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- warmth and added pressure enhances muscle release
- upper body focus for tight neck and shoulders
- lower body focus for runners and cyclists
Used throughout Asia for thousands of years, bamboo has an impressively wide variety of uses: it has been used in building, in making paper and books. Its roots, shoots and leaves are used for food and brewed into tea. Along with being a luxuriant and attractive houseplant, it has been commonly used in household items such as mats, wall hangings, baskets, eating and serving utensils, chairs and fans. It is used in the making of musical instruments, roof tiles, and hats. Reverenced throughout Asia, bamboo has literally hundreds of practical and spiritual uses. Bamboo symbolizes suppleness and resilience, straightforwardness and simplicity.
A recent and innovative use for bamboo is as a massage tool. The bamboo sticks hold heat and feel comforting as they are applied with pressure and movement to tight muscles. Bamboo Fusion, developed by Nathalie Cecilia here in the United States, is a new massage modality that has been sought out by private resorts and spas worldwide. This exotic and effective treatment is delivered with hand crafted, custom designed bamboo tools to give deep tissue massage without discomfort.
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