The Shirodhara Oil Therapy System can be used as an Ayurvedic relaxation and balance treatment.
With this system, a controlled flow of warmed oil is gently poured over the third eye chakra, or Ajana. The oil streams down the crown chakra which helps magnify the senses, disperses many negative electrical impulses from stress, reverses imbalances inside the body, renews the sweetness of life and rejuvenates the face. Shirodhara is one of the most unique therapies you can find for reducing stress and enhancing cellular immunity and intelligence. Enjoy or provide a relaxing therapy.
About Shirodhara
Shirodhara translates from Sanskrit as head (shiro) and warm flow of oil (dhara). The client lies on a flat surface with a pillow or rolled towel under the neck and the head back. Warm oil drizzles slowly onto the forehead (the third eye) for an hour followed by a gentle massage of the scalp. There's no way to describe the effects. Any oil can be used, though most use half sunflower and half sesame oil.
A treatment is done in complete silence, taking you to a balanced state of rest and deep relaxation. It's an extremely popular Ayurvedic treatment, especially after a massage. Shirodhara is a wonderful rejuvenating therapy that can make your body flow. In Ayurveda, this type of therapy is considered the golden path to longevity and is designed for preserving health.
Shirodhara is meant to aid in healing the body at the root level by providing balance in the mind and emotions. You're left in a heavenly state of feeling all day. If you're an excessively high Pitta type you will usually want to use Shirodhara milk instead of oil because Pitta is heat and is best brought into balance by cooling. Special Ayurvedic milk has great cooling properties.
Recommended for: headaches, insomnia, stress, excessive mental fatigue, eye and ear conditions, and to improve circulation of the lymph to stimulate detoxification
Benefits: deep relaxation of the nervous system, improved function of the five senses, relief from mental and physical stress and strain, improved vitality and balance, increased blood circulation around the body and to the brain, boosts memory, nourishes hair and scalp and assists in providing sound sleep.
Benefits of Shirodhara Therapy:
- Eliminates diseases of head and disorders affecting neck, eyes, ears, nose and nervous system
- Helps overcome stress and its ill effects on nervous system
- Helps relieve insomnia, fatigue, tension, anxiety, anger, chronic headaches, rheumatism, hypertension, asthma, hair problems and stress
- Gives great mental relaxation, invigorates the body and mind and stimulates cognitive memories
- Disperses negative electrical impulses that accumulate at the skull and hairline from stress
- Renews the sweetness of life
- Rejuvenates the entire face and softens worry lines
- Opens the third eye
- Heightens the senses
- Increases intuition
- Activates the pituitary gland
- Increases spiritual awareness
- Regulates mood and depression disorders
- Activates the memory and stimulates the 6th and 7th chakra which regulates our breathing patterns
Available Systems
Manual or Electric available: The electrical version comes with one pitcher and a pump. The pump recirculates the oil for a continuous flow. The manual version comes with two pitchers and the oil is poured every four to five minutes by the therapist to create a continuous flow. Other than these differences, the units are exactly the same. The manual that comes with the systems explains BOTH ways of doing the treatment, and if a therapist decides they would prefer doing the treatment differently (ie they purchased an electrical system but have decided they would like to do the treatment manually) they can purchase the extra component (either the pump or the extra pitcher) separately.
Stand Only System Includes
- Copper Shirodhara stand only
Hands-On System includes:
- Copper Shirodhara Stand
- Copper Shirodhara pot w/control valve
- Two Copper Pouring Pitchers, size #1 (7 cup capacity)
- Electric Solid Element Burner
- Vinyl Strip for directing the oil back to the pitcher (not shown)
- PDF copy of our Shirodhara Training Manual
Electric System includes:
- Copper shirodhara stand
- Copper shirodhara vessel with control valve
- One Copper Pitcher Size #2 (9.5 cup capacity)
- Electric oil pump with 6'4" of hose (pump is not shown)
- Electric Solid Element Burner
- Vinyl strip for guiding oil back to the pitcher (not shown)
- PDF copy of our Shirodhara Training Manual
This product ships in 2 boxes: 22" x 14" x 12" - approx 20 lbs and 16" x14" x 6" - approx 4 lbs
NOTE: All Shirodhara Oil Systems can be adjusted by lengthening or shortening the chain or purchasing extra swag chain from a hardware store. There is about a 6" height adjustment. We can also make the unit any height you wish. We just need the height of your table. There is another way to change the height of the all copper units and this is by cutting the copper pipe with a pipe cutter.
Return policy: Not returnable for sanitation reasons.
