Gua sha are a versatile tool to relax the face, used to promote blood flow, reduce inflammation and stimulate acupressure points. Perfect to sooth tension in our shoulders, neck, jaw and temples in particular, and to relieve stress related chronic pain and headaches.
Best used with your favourite facial oil, hold almost flat at a 20° to 30° angle in one hand and gently press a finger of the other hand to hold the skin in place as you gently glide the gua sha upward or outward.
Sweep slowly up the neck from shoulders to ear, collar bone to throat, upper back to hair line; use the notched side from chin to ear; long side from nose to front of ear, under eye from nose to temple; notched side across brow line and long side from brow to hairline. Repeat each action a few times and use the routine two or three times a week.
The notched side can also be used to stimulate areas of tension such as bridge of the nose, temples and top of the spine.