Yantra Mat – Product Review

Could you relax on a bed of nails...?

Review by Michael Smith (Veshengro)

The Yantra Mat: the simple way to benefit from the healing effects of acupressure...

The Yantra Mat is a portable mat covered in spikes flowers designed to stimulate special 'acupoints' on the body through acupressure. It follows the same healing principle as the ancient 'bed of nails' which dates back thousands of years. Although the 'bed of nails' may have looked like an instrument of torture, its true purpose was to balance the body and mind.

“Acupressure is an ancient healing art with Chinese, Thai and Indian foundations,” explains Helen Kenyon, a holistic therapist who uses acupressure massage in her busy complimentary health clinic. “all hold the same basic theory that the body has meridian lines running through it, from the brain down the back to the fingers and toes. Along the body are 'acupoints' and here energy or 'Qi' may accumulate, which may lead to health complaints. By applying pressure over these acupoints, this can help to release the accumulated tension and stagnation and improve the flow of 'Qi' along that meridian.”

Unlike acupuncture which targets very specific points in the body using needles, you don't need to be an expert to make use of acupressure. For acupressure to be effective you can apply pressure along any point of the meridian line and this stimulation will send messages throughout the body. As all meridian lines run along the back, lying down on the Yantra Mat can help improve the flow of energy through the whole body.

The Yantra Mat boasts...

210 spiked flowers

Each spiked flower has 42 contact points

8,820 contact points in total

This high level of contact points ensures maximum connection to the acupoints that run along the meridian lines of the body. When these points are pressed you can expect the healing effect to begin.

For further information see the website.

Yantra Mat use impressions – and please excuse the pun as regards impressions, as impressions is the operative word, in a sense.

I must say that I am very impressed (oops, here we go again) with the effects from the use of the Yantra Mat and I am not someone easily impressed and neither do I do placebo effect.

On the first day of use and test I was suffering (strangely enough) from groin pain (which could be cause by a problem with the lower back) and not long after the first session on the mat the pain went. And, as said, I don't do placebo effect.

Further use of the mat has brought forth some interesting result as to the problem with my back, which is due to a prolapsed disc and it trapping nerves, in that there is a lot less pain (there are even pain free periods now) and the muscles in the back feel a lot more flexible.

Thus, I can happily say that the Yantra Mat seems to be doing what it says on the tin even though it doesn't come in one.

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