Elena's blog on Japanese Kobido facial massage

"Kobido is essentially lymphatic drainage, isn't it?" is a question that comes up often in the studio. The confusion is understandable: both practices are manual, gentle in some of their movement…

Kobido isn't a recent wellness trend. As the lineage tells it, it was born in 1472, in a Japanese inn at the foot of Mount Fuji, at the request of an empress who wanted to preserve her…

The word "Kobido" is now used by practitioners with very different backgrounds, which makes it difficult, when you book a treatment, to know whether what you'll receive is faithful to…

"Do dermatologists recommend facial massage?" is a question several clients have asked me before their first session — sometimes on the explicit advice of their doctor, sometimes out of personal…

Many of my clients hesitate between these three practices before booking a first session. Kobido, gua sha and face yoga work in genuinely different ways. Kobido is received in the studio, in the…

When you type "which massage to rejuvenate your face" into a search engine, you land on a wide range of techniques: Kobido, gua sha, jade roller, lymphatic drainage, face yoga, facial shiatsu, mi…

"Does it actually work?" That is the most direct question hesitant clients ask me — and the most useful one to ask. The honest answer fits in a few lines: yes, for certain specific, observable ef…