Using hot and cold stones to relieve stiff muscles. Includes bodywork
WHAT’S in a spa treatment? A recent phenomenon, the spa became popular only a few years ago. Now, we have spa centres, wellness centres, day spa and spa salons sprouting everywhere on the island, from downtown to the heartlands. Even the aunties are booking appointments for spa therapies instead of gossiping at the void decks.
And with competition so keen, spa centres are constantly coming up with new and invigorating treatments to relax the frenzied urbane soul in us. Some purport to heal your body while others claim to improve vitality. From Ayurverda to Mudras, we take in everything at face value and believe in all the benefits. But can we sift through all the mumbo jumbo?
We believe it’s good and beneficial to indulge oneself in a spa treatment. So instead of looking like a zombie while the therapist explains to you the treatments and the packages, stay ahead of the game and know what you are actually treating yourself to.
Ayurveda: An ancient Indian art and science of holistic health and healing. It’s about keeping the right balance of mind and body using herbs, nutrition and body therapies. Helps to improve blood circulation, better sleep and even athletic performance. An Ayurveda massage can loosen and release toxins found in joints and tissues.
Aromatherapy helps to improve one’s mood
Aromatherapy: Aromatherapy is basically using botanical essential oils to rejuvenate and relax the mind and spirit. Helps to improve one’s mood. Essential oils are distilled compounds from raw plants. Common ones are lavender, peppermint and eucalyptus.
Abdominal Massage: Ladies, if you suffer from painful menstruation, have an abdominal massage. It is a form of deep kneading on the stomach, intestines and reproductive organs to relieve pain. Helps those with digestive disorders too.
Banya: It is a traditional Russian method of healing that uses moist heat to purify the body.
Chakra Balancing: Chakra is the seven energy centres found at specific points of the body from the spine to the skull. Using essential oils and a pair of gentle hands to massage the points help to remove blockages and restore good health.
Hot Stone Massage: Using hot and cold stones to relieve stiff muscles. Includes bodywork.
Mudras: A form of yoga for the fingers and hands, it helps one to calm down.
Rudraksha Bead Relaxation: A form of Ayurveda technique that hangs dried Rudraksha fruits in a room and lets one lie down in the midst. A magnetic field is supposedly created to release tensions in one’s body.
Salt Glow: Also known as a salt scrub, it simply exfoliates the body by using coarse salt to rub off dead skin cells.
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