![]() After all, relaxation and stress relief are reasons for candling! Surely, it’s much more relaxing to have it done for you. It’s not advisable to carry out candling on yourself – I always check the ear canal before candling (impossible on yourself) and the angle of insertion is important too to ensure you get a good ‘seal’ around the base of the candle. Once both ears have been treated a soothing massage to the face and neck usually follows before the client is offered some water/herbal tea and should then be given some aftercare advice. A massage to the ear may follow at this point or the client may be asked to turn onto their other side to treat the other ear straight away. ![]() In brief, in a salon or clinic setting, once you are comfortably lying on your side, the ear candle (not really a candle but more a long straw!) is inserted into the entrance of the ear canal, the end is lit, and the flame allowed to burn down to a red marker line. Many other conditions can be improved by Hopi ear candling but we never make any promises – the candles form part of a gentle, holistic treatment which is definitely not a cure all and should never be described as such! I now teach ear candling mainly to tutors in international schools and examine students taking their exams in ear candling.Įar candling is a lovely treatment and can be extremely effective when used to help many conditions but is so poorly taught that we have a very high expectation of this ancient therapy – all over the internet we see that 'ear candling doesn't work' because ‘nothing came out’ alongside comments from therapists celebrating the amount of ear wax that has been ‘sucked out of the clients’ ear’.Įar candling may help to improve many conditions including snoring, excessive or compacted ear wax, headaches and migraine, catarrh and sinus problems. Having done my training I got a bit curious about the earwax thing and did some further research which included a rather awkward phone conversation with a doctor at BIOSUN (a brand of ear candles). I trained in Hopi Ear Candling many years ago and was taught a wonderfully relaxing treatment which I (quite rightly) thought would be great to offer to my clients in the salon. ![]() Hopi Ear Candling or Thermal Auricular Therapy is believed to have been first used by the Hopi Indians – paintings of ear candles have been found dating back centuries, but many other cultures use heat for healing purposes as well as for warmth and cooking. Hopi Ear Candling - the great ear wax debate! ![]()
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