he word ‘Padabhyanga’ is composed of two Sanskrit words ‘Pada’ & ‘Abhyanga’. ‘Pada’ means foot and ‘Abhyanga’ means massage. Thus, it is described as calming and soothing massage therapy, if done properly can keep our body completely revitalised and rejuvenated, and there are multiple benefits of padabhyanga described in different Ayurvedic texts.

This therapy is also recommended as a daily ritual that has to be performed before going to bed. Ayurveda narrates that there are about 107 Marmas in our body among them five are located in the foot and many times, these are clogged due to any of the reasons. Doing this therapy daily will allow releasing the clogged energies and provides multiple health benefits.

Benefits:

• It promotes healthy eyesight and hearing senses.
• It effectively works in reducing aches and pain in the lower extremities.
• Regular practice of pada abhyanga helps to calm and maintain the ‘Vata Dosha’.
• It effectively helps in relieving pains and aches by relaxing muscles and ligaments.
• It helps in removing the contraction of the ligaments, vessels, and muscles of the feet.
• It is done as a precursor to other Panchakarma treatments that are used to treat gastric problems.
• It helps in managing sciatica through enhanced blood circulation and improved peripheral circulation.
• It stimulates some special regions in the brain that effectively work in mental relaxation and improve mental health.
• Regular practice provides amazing benefits of Padabhyanga as it helps to overcome general weakness and fatigue from the lower limbs and improves the quality of sleep.
• Regular practice of Padabhyanga stimulates the vital points on the feet which effectively improves blood and lymph circulation. Thus, this accelerates the removal of waste and helps in body detoxification etc.