East Asian Body Treatment

Any combination of gua sha and/or cupping on your body.

30min - $85

60min - $145

East Asian Facial Treatment

Any combination of gua sha and/or cupping on your face.

30min - $85

Gua Sha and Cupping for the face is a relaxing cosmetic treatment used to stimulate collagen to firm skin, increase circulation, oxygenate cells, activate the lymphatic system, tighten skin, and lessen fine wrinkles all to improve the overall quality and appearance of the face, neck, and décolleté.

What is Gua Sha Therapy?

Gua Sha Therapy is the practice of using a tool to apply pressure and scrape the skin to relieve pain and tension. This action causes light bruising, which often appears as purple or red spots known as petechiae or sha. The name Gua Sha (pronounced gwahshah) - comes from the Chinese word for scraping.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, qi or chi is energy that flows through the body. Many people believe that a person’s qi must be in balanced and flowing freely to ensure their health and wellbeing. People also believe that qi can become blocked, causing pain or tension in the muscles and joints.

Gua Sha Therapy aims to move this blocked energy to relieve aches or stiffness. Traditional East Asian medicine also views blood stagnation as a cause of pain and illness.

Benefits of Gua Sha:

  • Calm Your Nervous System

  • Increase Blood Circulation

  • Promote Lymphatic Drainage

  • Reduce Inflammation

  • Relieve Muscle Pain

What is Cupping Therapy?

Cupping Therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine in which our massage therapist puts special glass cups on your skin for a few minutes to create suction. These cups are placed on your back, stomach, arms, legs, or other parts of your body. A vacuum or suction force inside the cup pulls your skin upward and blood toward the surface of your skin. The idea is to increase your body’s natural healing response in these areas. Customers get it to help with pain, inflammation, blood flow, relaxation and well-being, and as a type of deep-tissue massage.

Cupping Therapy dates back to ancient Egyptian, Chinese, and Middle Eastern cultures. One of the oldest medical textbooks in the world, the Ebers Papyrus, describes how the ancient Egyptians used Cupping Therapy in 1,550 B.C.

Benefits of Cupping:

  • Decrease Muscle Tightness

  • Enhance Range of Motion

  • Increase Blood Flow

  • Modulate Your Immune System

  • Reduce Pain

Gua Sha + Cupping Contradictions

- Pregnancy

- Diabetes

- Anemia

- Recent Burns

- Recent Fracture or Ligament Sprain

- Currently Taking Anticoagulant Therapies (including Aspirin)

- Cardiac Arrest (within the last 6 months) or any other Acute Cardiovascular Disease