I received a gift certificate and decided on the Shirodharath, which is advertised as "A stream of warm herb-infused oil gently poured onto the forehead at the location of the third eye." Sounds good, huh? I was envisioning the removal of my tight work clothes and lying down on a massage table so that my forehead pointed UP and something could be poured onto it, and somewhere in there I pictured a relaxing scalp massage along with it. Instead, I was told to sit in a chair up on a block and put my feet in hot water, which wasn't bad in itself, but NOT what I expected. After a few minutes I was startled by a trickling of oil coming down my neck as the technician (I was later told she was the owner) poured the oil onto my scalp while I was in an upright position. WTHeck?? All I could think about was the oil was going to get all over my clothes, which were becoming increasingly tighter the more anxious I became. This was several years ago, but I am only now writing about it. I have never been back. I found the treatment very poorly planned, completely un-relaxing and amateurish.
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