Beauty Treatments at Samrat Ayurved
At Samrat Ayurved, we understand that true beauty radiates from within. Clients come to us seeking solutions for a variety of concerns, including:
- Skin: Pigmentation, acne, psoriasis, eczema, Anti-aging and anti-tanning solutions etc
- Hair: Hair fall, dandruff, hair thinning, and hair growth
- Systemic Diseases: Conditions such as bone and joint disease, gynaecological issues, diabetes, thyroid disorders, and more
Ayurveda and Beauty: A Holistic Approach
Ayurveda teaches that beauty is a reflection of overall health. According to Ayurvedic principles, when the body’s internal systems function optimally, beauty follows naturally. Central to this philosophy is Agni, or the digestive fire, which plays a key role in how nutrients are absorbed and how toxins are expelled from the body. Good digestion not only ensures proper nutrition and excretion but also supports the health of your skin and hair by promoting the effective absorption of essential nutrients.
To look and feel beautiful, it is essential that all systems of the body work in harmony:
- Musculoskeletal system: A strong system helps tone the body and face by reducing excess fat deposition, giving you a sculpted, youthful appearance.
- Circulatory system: Good circulation enhances skin health, providing a natural glow, a fresh complexion, and a flawless, radiant look.
- Digestive system: Proper digestion is the foundation of overall health and beauty, providing the essential nutrients that nourish the skin, hair, and body.
At Samrat Ayurved, we offer personalised beauty treatments that work in synergy with your body’s natural rhythms, helping you achieve lasting beauty and wellness.
Shiroabhyanga (Head Massage)
Shiroabhyanga, or Ayurvedic head massage, is a deeply rejuvenating treatment designed to relax the mind, nourish the scalp, and enhance overall well-being.
Key Benefits of Shiroabhyanga:
- Stress Relief: This head massage is a powerful stress buster, helping to calm the mind and reduce anxiety. The rhythmic strokes stimulate circulation, which helps soothe tension and promote deep relaxation.
- Hair Health: Shiroabhyanga strengthens hair roots, giving your hair a lustrous, shiny appearance. It nourishes the scalp, reduces dryness, and maintains moisture within the hair cuticles, promoting stronger and healthier hair.
- Insomnia Relief: Regular Shiroabhyanga helps reduce insomnia by calming the nervous system, promoting restful sleep.
- Mental Clarity: By enhancing mental and emotional power, Shiroabhyanga improves the functions of dhi (understanding), dhruti (retention), and smriti (memory recall).
- Improved Vision: The massage also strengthens the muscles of the scalp, forehead, and orbits, which contributes to better vision.
Essential Oils and Their Benefits
During Shiroabhyanga, we use specially selected essential oils that enhance the experience. These oils are known for their ability to reduce stress and anxiety while stimulating the olfactory senses, further deepening your sense of calm and relaxation.
Shiroabhyanga is more than just a massage; it is a holistic treatment that revitalises both body and mind, leaving you feeling balanced and rejuvenated.
Pure Ayurvedic Facial
The Pure Ayurvedic Facial at Samrat Ayurved is designed to nourish your skin while avoiding the harmful side effects of modern chemical treatments. This treatment offers a holistic approach to skincare, using age-old Ayurvedic ingredients to rejuvenate and refresh your complexion.
Key Benefits:
- Eliminates Harmful Side Effects: Unlike chemical-based facials, this treatment is completely natural and nullifies the risk of damage to the skin’s deeper layers.
- Exfoliates Safely: The facial removes dead skin cells without causing harm, helping to rejuvenate the skin while maintaining its integrity.
- Tightens and Strengthens: It tones and strengthens the facial muscles, reducing facial fat and tightening the skin for a youthful, firm look.
- Improves Skin Texture: This facial significantly enhances skin texture, leaving your face smoother, softer, and visibly glowing.
Skin Texture and Pigmentation Improvement
The all-natural ingredients we use are free from harmful chemicals. Our anti-pigmentation and anti-tanning formulas are sourced from Ayurvedic texts and contain medicated ghees and oils known for their deep penetration abilities. These ingredients work at the cellular level to detoxify and rejuvenate the skin, resulting in a glass-like glow and a smoother, more even complexion.
Ayurvedic Ingredients:
- For skin type customisation: Ingredients like turmeric, Rubia cordifolia, and asparagus, each chosen for their powerful healing and beautifying properties.
- Medicated Ghee and Oils: Shata-dhauta ghrita and other herbal formulations, revered in ancient Ayurvedic granthas (scriptures), are used for deep hydration and nourishment.
Steps in the Pure Ayurvedic Facial:
- Cleansing: Using natural ingredients such as milk, lemon, sweet lime, and lemon peel to gently cleanse the skin.
- Steam: A medicinal herbal kadha (decoction) is used to open pores and prepare the skin for deeper treatment.
- Scrub: Ayurvedic herbal powders mixed with rose water, milk, or warm water exfoliate the skin without damage.
- Hydrating Face Mask: A hydrating mask made from aloe vera juice, milk, rose water, and coconut water is applied for deep moisture.
- Potali Massage: Herbal powder, milk, or coconut water is used in a potali (herbal compress) massage to promote circulation and detoxification.
- Facial Massage: A luxurious massage with shata-dhauta ghrita (100-times washed ghee) to deeply nourish and firm the skin.
- Face Pack: An individualised face pack made from Ayurvedic herbs, herbal powders, fruit juice, milk, rose powder, oils, and ghee is applied to seal in moisture and boost radiance.
This Ayurvedic facial treatment provides visible results and ensures a long-lasting, natural glow that aligns with the body’s inherent healing powers.
Abhyanga (Whole Body Oil Massage)
Abhyanga, the ancient Ayurvedic whole-body oil massage, offers a deeply rejuvenating experience that not only revitalises the body but also restores balance to the mind. At Samrat Ayurved, this time-honoured treatment is designed to nourish, strengthen, and heal, using medicated oils to deliver maximum benefits.
Key Benefits:
- Prolongs Youthfulness: Regular Abhyanga massages help maintain a youthful glow and vitality by nourishing the skin and muscles.
- Replenishes Energy: It replenishes energy in a stressed and exhausted body, leaving you feeling refreshed and rejuvenated.
- Balances Vata Dosha: The warming effect of the medicated oils reduces the cold (sheeta) quality of Vata, bringing it into balance.
- Strengthens the Body: From muscles to joints, Abhyanga strengthens all body parts, promoting longevity and overall health.
- Improves Skin Health: It cleanses and softens the skin, reducing Kapha-Vata dosha imbalances, leaving the skin radiant and glowing.
- Promotes Better Sleep: The deep relaxation from the massage encourages sound sleep while improving circulation and calming the nervous system.
- Enhances Body’s Resilience: It toughens the body, making it more resilient to physical trauma and better equipped to handle stress.
Benefits of Medicated Oils:
- Pain Relief: The oils provide relief from aches and pains, particularly in the joints and muscles.
- Nourishes Bones and Joints: The deep absorption of medicated oils into the skin nourishes the bones, joints, and connective tissues.
- Softens Skin: The oils leave the skin soft, shiny, and healthy by improving hydration and reducing dryness.
Abhyanga is more than just a massage—it’s a complete wellness experience that enhances physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
Body Shine Treatment
The Whole Body Shine Treatment at Samrat Ayurved is designed to naturally enhance your skin’s radiance, focusing on areas prone to tanning and pigmentation. This Ayurvedic skincare treatment addresses common concerns like tanning on the elbows, knees, underarms, ankles, and neck while restoring an even skin tone and improving overall texture.
Key Benefits:
- Reduces Skin Tanning: Specifically targets and reduces tanning in problem areas like elbows, knees, underarms, ankles, and neck.
- Improves Skin Texture: By removing dead skin cells and promoting healthy cell regeneration, the treatment leaves the skin soft, smooth and refreshed.
- Tightens and Tones: Strengthens the skin and underlying muscles, resulting in a firmer, more toned appearance.
- Promotes Natural Glow: Using chemical-free Ayurvedic ingredients, this treatment gives your skin a natural, long-lasting glow while detoxifying and rejuvenating it from within.
Specific Ingredients Used:
- Cleansing: A blend of natural cleansers like fresh curd, milk, lemon, sweet lime, and lemon peel to gently clean the skin.
- Scrub: Ayurvedic herbal powders combined with rose water, milk, or warm water to exfoliate and remove dead skin cells without damaging healthy skin layers.
- Ghee Massage: Shata-dhauta ghrita (medicated ghee) for deep nourishment and hydration, which improves skin elasticity and texture.
- Herbal/Fruit Wrap: A wrap using ingredients like orange or lemon zest, turmeric, Rubia cordifolia, and fresh herbs to nourish and brighten the skin.
- Lepa (Ayurvedic Mask): A lepa made from Ayurvedic herbs, fruits, and oils tailored to your skin type, further enhancing the skin’s softness and glow.
This treatment brings the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda to modern skincare, offering a holistic approach to a healthy, radiant complexion.
Shirodhara
Shirodhara is a powerful Ayurvedic therapy that focuses on mental and emotional well-being, offering a holistic approach to alleviating stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and anger issues. By soothing the nervous system, this treatment promotes deep relaxation and mental clarity.
Key Benefits:
- Mental Health: Relieves stress, anxiety, depression, and emotional imbalances, helping to calm the mind and promote inner peace.
- Improved Sleep: Helps treat insomnia by regulating the mind’s energy flow, creating a sense of calm and balance.
- Emotional Balance: Addresses anger management and other emotional disturbances by restoring harmony in the body and mind.
- Memory and Focus: In children, Shirodhara is used to enhance memory and manage conditions like ADHD and educational stress.
Calming the Mind and Reducing Stress:
Shirodhara works by creating a positive energy field around you, activating and balancing your chakras, and neutralising stress at its root. The continuous stream of warm oil gently poured onto the forehead stimulates the pituitary gland and helps harmonise the energy centers of the body, which leads to a sense of deep relaxation and tranquillity.
Benefits of Using Different Oils:
Shirodhara can be customised using various oils, medicated ghees, herbal decoctions (kadhas), or buttermilk (takra), depending on the patient’s specific health condition. These oils are carefully selected to treat a wide range of issues, including mental health concerns, hair treatments, and even skin diseases. For children, specific oils may be used to address educational stress, memory enhancement, and conditions like ADHD.
Shirodhara offers a deep sense of relaxation and holistic healing for the mind and body, bringing balance and inner peace to the individual.