KANSA VATKI FOOT MASSAGE

Kansa Vatki Foot Massage

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KANSA VATKI FOOT MASSAGE

Ayurveda and the Kansa Vatki (KV) Foot Massage

Ayurvedic foot massage can be traced back 5,000 years. It offers many benefits: it nourishes the skin, improves blood and lymph circulation and soothes the agitated mind. It relaxes the muscles of the feet and the legs and it can also help to alleviate stress, including anxiety, nervousness and depression.

According to Dr Vasant Lad, we can reduce stress, activate our immune system and even heal our body, mind and consciousness through the simple act of foot massage. Dr Lad postulates that the soles of our feet can open the doors of our body’s internal pharmacy.

The foot is divided into different zones, which are linked to an element.

■ The heel is associated with Earth element

■ The arch of the foot with Water.

■ The ball of the foot with Fire.

■ The toes with Air.

■ The tips of the toes with Ether.

In the Ayurvedic tradition, foot massage is said to balance the bodily humors, or doshas — vata, pitta and kapha.

On a biological level, says Lad, “Vata is the principle of movement, governing the body’s sensory and motor function; pitta is bodily temperature and governs biochemical changes, digestion, absorption, assimilation and the transformation of food into energy; and kapha is the building material of the body, used to form new tissues and cells.”

Lad says that these doshas are present in every cell as a genetic code and create a “unique, biochemical lab” in every individual’s body. He points out that since the combinations of vata, pitta and kapha are endless, each person has a constitution that is “as unique as his fingerprint.”

In most people, however, one dosha is primary, another is secondary, and the third is least prominent. Some people could have two dominant doshas.

Kansa Vatki (KV) Foot Massage is one the best ways to balance the tri-dosha.

This training manual tells you how to give a supremely relaxing and dosha-balancing foot massage using the unique Kansa Vatki bowl.

When it’s not possible to receive a complete Kansa Vatki (KV) Foot Massage, self-help techniques can come in handy. Rubbing ghee or olive or sesame oil on the soles of the feet — especially at bedtime — can calm the vata dosha and induce a sound sleep. For those with a predominantly pitta constitution — especially people who suffer from headaches, migraines, or a burning sensation in the eyes, rubbing ghee or coconut oil or sunflower oil on the soles of the feet at bedtime is especially recommended. Coughs, congestion and colds indicate a kapha imbalance. This is when rubbing ghee or sesame oil or jojoba oil on the soles of the feet near the cushion at the root of the toes is highly beneficial.