Whole-session heat and optional brief heat: the distinction
Continuous heat can become uncomfortable over time. Brief optional heat allows a limited trial and more control. Temperature tolerance and sensation should guide whether heat is used at all.
Choosing between Whole-session heat and optional brief heat
An optional short heat trial leaves room to decide whether you enjoy the sensation. Continuous heat can accumulate and become uncomfortable even if it felt pleasant initially. Ask whether table warming, heated stones and blankets can be controlled separately, and agree on how heat will be removed. Someone who does not tolerate warmth well may choose no heat rather than an adapted hot-stone package. If sensation or skin tolerance is reduced, raise that before any heated element is used; a standard setting is not a personalised safety assessment.
The practical consequence
Consent to heat should remain adjustable throughout the session. Ask for it to be removed as soon as it becomes uncomfortable. Paying for a heated package does not require you to keep the accessory, and removing it need not mean abandoning otherwise suitable hands-on work.
Sources & further reading
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