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Hot and Getting Hotter Spa Trends 2011
Some of the year’s hottest spa trends.
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massage
Massage is a therapeutic practice that uses skilled touch to relax muscles, relieve tension, and promote overall well-being. Whether through gentle strokes or deep pressure, massage improves circulation, reduces stress, and supports healing. Perfect for physical relief and mental calm, a massage nurtures your body and mind, leaving you refreshed, balanced, and restored.
Mindset
Spa 101: Managing Your Stress and the Benefits of Massage
Massage can do more than just work out the kinks
Relationships
Lake Austin Spa Resort Debuts New Program to Celebrate Dogs
According to our friends over at Petside.com, dogs help make us healthy, and to celebrate just how much our four-legged friends make a difference in peoples’ lives, Lake Austin Spa Resort is unleashing its new canine program, Celebrating Paws, February 2-6 and November 2-6, 2011. The new four-day program – geared towards dogs (sorry, no
Travel & Play
Happy National Massage Therapy Awareness Week!
It’s National Massage Therapy Awareness Week (Oct. 24-30, 2010), and spas throughout the country are celebrating. According to a recent consumer survey by the American Massage Therapy Association®, massage therapy is on the rise as a method of improving personal health. Whether you’re new to massage therapy, or have been a massage junkie for years,…
Fitness
Run Like the Wind, Reward Yourself at These Spas
Marathon time is fast-approaching! Last month, we blogged about Chicago spa Tiffani Kim Institute offering The Marathon Massage for Chicagoland’s runners. This month, we caught wind, in Vital Juice Chicago, of even more spas offering athletes massage and other spa treatment deals to ease their accomplished-but-tired muscles and to pamper their weary feet. Here’s what
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Spa 101: Ashiatsu – Walk all over me, please.
Ashiatsu, a close cousin to shiatsu, is an ancient East Asian massage technique where the massage therapist utilizes her hands and feet to manipulate pressure points on? the body. Although ashiatsu is not found on most spa menus in the U.S., it has been performed by Buddhist monks for thousands of years. In Japanese, the word translates as “foot” (ashi) “pressure” (atsu). Different styles of barefoot massage have origins in China, India, Japan, the Philippines, and Thailand. Often a balancing prop is utilized such as ceiling bars; other times it is performed on a floor mat.
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Ask Susie: Health Benefits of Massage
Does massage have “real” physical benefits? This is a not only a question that I am asked now and then but one that the New York Times answers with a resounding, yes!
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Why Not Swedish?
This week has been all about experiencing new services at spas in my neighborhood. It is, after all, SpaFinder Deal Days, the Wellness Week, so I’ve been prepared to take full advantage of the $50 and 50% off pricing offered all over NYC (and tons of other cities all across the country). Sure, I’ve wanted to try some pretty exotic services, realized last week while browsing all of my options that I have never experienced the most popular massage, the Swedish Massage.
Mindset
Study: Massage Works Out More Than Just Muscle Kinks
We all know a good massage usually makes you more relaxed and does wonders for your body, but does it really affect what’s going on inside your body? According to a group of researchers who recently conducted a study to find out, yes. Massage therapy is a multi–billion dollar industry in the United States with
Fitness
The Date to Motivate, with a Massage!
10-10-10 in Chicago is “The Date to Motivate!” This October 10th, athletes inChicago will run the race they have been training for − the Chicago Marathon. In honor of the race, Chicago spa Tiffani Kim Institute has the perfect treat for the city’s runners: The Marathon Massage!
Travel & Play
SpaFinder Deal Days, the Wellness Week has ARRIVED!
SpaFinder Deal Days, the Wellness Week™ is here! We know EVERYONE (kittens included) love a good massage and other spa treatments of all kinds, so be sure to take advantage of this fabulous week of spa and wellness options! Appointments will go fast so be sure to book now!
Spa 101
Ask Susie: Spas on Cruise Ships
Question: I’m going on a Carnival Cruise at the end of September. I plan on getting a deep tissue massage on the ship. Does SpaFinder have discounts for cruise spa visits?”