17 Oct Self Care: Ear Massage
Ear Massage
An ear massage is very relaxing. Gently massaging ears for 5-10 minutes daily, can reduce stress, calm anxiety, relieve pain, and even reduce substance cravings.
Ear Massage
An ear massage is very relaxing. Gently massaging ears for 5-10 minutes daily, can reduce stress, calm anxiety, relieve pain, and even reduce substance cravings.
How to do it:
- Rub your two hands together to warm the palms, and then place your hands over your ears, press five seconds, and then quick release. Repeat it three times.
- Use your thumb and index finger rub and massage every inch of your outer ears. Where it feels tender, press a bit longer. At the end, pull entire ear away from your head, repeat three times.
- Go behind your ears, and push the ear flaps slightly forward, and then massage well behind your ears and into the ridge that connects ear to skull.
- Massage your earlobes, gently pulling downwards, repeat 5 times.
- Rub in small circular motions with your with thumb inside the widest upper part inside the ears.
- Use your index fingers to massage the acupuncture points in the ears.
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