Salt Therapy aka Halotherapy
by Charmaine Noronha While most North Americans have grown up to believe that adding salt to food is bad for blood pressure, among other negatives,...
Cosmetic Acupuncture & The Acupuncture Facial
What is Cosmetic Acupuncture?
Acupuncture has been used for thousands of years to treat many conditions. It is performed by manipulating acupuncture points that lie...
Thalassotherapy
Thalassotherapy, by definition, is the therapeutic use of seawater, marine algae and marine mud in various body treatments. It incorporates the use of warm seawater...
Reiki, An Alternative & Holistic Practice
Reiki, a form of 'energy medicine' is a practice that comes from ancient traditions of natural and holistic healing and spirituality. Like many other...
What Exactly is Craniosacral Therapy and How Can it Help You?
What exactly is craniosacral therapy? Let's start with the basics... The craniosacral system consists of the head (cranium), sacrum and spine. It contains the brain,...
Pressotherapy
As a seasoned spa goer there are not many treatments that I've not sampled - until recently, pressotherapy was one of those I hadn't...
Champissage: Indian Head Massage
What is Indian Head Massage?
Indian Head Massage, also known as Champissage, has been practiced in India for over 1,000 years. It is a form of...
What Do Your Eyes Say About Your Health?
By Alexi Bracey The science of Iridology has been around since the mid 1800s when a young boy tending to an owl with a broken wing noticed...
Shiatsu
Shiatsu is a contemporary therapy with its roots in Oriental traditional medicine. Since it is primarily a physically-based “bodywork” system, it is sometimes referred...
Mud Baths: Nine Things to Know & Five Places to Go
by Lisa Truesdale Just as they were in the days of Cleopatra, therapeutic Mud Baths are still heralded today for their ability to detoxify and...
