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16 May 2019
Posted by BonnieF 
From one of Devon’s most beautiful spa hotels, Boringdon Hall, the Gaia Crystal Therapy spa treatment is the healing therapy designed to help you reconnect with yourself and your body. Here’s what you need to know… What exactly is the spa treatment? The ultimate goal of crystal healing...
Read more → 25 Jan 2018
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Crystals, colours and chakras - depending on your predisposition when it comes to these things, many of us could be inclined to think the healing or health impact of colour is a subjective idea at best, but just like aromatherapy can have an impact on our wellbeing, many believe that colour does the same. At...
Read more → 18 Oct 2016
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Elemental Herbology have come to Ockenden Manor spa with an exclusive treatment. Here's how it works... What exactly is the treatment? The ritual begins with a series of acupressure points to relax the body and mind. We then massage the back, neck and shoulders using Swedish movements combined...
Read more → 16 May 2016
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It is no coincidence that the most popular spa treatment on offer at any spa is a massage, but that’s a very broad term for a treatment with so many variations. So in honour of National Massage Day (yes, there is such a thing and we are supremely thankful for it), here are five of our favourite...
Read more → 28 Apr 2016
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Rebecca Miller from Lifehouse Spa and Hotel is a therapist with a difference, specialising in Human Needs Psychology she is essentially an expert in how to be happy. Having previously given us the inside track on how to be happy right now she continues her message here with top tips for smiling throughout...
Read more → 10 Aug 2015
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When Spabreaks.com Director Abi Wright visited therapist Sinéad de hÓra to get a taste for Intuitive Therapy, she was blown away by the experience, and this is why... I am buzzing from the 'treatment' I have had this afternoon at the hands of the lovely Sinead. Having previously worked at Gazelli...
Read more → 09 Jun 2014
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This year’s Men’s MOT Week is in aid of the wonderful work at CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably). Here, one of their writers, Fabio Zucchelli, explains how a little mindfulness can go a long way! As a veteran sufferer of depression I have clocked up more therapy hours than most. The gamut...
Read more → 20 May 2014
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A decadent treatment using their own brand of lemongrass scented products, Cloisters Spa at Muckross Park Hotel in Ireland, explains why The Wilderness Therapy Ritual is one of a kind … What exactly is the treatment? It’s a Cloisters lemongrass full body exfoliation, Cloisters soothing body butter...
Read more → 18 Mar 2014
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Taking a 5000 year old therapeutic institution and making it their own for the 21st century visitor, Royal Marine Hotel talk about their take on Shirodhara! What is Shirodhara? It’s a 90-minute treatment that’s been performed in India for more than 5000 years. It’s basically pouring...
Read more → 04 Mar 2014
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From bath oils to household air fresheners, the word ‘aromatherapy’ is bandied about an awful lot, but what exactly is it? We spoke to therapist, William Ogboke, at The Grand Brighton to discover what it’s really all about! What exactly is Aromatherapy? There are a few ways to do aromatherapy;...
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