26/11/2025
You don't need another face serum.
You need to remember that care starts with touch.
The beauty industry has convinced us that self-care means buying things.
More products.
Better ingredients.
Newer routines.
But here's an ancient truth that costs almost nothing.
Your skin is your largest organ.
And it's starving for loving touch.
In Ayurveda, oil massage isn't a luxury spa treatment.
It's medicine.
It's called Abhyanga, and it's one of the most powerful practices for calming your nervous system.
When you massage warm oil into your skin, something profound happens.
Your body gets the message: you're safe.
You're cared for.
You're worth slowing down for.
Most women I know are touched-starved.
Not necessarily in their relationships.
But in the way they touch themselves.
They rush through showers.
They slap on lotion while checking their phone.
They treat their body like a task to complete.
Never like something sacred to honour.
Abhyanga is different.
It's slow.
It's intentional.
It's you telling your body, through your own hands, that it deserves tenderness.
Warm sesame oil on dry skin before your shower.
Long strokes on your limbs.
Circular motions on your joints.
Five minutes of touch that isn't trying to fix or change anything.
Just presence.
This practice grounds Vata, the energy of anxiety and overwhelm.
It nourishes your tissues from the outside in.
It moves stagnant energy.
It brings you back into your body when your mind is spinning.
You don't need an expensive spa day to feel cared for.
You need your own loving hands.
You need the permission to slow down and touch yourself like you matter.
Because you do.
Start this week.
Before one shower, massage oil into your skin.
No rushing.
No judging.
Just five minutes of coming home to yourself.
Your body will remember what it's been missing.
