Hot stone massage combines relaxing warm basalt stones coated in fragrant oils to encourage the body to detox and heal this increases the lymph flow to help flush out waste toxins heat relaxes your body in a short space of time so your therapist can focus on a deep tissue massage using the stones 38 hand strokes hot stones also increase your sense of relaxation and calm boost your circulation release stored tension 38 in general makes you feel deeply relaxed and pampered