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The Fascinating Resort
Spas in Asia: Your Perfect Wellness Retreat
"Ways of
healing need no passports or borders"
This famous
quote by Anthropologist Carroll Dunham aptly explains the unquestioned
appeal of a spa in Asia in the minds of health and fitness enthusiasts
globally. With the wellness retreat that spas in Asia are, more and more
people all over the world are learning to make better choices for their
beauty and well-being. Years of healing wisdom of the spa-experts and
spiritual gurus make health and beauty spas in Asia a haven of natural and
organic living. Situated among the tranquil, tropical splendor of the
resorts of Thailand, Maldives among others, a spa in Asia, offering a
medley of pampering body treatments, massages and other wellness
therapies, provides an unforgettable experience for many.
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The
irresistible Asian spas at resorts and fabulous holiday getaways are based
on the 5000 year-old oriental ayurvedic practices those are proved to give
complete physical and spiritual healing. In this context, Dunham says,
"The traditional systems of India, Tibet and Mongolia share the same basis
of categorizing imbalances in the body by the three-element system of
wind, fire, water-earth in contrast to the Chinese five element system".
Therefore, holistic ayurvedic treatment inside Asian health and beauty
spas combines specific oils, herbs and traditional therapies to revitalize
this three-element system and rejuvenate the mind, body and soul in the
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With new
and quirky spa treatments (including various signature treatments
offered), they act as several ways to bring deeper healing beauty into
people's lives. Given the stress and strains of the bustling city life,
thousands of urban people (mostly the urban professional ladies aged
between 30 and 50) today are enjoying the ancient therapeutic treatments
of the Asian spas that restore inner calm, aid memory, balance emotion and
rejuvenate the body.
Signature treatments offered inside an Asia resort spa:
With exclusively designed spa products using herbs and oils from various
parts of Asia, an Asia resort spa provides a highly professional massage
service, reviving age-old traditions and techniques. These include:
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Aromatherapy massage offered in an Asia resort spa, with essential oil
blends to help you relax, re-energize.
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Hot new
treatments, including flower essences, traditional Chinese medicine,
crystals and gem therapy, color, light and sound filtering through your
body in the steam room.
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Spiritual
and holistic treatments like Ayurveda, Yoga, Reiki and other healing
sessions, including two ancient Asian therapies, Shirodhara (used for
centuries to restore inner calm and balance to the emotions) and
Udwarthana (used to reduce obesity, strengthen muscles and refresh the
body, promote better skin complexion by cleansing, exfoliating, toning the
skin).
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The famous
cranial therapy, in which gentle movements applied to the skull and
vertebrae balance the circulation of the liquid that surrounds the brain
to release accumulated stress.
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Using
kitchen ingredients as the food of your skin: Often, top Asia resort spas
use natural facemasks, ranging from honey facemasks to papaya masks and
sea-salt face-scrubs, natural supplements and healing herbs.
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Over the
past few years, discerning cosmopolitan travelers have indulged in the
extensive range of signature treatments offered by the top Asia resort
spas, especially in Thailand, Bali, Singapore and Malaysia.
According
to recent articles on the Asian resort spas going global, the spa industry
in Southeast Asia helps to pull in millions of international tourists each
year (10 millions a year only for the spas in Thailand). Over the past few
years, countries like Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore etc. have pulled in
high-profile tourists to soak in rose-petal baths and other luxurious
delights of the Asian resort spas.
Besides,
independent researches have revealed that in 2002 and 2003, Thai spas
attracted 2.6 million international tourists who brought in about US$85
million in revenue. Researches have also revealed that the Asian spa
industry is growing at around 20 to 30 percent every year, with a lot of
European and Asian visitors. With 80 per cent of total spa visits
generated by international tourists, Thailand remains the 'apple of the
eye' for those in the business of resort spas. In India, Kerala being the
most favored destination for Asian spas, the enviable destination of the
Himalayas also offer the serene tranquility of the spas in Asia. The
leisure, lifestyle and business traveler can easily rediscover tranquility
in the Indian resort spas, for which the spas are an increasing business
in India too.
Its no
wonder, then, that that the tantalizing spa treats have appealed to the
international tourists not only with their Asian aesthetics, but also with
the rejuvenating spa experience that has brought back radiance to their
body and harmony among their body, mind and spirit. On the whole, the
Asian spas have worked as exclusive retreats for rejuvenation, meditation
and for nourishing spiritual mindsets.
Contributing Author: Lopamudra Bhattacharya
lopabhattacharya2001@yahoo.co.in
An aspiring creative
writer in various genres including literature, arts and the media.
Currently working for a web design and application development firm in
Kolkata, West Bengal, India as a content developer. Worked on numerous SEO
copywriting projects on varied themes ranging from travel, hotel industry,
photography, web design and software development to US-based clubs and
network communities. Also worked with a state level NGO as their trainee
communication executive. Presently working on a freelance basis for a
lifestyle magazine named "Exhibit" (published from Delhi) and contributing
articles on women, art, culture, human interest etc. in various small
publication houses. Writing poems and short stories is my passion.
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