Indian Head Massage - Shoulders and Neck

Shoulder Massage

Light thumb compression

Rest your hands on the shoulders and walk your thumbs lightly down the midline of the neck and shoulders.

Shoulders Petrissage (kneading)

Place your hands on both of your subject's shoulders near the neck and gently squeeze the muscles between your palm and your fingers. Do not use your thumbs.  Apply light pressure; this area is sensitive for most of the people.

Neck Massage

Neck Kneading

Place your hand on your subject’s neck and gently squeeze it. Do not grasp between your thumb and your palm, you rather use only the palm to apply the squeeze. You can use any for the hands. This stroke is improving the blood circulation in brain.

Neck stretching

Place your right hand on your subject's right shoulder close to the neck. Start with a gentle side stretching to the right pushing with your left hand and supporting with your right hand. The stretching has to be done in a slow motion and the extension should be in the limits of comfort. Perform this a few times on each side. Continue with stretching forward - backward in the same slow motion. Continue the stretching with alternative rotations; one clockwise the next one counterclockwise. For the rotation stretching the move should be even slower. Repeat this several times. The focus is not only on the muscles on the neck it is also on the throat where stretching will activate the glands and lymph nodes.