaxation by a combination of the following.
Therapeutic ASMR is a combination of intuitive touch and movement of energy, scalp massage, pinching scalp and hair cracking and hair play to release tension and headache, face massage, neck massage and chest strokes, tapping/ scratching (softly) done with whispering, soft chanting, rocking, barridas (sweeping body with feathers or flowers/herbs), rhythmic sounds to cleanse the body of negative energy, relieve stress, promote mental and emotional heath and wellbeing. It is a lot of energy movement in a safe, gentle and held way.
I have been doing "elementary treatments" for way longer than I ever even heard of ASMR, for years. My dream is to grow up from my elementary sessions and start fully practicing to discover my own style. I am very shy to bring a modality like this to my work, because it is very different and different can feel uncomfortable. If I can't or the person doesn't trust and surrender to the process of the autonomous sensory level and stays in their head, it can seem strange. Traditional folk medicine knew this long before science and Western medicine educated the modern world. SO, who is down to get traditional, pre Western medicine style and who would be interested to have an ASMR session? 30 mins to 1 hour is all it takes. Be aware, It will not replace your regular massage at all.
Today’s “weird” is simply the rewilding/ decolonizing of tried and true ancestral science, connection and intuition walking through the current world, re-indigenized. Please share and support my passion to always go to that next level with humanity. Gracias 🦋
~Sally RedDove