Heat from the body can soften it making it more pliable and chewy. A resin from only one place, the Greek island of Chios. Mastic, or mastiha in Greek or by it’s poetic name Tears of Chios - its history, rarity, value and many uses. Art by Émile Bayard, Elisabetta Duminuco and Clémentine Bal. Guest Aristea Zougri of Althea Massage Therapy and Yoga is a talented massage therapist, yoga practitioner with a line os body oils. We chat career, food of her native Greece and her mastiha memories.