BENEFITS OF BAMBOO MASSAGE THERAPY
Considering the many therapeutic benefits of bamboo massage for both clients and therapists, it is surprising that it is not more readily found on spa menus. After all, bamboo was considered a powerful healing tool in ancient China, Japan and Indonesia. Bamboo still symbolizes life, energy, prosperity, longevity and fertility in these cultures. Today though, it is making an impressive comeback as a bodywork tool and coveted beauty ingredient around the globe. And for all the right reasons! About Bamboo Using Bamboo for Bodywork While we're concerned with erasing scars, Ethiopia's Karo tribe is creating them. In the tribe's eyes, beauty is literally skin deep: The scars cut onto the stomachs of women at childhood are seen as beautiful adornments meant to attract men who are husband material. For use in massage, sets of usually seven hollow bamboo sticks of different lengths and diameters of typically 4 to 15 inches are organically treated for health ...