Wellness
Wellness for Women: Top 5 Spa Services to Renew You
Find out the top 5 spa services to kickstart your new year wellness routine and jumpstart your energies for a happy and restorative 2023.
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According to Finnleo, the Finnish sauna website, saunas can play a big role in stress reduction. In fact, some researchers say using a sauna two to three times a week reduces the risk of fatal heart disease and can reduce blood pressure. Plus, all that sweat removes toxins from your body. Read more about sauna.
Wellness
Sweat Lodges and Ayahuasca Anyone?
A sweat lodge or Temazcal experience is a centuries-old wellness ritual, taking perspiration up a notch as a shaman helps to release stress and sweat from your body to increase physical health, and improve your mindset.
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Sauna–It’s Getting Hot in Here
More people are discovering that saunas have proven health benefits and a special magic. Find out why heating it up could improve your stress levels–and your social life.
Living Well
Sauna Reinvented
A hot topic at the Summit was not only how the world needs to learn from European bathing/ sauna culture, but how the Europeans themselves are now busy reimagining the sauna experience. For instance, a Summit showcase, “Sauna Aufguss: Hot Doesn’t Get Any Cooler Than This” (led by Lasse Eriksen, Development Manager, Nordic Hotels &
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2017 Top 8 Global Spa and Wellness Trends
INSIDE THE 2017 REPORT When 500+ wellness experts from 46+ nations gather to debate the future of wellness, you have one uniquely authoritative and global view of the trends set to unfold. And that’s what happened at the recent tenth-anniversary Global Wellness Summit in Kitzbühel, Austria, which (with its specifically future-focused theme for 2016, “Back
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2016 Spa Trends Report: The Benefits of Temazcal
Many return home from luxury spa treatments describing themselves as revitalized or reinvigorated, but for those who experience the ancient Mexican practice of Temazcal another word often comes to mind: reborn. Dating back to Mayan and Aztec cultures, Temazcal roughly translates to “house of steam,” yet these simple adobe huts are far more than just
Spa
How Modern Spas Evolved From Water’s Healing Properties
Water is the source of life, and it turns out, the healing and restorative powers it possesses are also what birthed the concept of “spa”.
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Spa Trends 2012 Revisited – Cold and Ice Are Hot: B+ Grade for this Prediction
“Hot” is the spa world’s age-old weapon to make people relax, sweat, detoxify and draw blood to the surface. But now spas are bravely stepping out into the cold.
Spa 101
Time to Get Naked: Nude Resorts & Spas
We’ve got nudist spa resorts covered…and expose them here.
Spa 101
Spa Spotlight: Peninsula Bangkok
On the west bank of the Chao Phraya, the major Thai river running through Bangkok and emptying into the Gulf of Thailand, lies the famed Peninsula Bangkok. This distinctive hotel and three-story ESPA location cinched the title of Best in Asia and Best in Thailand during our 2011 Readers’ Choice Awards. Take a sneak peek inside to find out why!
Editors' Picks
Beachy Keen: 5 Spas for Beachside Relaxation
Our travel editor thinks they make a splash!
Travel & Play
In Ecuador, a Spa Treatment in a Box
Along with traditional spa treatments, Ecuador’s El Refugio is well known for its Baños de Cajon, a steam bath, which helps to relieve stress and relax muscles.