Oiled up: experiencing Ayurvedic massage in India | Perceptive Travel

The warm herbal oil ran in a continuous stream from a bit of cloth poking out of the bottom of the round, coconut-sized holder suspended above my forehead. With my ears plugged with cotton, my eyes covered with cotton patches and my head resting on a support made of wood that also collected the oil runoff, the hypnotic flow of liquid streamed across my “third eye,” back and forth, for what felt like hours but was really only 30 minutes.