Anxiety, stress, tiredness, inadequate nutrition generate stomach pains, reflection of an inner malaise . In spa, institute or home, it is possible to relieve these pathologies unpleasant, even painful.

According to Taoist Chinese philosophy, negative emotions are lodged in the organs of the abdomen : worries and fear in the spleen, pancreas and stomach, sadness and depression in the lungs, fears and trauma in the kidneys, jealousy, frustration and anger in the liver.

Provoked by stress , fatigue , overwork, food intolerance or drugs, intestinal disorders disrupt the "Qi" (Chi in Chinese). To soothe it, it is necessary to re-harmonize the energy circulation in the body. Anxious to maintain good health, Buddhist monks have always practiced abdominal massage , developed in the West about fifty years ago by the Taoist master Mantak Chia . Under the name of Chi Nei Tsang (literally Chi meaning energy and Nei Tsang organs) , this technique aims to dissolve the negative energies blocked in the organs to make room for positive emotions .

95% of serotonin, happiness hormone, is in the stomach

The Chi Nei Tsang is the flagship care of the better-end call of the Belly proposed to the thalasso of Ouistreham. "I created this cure because it is important to pamper this second brain which secretes 90% of the serotonin ( hormone of happiness ) present in the body," says Patricia Hennebert, the director, who adds "this massage of 52mn promotes the global harmonization of all vital functions ( digestion , elimination, circulation) by a toning action on meridians, acupuncture points and energy channels ".

To contribute to a better relaxation, the therapist first works on the back before focusing on the stomach. It alternates light and sustained pressures, smoothed and deep maneuvers, identifying the organs in pain to detoxify. Then with suction cups, it circulates the stagnant energy in the intestines. Decongested, the digestive system relaxes, a well-being invades you.

Learn abdominal breathing

Another highlight of the cure, the belly yoga workshop led by Dorothée Drouffe, which explains:

"When you have trouble, breathing mainly thoracic damage on muscle tone, the curvature of the back is accentuated, the belly out, the deep abdominals are no longer doing their job to contain the viscera." In addition to yoga postures, she teaches abdominal breathing exercises to be performed at home, morning and evening.

It details: "lying on the back, it inspires to inflate the belly, the diaphragm descends and compresses the organs.At the expiration, the diaphragm rises, the lungs are emptied and the belly is hollow.The exercise is repeated 10 times then we do it again by blocking his breathing, tummy tucked in, navel sucked against the column, a hypopression to be repeated 5 times ".

Also on the program of the cure, acupuncture, plantar reflexology and aquatic letting go in the pool, gently stretched by the hydrotherapist. Seaweed wrap, underwater shower, water aerobics and yoga also promote relaxation of body and mind.

Treat yourself to a treat from the Tibetan highlands

Another ritual to put an end to recurrent stomach ache is the Tibetan massage Lung Sang created by Tseten Wangmo, a doctor who developed two Mont Kailash centers in Paris. She comments: "The protocol with warm sesame oil, which also starts on the back, includes sometimes soft, sometimes strong digito-pressures to relieve tensions and tapping with hot pouches (nutmeg, ginger, cumin and flour of barley) to stimulate the meridians.On the belly, after long presses on the 15 points related to the organs, follow the same maneuvers as on the back, before the laying of pouches on organs to relieve. As the session progresses, the pains are blurred, the spirit is released, lulled by the songs of mantras.

Take time for a daily self-massage

At home, you can practice self-massage; in the morning on an empty stomach it stimulates intestinal transit, in the evening it helps to relax.

Eléonore Gaillac, kine-osteopath, gives some bases: "the hands placed one on the other below the navel, one turns some forty times from the bottom upwards up to the plexus, in the sense of the clockwise, the direction of digestion.The solar plexus is then rotated with the fingertips 5 minutes before intense pressure.To relax the abdominals, we make a movement of waves from left to right crossed fingers, then with the pulp of the fingers, one massages the perimeter of the navel by circular movements while lingering when one feels a resistance ".

Thalassotherapy Thalazur Ouistreham Riva Bella: Escale Well-being of the belly: 9 treatments, 3 days from 654 € to 858 € according to the season for 3 nights in a double room with breakfast. Half-board supplement 108 € for three days / Reservation 0805 694 805 and www.thalazur.fr / Spa Mont Kailash, 19 rue Pierre Leroux, 75007 Paris and 16 rue St-Marc, 75002 Paris. 70mn, 120 €. Reservation: www.montkailash-bien-etre.fr