Have You Been Cupped Lately? 4 Reasons Why Cupping is All the Rave.
Cupping is amazing. It feels amazing and it does amazing things for your body. Cupping is a therapy that originated both in the East and the West. Roman and Greek practitioners of Medicine used it. Traditional cupping techniques have been preserved for thousands of years by practitioners and doctors of Chinese and East Asian Medicine.
1) Cupping is time-proven!
It is one of our most ancient therapies. It is suction therapy, originating with shamanic practitioners or medicine people using the sucking of breath to rid their patients of evil influences. Then devices such as bamboo cups, hollowed out animal horn or bone started being used. Glass cups have also been used for thousands of years. Suction a very effective therapy for pulling out infection, sucking out boils and other pleasantries. This is essentially the same philosophy of pulling out or sucking out evil. The Chinese character for evil also means that which does the body harm. Suction is also a very effective therapy for pulling out tension from the tissues of the body. The tension we hold in our muscles and fascia does the body harm. Tension obstructs the healthy flow of Qi, blood and fluids through areas of our body, it can keep our structure from aligning properly, it can keep us injured and it can cause us a lot of pain. In this way, cupping is still pulling the evil out. And it ends up looking like red or purple circles on or around the areas that have been cupped. These are not bruises. They are called 'marks' and they are part of the therapeutic process of cupping. Can you say Michael Phelps?
2) Cupping is super popular because it is super effective!
The cupping brings this coloration to the surface so that it may release. The tiny capillaries and tiny surface meridians in the upper layers ofyour tissue respond to the suction therapy and release the tension held there. As long as the marks are there, the therapeutic process is still happening. Most people feel the full effects of the cupping after the marks go away. Although the experience of being cupped is very enjoyable in the moment.
3) Cupping feels really good!
"I can't believe how good this feels!", "Why does this feel so good?", "It feels like you are sucking all my tension away!". These are common comments I hear when cupping my patients.
Resent studies on cupping have shown that the local fascial webs that may be knotted up from injury or chronic tension reset themselves into functioning and aligned fibers as the cups pass over them. It is interesting, you can actually feel that happening. As traditional massage techniques press inward and break up tension in the tissue, cupping therapy pulls outward, breaking up tension and also giving it an escape route from the body. When done correctly, you do not feel sore after cupping, you feel liberated.
4) Cupping can be done at home!
Many practitioners are starting to use cupping in their clinics now, because it is so effective; chiropractors, physical therapies, doctors of western medicine, and massage therapists. I am passionate about sharing the history and philosophy of cupping and teaching methods that create the least harm. You can over cup someone. You can make thins worse. There are parts of the body and areas that are not indicated for cupping. There are things to pay attention to to make it as safe and effective as possible. With all of this known, it is a very simple and easy to use technique to use on yourself, your loved ones, and your clients. During the cupping classes we discuss the history, we talk about different cups and different cupping techniques and we do a lot of hands on so that you leave feeling fully competent and confident in your skills. Classes are open to individuals, couples, practitioners and body workers.
Come in and see what all the rave is about!
Happy healing!
Reya
