Health: The Balinese Way

During my recent holiday in Bali I became quite ill, although by no means serious falling sick on holiday is one of the most depressing things that can happen to you. Staying indoors in a sleepy state whilst all you can hear is the splash of the pool, the ping pong of the table tennis ball and the sounds of everyone else having the time of their lives is enough to make you feel even worse. It started with tummy cramps and then quickly developed to all over body ache and a horrendous pain and pressure in my head, as if I was coming down with something. I didn’t have any of my usual things that would normally get me through it or make me feel better so I had to rely on the Bali way of doing things… and to my sheer delight it worked!

Firstly, I was brought a fresh mint tea, which I sipped on throughout the day and helped hydrate my body. The tea was great as it eased my tummy pains almost instantly and was a pleasant change to water, which I was getting very bored of.

Secondly, my boyfriend persuaded me to have a Balinese massage. Having someone touch my body, let alone massage it was the last thing I wanted so when the lovely Balinese lady came to my room I told her what was wrong and asked her to be very gentle, she then got to work on my feet straight away. As she pressed and poked different areas in my feet I felt acute pain in different parts of my body and the foot itself and then as she let go I felt the tension release. For my head she worked hard at my big toe, pulling and prodding it and it certainly felt much more sensitive than normal. She then worked her way around the rest of my foot concentrating on different areas, often guided my by various grimaces of pain. The small intestine is connected to the soft, middle part, which lies on the inside of the foot it was here that I felt the pain most and the instant release of pain in my tummy. I could feel the cramps relaxing.

After the reflexology, the wonderful Balinese masseuse, who I now completely trusted, moved up to my head to relive some of the pressure there. Using pure eucalyptus oil she literally pushed away all the tension I was feeling, working around my sinuses and applying a deep but comfortable pressure to my forehead. Just when I was starting to enjoy it her phone alarm went off “That it. Massage over. You better?” Actually, remarkably, yes I am better. I felt great. I had just had the pain pummeled from my body and felt much lighter and awake. Just in time to enjoy a lovely evening of delicious Indonesian food.




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