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Find out the top 5 spa services to kickstart your new year wellness routine and jumpstart your energies for a happy and restorative 2023.

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.

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.

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 & […]

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 […]

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 […]

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”.

“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.

We’ve got nudist spa resorts covered…and expose them here.

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!

Our travel editor thinks they make a splash!

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.

When we saw Travel + Leisure’s list of America’s Best Cities for Hipsters, we couldn’t help but think of the spas in these cities. So we took its top three, plus New York City and Los Angeles, two spa metropolises, and uncovered the best spas for hipsters.

This year, forget the trinkets…

Question: What are the benefits of an infrared sauna?

Ganbanyoku beds are heated black mineral slabs installed into the floor. The stones, made of tenshoh seki, or black silica, and black silica lava rock, are heated to just over 100˚ F and emit far infrared rays as guests lay atop a towel or wrapped in a robe on the bed.

Question:

Do you know of any spas in New York City that have infrared saunas? Most have rock saunas or stream rooms. Thanks in advance.”

-FS

What are LED and Infrared Light, how does it benefit our bodies, and what does it have to do with spa?

Spa-ing at luxurious hotels has always been an option, but what about spa-ing in your hotel room?

Some of the year’s hottest spa trends.