Thermal Ear Candling
in Navan, Co. Meath

choose your ear candling option busting the myths

A HOLISTIC TREATMENT USING NATURAL BEESWAX PRODUCTS AND TRADITIONAL METHODS TO ASSIST EAR, NOSE & THROAT DIFFICULTIES, SINISITUS OR NON-MEDICAL HEARING LOSS

Thermal Ear Candling is also known as Hopi Candling, Ear Coning or Auricular Candling. They all involve the use of candles to introduce warm air into the ear canal, to rehydrate, loosen and elminate excess wax build up and restore the equilibrium of the inner ear and encourage lymphatic flow.

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WHAT SINEAD’S CLIENTS SAY about Thermal Ear Candling

  • So Relaxing

    I’ve had allergies for years, get hayfever and am allergic to animal hair. I always get bad headcolds and sinus headaches. Sinead recommended the Ear Candling and it was brilliant. I had it done six times, once a week and got through the winter really well and it was so relaxing. I didn’t expect that.
    E. McCormack
    MEATH

  • Interesting Experience

    I’m a plasterer and have always been snuffley and bunged up. I tried the Ear Candling with Sinead and it was a really interesting experience. It took three treatments, once a week before I felt really clear. I definitely recommend it. I have it done twice a year now, a few times each go.
    J. Murray
    SLANE

  • So much care

    Sinead fully explained the process and despite being a bit nervous and maybe a bit sceptical, I was suprised when I felt the warmth inside my ears. I had a strange feeling of movement above my eyes, like liquid moving. The facial massage afterwards is a winner. Thanks Sinead
    Karen
    LOUTH

  • Knows Her Stuff

    Sinead really knows her stuff. She was able to explain about my sinuses and how they work and it made sense. I’ve had puffiness in my face for years. That was the biggest thing I noticed and so did my wife. It’s like my face has been deflated! Ha, ha! It’s Deadly!
    Mick F
    DUBLIN

THERMAL EAR CANDLING is a beneficial and therapeutic treatment for you, if ….

YOU experience non-medical hearing change or loss

and want to improve sounds, pitch and tone.

you suffer with allergies, sinisitus, rhinnitus, tinnitus or post-nasal drip

and are tired of their wearying effects on your wellbeing.

YOU hAVE BOUTS OF NON-MEDICAL DIZZINESS, SINUS HEADACHES, WATERY & sTICKY EYES OR ITCHY EARS

and want to feel more comfortable, and less bothered.

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What is Thermal Ear Candling?

A treatment to ease symptoms of sinusitis, rhinitus and tinnitus among others.

Thermal ear candling (also known as ear coning or ear candling) is an complementary therapy that involves placing a hollow, tapered or cone-shaped candle (see image above) into the outer ear canal and lighting the exposed end.

The candle, usually made of fabric impregnated with bee, paraffin, or soy wax, burns for several minutes in the ear before being extinguished. Many also have added medicinal herbs within the wax to aid the therapeutic benefits.

NB: Despite claims found online and through other channels, ear candling DOES NOT draw anything out from the ear. Were it to do so, it would cause severe damage to the ear canal and ear drum. It’s also pretty impossible to do that.

For more true and client-based, proven facts, what Thermal Ear Candling will do is …

  • Generate warm air and direct it downwards, into the ear canal, from the outer ear where the candle rests, and into the middle and inner ear spaces.
  • By warming the air within the ear, it softens wax present and allows congestion to be relieved through improved drainage.
  • This in turn, creates a lymphatic stimulus effect which impacts the entirety of the sinus cavaties and eustacean tubes which are situated just below the inner ear and lead into the lymphatic system.
Golden yellow towels create a backdrop for a golden smiling buddah statue, piece of rose quartz and sage bundle behind a flaming ear candling, showing it's burn

When Ear Candling is NOT Recommended

As Ear Candling uses an open flame and involves placing the candle gently, just inside the outer ear canal, the proximity to the ear drum is real.

Therefore, as a practitioner I will NOT perform and ear candling treatment if …

  • You have a head cold or sinus infection
  • You have a current ear infection
  • Grommets or tubes are in place
  • You are undergoing treatment for any medically diagnosed ENT issue

Disclaimer: Thermal Ear Candling is not a medical treatment. It is a practice of complementary medicine.
As a complementary health practitioner, Sinead does not diagnose any patient or illness.

Busting the Myths

Ear Candling DOES NOT REMOVE ear wax and unfortunately many untrained, uninformed candle users have put that message out there over the years. The practise of candling, simply introduces warm air into the outer, middle and inner ear, softening existing wax and allow excess to drain more easily.

It also stimulates the movement of congestion within the ear canals, sinus cavaties and eustacian tubes, and encourages lymphatic drainage from the ENT areas. The ‘wax’ seen within the candle once it has been burned and opened up, is the natural burn off from the wax within the fabric candle.

It is impossible to create a ‘vacuum’ or to generate ‘suction’. To suggest so is incorrect and misinformed. Were wax to be ‘pulled out’ of the ear, the tempanic membrane would be damaged or destroyed.

Using a top quality candle is important as is using one that has an inner filter to prevent dust or wax entering the ear canal. The most important aspect of ear candling is the safety of the client and practitioner. All necessary precautions must be taken to ensure safety is paramount.

Golden yellow cloth with paper towel and unravelled Thermal Ear Candle showing the residue from a free burn.
This images shows a Thermal Ear Candle ‘free burn’, i.e. simply lit and allowed to burn with no purpose. There is only dust as it encountered no hindrance or blockages during the burn.
Note at top left of the image, the filter, which shows the end within the candle with residue. The end at the very tip has no residue, demonstrating the added safety level of the filter and candle.

Best Practices

Your practitioner needs to use good quality candles that have been certified as consumer safe, have excellent hygiene conditions within their practice, and be certified and insured to carry out the practice.

The therapist must have as a minimum a diploma in anatomy & physiology and be a certified first aider, not to mention have good fire, health and safety protocols within their clinic..

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Thermal Ear Candling

Buttermilk yellow square box with a dark green ear, a candle and a sage green leaf. Gold lettering of SCK and dark green capitals of Thermal Ear Candling

The Standard Thermal Ear Candling treatment is a non-medical, natural therapy treatment. The usual burn time, per ear is between 9-13mins. The time it takes for the candle to burn is dependent on the level of congestion within the ear and sinus cavities.

Following a thorough consultation with Sinead, she will gentle press on the sinus areas of the face and trace the path of the eustacian tubes along the neck. She will also look to the relevant reflexes on the hands for the areas being treated. This assessment assists with Sinead being able to ensure a beneficial burn and good results for the clients. The treatment takes place on the plinth with the client lying comfortably for the duration.

It is important to listen to and read the Candling Aftercare Guidelines to ensure you protect the ears for 24 hours and support the therapeutic benefits of this wonderfully soothing holistic treatment.

This treatment takes approx. 30mins and costs €55

Deluxe Thermal Ear Candling

Dark green button with gold writing stating SCK Delux Thermal Ear Candling. The image agove the text is also in gold with an ear, a lit candle and a sage leaf

Deluxe Thermal Ear Candling begins with the client lying comfortably on the warmed plinth. Sinead will photograph the face straight on, for a before and after picture, where puffiness is part of the symptoms presented.

Ear candling as a process, as in the standard thermal ear candling, takes approx 9-13mins per ear. A pre-candling assessment is done to prepare and the client is warm and relaxed throughout.

Sinead then finishes this candling session with a beautiful facial massage which stimulates lymphatic drainage. It also improves blood flow and warmth to the affected areas, and aids the elimination process.

The therapy leaves you feeling wrapped in a cocoon of relaxation and comfort AND you benefit from the fantastic results, which include released sinuses, improved hearing, particularly of high tones and can even effect a change in the quality and timbre of your voice.

This treatment is beneficial to anyone who works in high dust or particle environments, such as painters, decorators, welders, mechanics, construction workers, mining, quarrying, carpentry, stonemasons, hair stylists, nail technicians, podiatrists, food manufacturing, or textile workers among others.

This treatment takes approx. 50 minutes and costs €80.

Holistic Facial Massage

Holistic Facial Massage is a treatment which is incorporated into a number of other treatments provided by Sinead at her therapy space in Navan, Co. Meath.

It varies between 10-20mins depending on what treatment it is supporting. The massage stimulates blood flow, supports toxin elimination and is beatifully relaxing and destressing.

It is carried out while the client is lying on the plinth in the warmth and comfort of the therapy bed. Oils may be used or if you prefer we can use your own skin products. Generally, Sinead uses organic, cold-pressed sunflower, or johoba oil. For a special treatment sometimes a pre-prepared rose massage oil is used.