Using hot stones on my client's body is an integral part of my massage practice. The stones are a simple but powerful tool for infusing sore and taut tissue with heat, and they feel wonderful on my overworked hands.
For years I've warmed the stones by keeping them in a crockpot filled with water. I recently broke my second crockpot when the stones knocked against the side and cracked the ceramic liner. I have been putting off buying another crockpot knowing it will just happen again, and my clients are beginning to whine ask when the stones are coming back.
Yesterday I got out our rarely-used electric skillet, scrubbed it of traces of cooking, added water and...viola! It works great, if not a tad shallow.
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OMG I sooo need a massage, do you make house calls? to GA?
Can we have blog camp east at your place?
p.s. is this a deffo do not try this at home kinda thing?
Necessity, mother of invention, and all of that...you are the clever one! Cover it with foil and it won't make a diff that it's too shallow.
I want those on my tired feet. I want to come see you and get on your table. Whhhaaaaaaa.
ohhh! Warm stones seeping heat into muscles,,,sounds heavenly. I bet your intuitive gifts make you an incredible masseuse. Husband has MS and has had some wonderful deep tissue massages that have helped tremendously with spasticity, I like a gentler approach. Your work counter/space looks lovely.
If it is too shallow and you want an alternative ~ we use a "deef fryer" without the fry basket to heat our water at the Grange Fair for corn or dishes ~ it would be nice and deep for your stones.
Perhaps I should schedule an appointment to try out the stones!
the place in boracay where i had a hot stone massage had a special appliance for it, but i imagined that those old-fashioned ones used to keep food hot at church potlucks/dinners would do the trick. you know, the big white ones with a removable enamel insert that can be washed? i can't think of what they're called...but my WV is "frapter," so maybe that's it...
i bet you could find one at a garage sale. :-)
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