The Hot Stone Massage: Individualized Therapeutic Strategy goes in-depth on the holistic advantages of heat and touch. The hot stone approach is also more customized to specific needs than the traditional massages, in which techniques may be more or less the same, and what is needed is applied in particular areas of tension, as well as in general, to induce relaxation. The stones, which are usually basalt, are warmed to the appropriate temperature and are placed strategically on the important energy centers of the body.