A user-friendly, easy-to-follow book meant to give hot stone massage habitué more insights on this ancient treatment. The book covers the most important aspects for giving a hot stone massage including the different accessories needed, basic massage techniques, along with the most common ailments that hot stone massages can help to solve.

A user-friendly, easy-to-follow book meant to give hot stone massage habitué more insights on this ancient treatment. The book covers the most important aspects for giving a hot stone massage including the different accessories needed, basic massage techniques, along with the most common ailments that hot stone massages can help to solve. The appendices complete this book with a description of the different types of strokes used in a hot stone massage along with the types of stone and their best use depending upon their size and shape.

Margaret Riley is an Australian freelance journalist collaborating with several wellbeing magazines specialized in spas. Previously to start her career in journalism, she worked in some of the most famous Asian luxury resort spas, where she gained an in-depth knowledge of the most effective treatments used in the region. She lives in Hong Kong since 1996 with her husband and two sons.