Thursday, March 26, 2009

Skaná Spa with Oneida culture

With the opening of the new luxurious Skaná Spa, the Oneida Indian Nation-owned Turning Stone Resort & Casino has established itself as a premier resort destination in the Northeast. The resort is situated between Utica and Syracuse in upstate New York's historic Mohawk Valley.



Opened in 1993, the property's name is derived from the Nation's history. Eleven years later, an exclusive 94-suite luxury hotel called the Lodge at Turning Stone opened to serve an upscale clientele with a mixture of traditional Adirondack design and contemporary amenities. Additionally, the 33,000-square-foot Skana Spa, added to the resort in 2006, invites discerning spa-goers to indulge in up-to-the-minute spa amenities as well as treatments inspired by the rich therapeutic traditions of the Oneidas.

A detoxifying sweat lodge and pictorial depictions of traditional longhouses pay tribute to the Oneidas' traditions and community. The 33,000-square-foot facility has 14 treatment rooms including a private VIP suite with its own herb garden. The on-site Skaná Spa Cafe serves nutritious spa cuisine for breakfast and lunch.

The spa's gentle treatments combine all-natural products including Naturopathica and Molton Brown and herbs used by Native American for centuries in order to promote harmony between guests and their surroundings. Signature spa treatments evoke the Oneida culture and traditional healing philosophies. The Sage Stone Massage is a holistic experience designed to induce total tranquility through the integration of sound therapy, touch therapy with basalt stone application and aromatic sage oil. The nourishing American Indian Enzyme Peel incorporates pumpkin fruit enzymes and beta carotene for deep cleansing and sun protection. Also, a full-service salon employs a staff of beauty professionals who administer hair, nail, waxing, and makeup services.



The Skaná Fitness Center offers strength-building and cardiovascular equipment in addition to a fully equipped group exercise studio where classes are held daily. The spa's petal-shaped mineral pool features waterfalls, whirlpools, and a distinctive sculpture.

Relax and unwind at Skaná Spa at Turning Stone Resort with a Spa & Golf Getaway. Packages include luxury accommodations and a spa service and round of golf daily, plus a restaurant credit of US$100 per person, per night. Skaná Spa is part of the Oneida Indian Nation's 1,200-acre Turning Stone Resort golf, spa, gaming, and entertainment complex, located in the Mohawk Valley region of upstate New York State, 35 miles east of Syracuse.

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Friday, March 20, 2009

Spa Services Institute by St. Joseph Institute

The Resort & Hotel provides getaway packages spa vacations, and hosts weddings, special events and reunions. The meetings & retreat center host training programs, retreats and a wide variety of learning experiences.





This serene mountainside retreat, with its log and stone buildings, quiet valleys, and mountain vistas, takes a holistic approach toward the promotion of health, wellness, and personal and spiritual well-being. The Laurel Wellness Center, a state-of-the-art facility that is the region's largest wellness and medical spa, offers a very comprehensive menu that includes therapeutic massage, a large variety of spa treatments, a comprehensive group of healing and wellness services, and fitness programs.


The founder and director of the Institute, Jenny Sheetz, MA, CN, is widely recognized for the healing power of her bodywork and counseling techniques. Many guests come for "healing intensives" to address chronic pain, depression, injuries, fibromyalgia, celiac disease, relationship issues, and spiritual questions. Guests at this Pennsylvania resort will find a tranquil, serene haven, where the only sounds are those of nature. Groups up to 32 can be accommodated.

The 8,500-square-foot Laurel Wellness Center has ten treatment rooms in a log-and-stone building that is understated and elegant, appointed with accents of wood, flowers, and sculptures. It contains four indoor gardens, a waterfall and a large saltwater fish tank, plus a sauna, a whirlpool, and a resistance pool. You can observe the changing of the seasons through large windows overlooking the forest while exercising on an indoor walking track. In the new fitness center, qualified instructors offer aquatic and other therapies and exercises.

The spa specializes in whole body balancing, using various healing techniques--among them acupressure, craniosacral therapy, structural alignment, and neuromuscular massage to clear the body of congestion and restrictions, align it, and ground and strengthen it. In the Moor Therapy Body Facial, a smoothing scrub and a light oil massage are followed with the application of 30,000-year-old mud containing thousands of plants, hundreds of which have known medicinal value. Another favorite is the 90-minute Heating the Soul hot stone massage.

Labels: Hot Stone Massage, Spa Services, St. Joseph Institute

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Saturday, March 7, 2009

Zara Spa - Dead Sea

The design of this five-star hotel with the Dead Sea is usually on the basis of the peoples of the Middle East. Most of the rooms and restaurants are around the village square, with wide aisles. The Zara Spa offers a wide range of thalassotherapy, a mirror image of the station, the situation on the northern shore of the Dead Sea, the world's saltiest body of water. Thalassotherapy-related amenities include saltwater indoor and outdoor swimming pools and a domed whirlpool with high concentrations of mineral-rich Dead Sea salt. The capital of Jordan, Amman, 34 miles and the area contains historic cities such as Jerash and Madaba.



Zara Spa features thalassotherapy amenities and treatments using local mud. The salt-water pool in the shade of a tent and near the stations of massage therapy. A swimming pool with a float of 28 percent of the concentration of salt is of a Grand thalassotherapy whirlpool. The Spa also features an infinity-edge pool overlooking the sea. Separate facilities for men and women include thermariums and peppermint-infused fog showers. The fitness center offers personal training and classes in yoga and aerobics.

There are 24 treatment rooms, including four Mud Therapy Suites, which have private showers and steam rooms, and offer Natural, Herbal, and Anti-Cellulite Mud Wraps and Mini Mud Facials. The spa also has a selection of massages and facials, as well as waxing and nail services.

Emerge again in the Dead Sea, Jordan, the cradle of humanity and the world of wellness. Visit us on the 3, 5 or 7 days travel spa rejuvenated and is willing to negotiate the new year. The journey will involve immersing yourself in the mineral-rich waters and mud of the Dead Sea in a variety of treatments designed to nourish, vitalize and rejuvenate the body and soul.

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Spa chemicals for best Hydropathy

To ensure that your spa is clean and works well, there are a multitude of spa chemicals, which are necessary for the purchase and use of good faith. Spa is the ideal place for bacteria to reproduce, with a temperature of hot water and things like dead skin cells floating around in it. There are many reasons why the water is turbid, too frothy, or discolored skin irritation. The fact is that poorly maintained spa water has led to people getting very sick and in some cases hospitalization. Most of them can be solved very quickly with the addition of chemical evidence and with the bathwater.



It is important that the additives, detergents and spa chemicals used are in a cool, dry and ventilated. In must be protected from the sun, and a way out of the reach of children. You must do something every week such as water quality testing, check alkalinity, salinity, pH and bromine content. Bromine helps keep bacteria from thriving in the water, so that every week, you need to four to six tablets of bromine in water.

In fact, a running log of the water filters at low speed for approximately three hours per day. The flow of water and prevents the accumulation of dirt. If you have a floating bromine tablets are dispersed in water. In any case, it is not hard to do if you have good spa chemicals for maintaining your spas. There is a broad choice of spa chemicals that are in tablet form that you simply plunk into your spa water. The good news is that the evidence of water and the addition of appropriate chemicals in exact amounts.It is easier than ever before, thanks for these new developments. All spa chemicals should not be mixed before adding to the spa water. Instead, you have to dissolve the dry chemicals one at a time, in clean water in a plastic bucket. It is only now that you can pour this bucket of water and chemicals into the Spa.

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Sunday, March 1, 2009

New Age Health Spa destination

New Age Health Spa is located on 280 acres of woodland adjacent to the New York Catskill Forest Preserve. The resort offers all-inclusive to improve the health of women and men in a stimulating environment. Included in the price of three healthy meals a day, full use of spa facilities and unlimited participation in scheduled activities. And since a spa stay is incomplete unless you can melt the stress away with a massage, complement your stay with over 20 therapeutic spa treatments conducted in a contemporary spa facility.





The New Age is proud of the state of infrastructure, education and a broad range of programs for the integration of body, mind and soul. This is a great destination for solo travelers. Whether alone or with loved ones, the opportunity to view life from a new perspective is yours when you visit the New Age Health Spa.

New Age Health Spa offers spa treatments and private consultations to help each guest look and feel his or her best. The healing body treatments by traditions from around the world, a greater sense of wellbeing. Muscle relaxing massage, skin conditioning body wraps and facials to rejuvenate your body while the aging consultations to health problems, such as weight and stress management help to provide guests with a recipe for a more balanced way of life.

Guests purchasing a two-night stay, with four treatments, you a friend for free. Alternatively, guests three nights and five treatments can make a friend for free. The offer includes accommodation, meals, wellness and more...

Labels: New Age Health Spa, spa destination

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