Is a type of massage therapy that using smooth and heated stones. The localized heat and weight of the stones warm and relax muscles, allowing the massage therapist to apply deeper pressure to those areas.

The therapist uses smooth, heated stones to massage. The stone can be both deeply relaxing and help warming up tight muscles so the therapist can work more deeply, more quickly.

The stones are smooth and flat and usually made of the volcanic rock type called basalt. These particular stones are chosen because they retain heat. The stones used for massage are placed in hot water to warm up.