Glossary
Six Senses Massage Fusion: For your therapeutic benefit, your massage thereapist will skilfully perform the most popular techniques of more than four of the world's most renowned massage therapies (Swedish,Thai, Aromatherapy and Sports Massages) to bring you an exceptional combination that is unique to Six Senses Spas.
Aarati Ceremony: A joyous celebration that involves the lighting of lamps, blessings and chanting. The Ganga Aarati at Rishikesh is an unforgettable experience as it is performed at sundown on the banks of the holy river Ganges. Witnessing this event will lift your heart and feed your soul, leaving you with a sense of peace that remains with you long after you have left the Ananda. A truly memorable experience.
Abhyanga: A full Ayurvedic body massage, using a specific herbal oil according to body type, followed by a steam bath and a hot shower. Induces deep relaxation and rejuvenates your whole body.
Abhyanga Mardana: A full Ayurvedic body massage using a specific herbal oil according to body type, to flush out toxins and detoxify the body.
Acupressure Massage: Acupressure is an ancient healing art developed in Asia over 5,000 years ago, using the fingers to press key points on the surface of your skin. When these acupressure points are pressed, they release muscular tension and promote the circulation of blood and the body's life force energy to aid healing.
Affusion Massage: Relaxing two or four handed massage, using apricot oil, under a horizontal shower, exuding a fine mist of warm seawater.
Affusion Shower: Hydro-massage consisting of a fine mist of warm seawater applied to the whole body by means of a horizontal shoer.
Algae Body Wrap: A warm wrap that relieves muscular and joint aches and strains. Relieves skin conditions.
Ananda Detox Scrub: Detoxifing Salt Scrub: Using natural sea salt infused with 100% pure essential oils of Grapefruit, Cypress and Juniper. Good for cleansing and fighting cellulite.
Airjet Bath: A special seawater bath with multiple, adjustable jets for local or overall hydro-massage. Sea water may be enriched with algae or essential oils.
Ananda Royal Facial: Unique facial treatment begins with relaxing back massage, followed by a full facial. A soothing foot massage completes the Ananda experience.
Ananda Touch: Stress relieving scalp, neck and shoulder massage improves health and vitality of hair and scalp with therapeutic plant and flower essences.
Ancient Indian honey and sandalwood scrub: A gentle and natural moisturising rub made from local Indian honey, sandalwood, valeriana, globe thistle and vetiver.This blend exfoliates and removes dead skin cells to produce smoothe, soft skin.
Anti-ageing Hand Treatment: A facial for your hands! Cleanse, exfoliate, mask and moisturisie.
Anti-stress Back Massage: Concentrating on your back, neck and shoulders, your massage therapist will help to relieve stress and muscular tension.
Aquagym: Gymnastics in warm seawater under the supervision of a qualified trainer. Specific exercises aim at gently stretching and strengthening your muscles.
Aqua-jet Massage: This unique treatment uses water pressure to apply a superb body massage without getting wet. The jets can be positioned on specific areas to ease away tension and stress.
Aqua Jogging: Aqua fitness involves jogging in deep water while wearing a floatation belt. In addition to the basic jog, there are a range of other exercises, which are designed to get your hear rate up and strengthen muscles. It is suitable for non swimmers too.
Aquaroyal: An aquatic walkway pool with seawater heated at 32 - 33 C. A circuit of geysers, under-water jets, counter-currents, walkways, umbrella waterfals, jacuzzi, massage jets, hydro massage beds and seats, which provide a workout for revitalization and relaxation of your whole body.Improves blood circulation, stimulates tissues and eases muscles.
Aquastream: Exercise is carried out against powerful jets with the guidance of a qualified trainer. Improves blood circulation, stimulates tissues (and eases muscle tension.
Aroma Cocoon: The ultimate in relaxation! Feather light lymphatic drainage movements using a blend of Grounding, Invigorating or Detoxifying Essential ils. Cocooned in a thermal blanket the heat increases the therapeutic effects of the chosen blend. The treatment is completed with an application of warm cream to seal the moisture into your skin.
Aroma Hydrotherapy Bath: Aromatherapy essential oils melt away stress, calm your senses and enhance therapeutic benefits whilst conditioning the skin.
Aromadermy Facial: Combining the purest essential oils, plant extracts and a cool marine algae mask, this facial softens expression lines and is the ultimate in relaxation. For all skin types including acne.
Aromatherapy Massage: Aromatherapy combines the senses of touch and smell with pure essential plant and flower oils to nurture and promote wellbeing.
Aromatic Airjet Bath: A special seawater bath with multiple, adjustable jets for local or overall hydro-massage. Sea water may be enriched with algae or essential oils.
Aromatic Bath: A bath in softly whirling water, which applies a gentle massage, combined with natural oils, followed by 20 minutes relaxation.
Aromatic Hydration Therapy: Indulge your skin and senses in an aromatic journey of relaxation to cleanse, hydrate and soften the skin.
Ayurveda: Ayurveda or Ayurvedic medicine is a form of alternative medicine. The word "Ayurveda" is a compound of āyus "life" and veda "knowledge", and would roughly translate as the "Science of Life". Ayurveda promotes healthy living, along with therapeutic measures that relate to physical, mental, social and spiritual harmony.
Ayurvedic Body Purifying: Ayurvedic doctors recommend a regular cleansing, as a general preventive measure combining a range of purifying treatments.
Ayurvedic Consultation: An Ayurvedic physician will determine your specific Body Consitution and Dosha imbalances. A professional therapy program will be prescribed after a proper study of the physical and mental aspects of the individual along with guidelines for your daily routine, activities and meal plan.
Ayurveda for your skin: This special program improves the complexion, tones the body and can cure skin diseases. The treatment includes special herbal facials, henna treatment and more, depending on individual needs. After the treatment the whole body is masked with sandal powder followed by a herbal milk bath.
Ayurvedic Dinacharya: Experience the Ayurvedic daily routine of a full body oil application, gentle cleansing of your eyes,an application of oil to your ears, nasal passages are cleared with medicated smoke and your mouth is rinsed with medicated oils.
Ayurvedic Head Massage (Shiroabhyanga): Ayurvedic oils are boiled in sesame oil in preparation for Shiroabhyanga, and the head is then massaged with the oil, balancing the sense organs an rejuvenating the body.
Ayurvedic Herbal Oil Therapy (Snehana): Oiling the body internally and externally, to loosen toxins from the cells and tissues so that they can be eliminated (includes Agyanga massage, Pizhichil, Shirodhara)
Balinese Boreh Wrap: Borrowed from Bali, this treatment is a warming blend of ginger, cloves and nutmeg, aimed at boosting circulation and easing aches and pains. It is traditionally used to prevent chills during the change of the season.
Balinese Massage: Using traditional Javanese massage oils, this massage encorportates rolling and long kneading strokes to to renew the body.
Balneo Bath: Balneotherapy involves the treatment of disease by bathing. It may involve hot or cold water, massage via moving water, relaxation or stimulation. Many mineral waters at spas are rich in particular minerals (silica, sulfur, selenium, radium) which can be absorbed via the skin.
Balneotherapy: Balneotherapy involves the treatment of disease by bathing. It may involve hot or cold water, massage via moving water, relaxation or stimulation. Many mineral waters at spas are rich in particular minerals (silica, sulfur, selenium, radium) which can be absorbed via the skin.
Basic Facial: A deep pore cleansing facial, eliminates impurities and toxins from the skin leaving it thoroughly clean and refreshed.
Basti: The Ayurvedic use of herbal enemas, as well as medicated oils enemas to cleanse the large intestine.
Beauty Hydration: A purifying and deep moisturizing treatment, which mineralizes tired and dehydrated skin.
Blancafort wine therapy: A grape extract body wrap and a full body massage with grape seed oil will energise you.
Blitz Massage: A water jet massage, helps decongest fatty deposits and relaxes tensed muscles.
Blitz Shower: A water massage helps to decongest fatty deposits and firms skin tissues.
Body Peeling: Gently removes dead skin cells and leaves the skin supple and silky smooth. Prepares the skin for increased absorption of products.
Breathwork: Breathwork is the use of Breath Awareness and Conscious Breathing (Exercises and Techniques), as a tool for health, growth and change, in spirit, mind and body. Every psychological, emotional, chemical and physiological state has an associated breathing pattern. As you change from one state to another, your breathing pattern changes, and vice versa. If you experiment with your breath you can trigger different thinking and states of being.
Cellu M6 anti-cellulite endermology: A treatment which reduces topical cellulite and increases skin elasticity and blood circulation. Applied by a specialist machine with rollers that can reach the fat cells and stimulate lymphatic drainage.
Chi Nei Tsang: A classical Taoist abdominal massage originating from Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Chinese Herb Bath: An ancient therapy combining sea water with herbal formulas and hydromassage.
Chinese Tuina Massage: Tuina is an important part of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).Tuina uses techniques and manipulations to stimulate acupuncture points or other parts of the body surface so as to correct physiological imbalances of the body and achieve curative effects.
Chocolate Therapy: A sugar peeling, chocolate fondue and relaxing orange and chocolate massage, which moisturises and nurturers the skin, whilst exciting the senses.
Classical Massage: Relaxes and loosens stiff muscles.
Cocoa Island Bath and Shambala: This cleansing treatment works to gently exfoliate and soften your skin. After dry brushing your body, a specially prepared Shambhala salt scrub infused with essential oils, macadamia oil and oat bran is applied to the body. After a rinse in an invigorating bath, this treatment concludes with a relaxing Shambhala Massage.
Cold Marine Facial: This cold marine treatment encourages the stimulation of microcirculation. It refines, firms and relaxes tension lines and wrinkles. Perfect for sensitive skin. Suitable for men.
Colonic Hydrotherapy: Colonic Hydrotherapy is a key treatment in any detoxification program, using warm water to gently cleanse the entire bowel.
Como Shambala Massage: A nurturing massage using Como Shambala's signature pre-blended massage oil to assist in calming the mind and rejuvenating the body.
Deep tissue massage: A restorative massage that aids in releasing deep held patterns of tension, removing toxins, relaxing, soothing and encouraging muscles to operate at full capacity.
Deep Down Clean Facial: This deep cleansing, oil-controlling facial helps to regulate oil secretions whilst refining open pores. Cleansed with Foaming Facial Cleanser with Yucca, Sugar Beet and Honey, this facial includes naturally decongesting and anti-infalmmatory ingredients such as Tea Tree and White Thyme this gentle yet powerfully effective treatment helps soothe adn calm, rebalance and encourage a clear complexion.
Detox Algae Scrub: This therapeutic, balancing and detoxifying treatment involves skin brushing, gentle exfoliation and algae in rich minerals and enzymes. Designed to ease away tension, helps boost the metabolism and speed up the elimination of toxins.
Detox Jet Blitz: A high pressure shower jet is directed at the body to activate circulation and re-contour the body.
Desert Heat Wrap: A self heating bubbly wrap rich in copper from Arizona desert earth renews and revives the skin, leaving it with a healthy glow. Great for painful joints and skin repair.
Dolce Vita Massage: The treatments includes: a Relaxing Aromatic Massage and Special Hot Towel massage. The basisc massage is conducted with steady, gentle stroking movements, the primary goal of which is to relax the muscles. This is continued afterwards with a hot towl massage on the neck, shoulders, upper arm and the entire back, resulting in a feeling of thorough and total relaxation.
Dosha: The 3 main doshas (sometimes translated into English as humours) are: Vata (combination of the space and air elements), Pitta (analogous to the fire element), and Kapha (combination of water and earth elements). However there is no equivalent word to translate "Dosha" in the English language, because the concept of Humour is different to the concept of 'Ayurvedic Tridosha'.
Dry Brush Massage: This massage uses stroking techniques applied in a special way with a brush of half bristles. It helps increase blood circulation in the skin and remove the dead skin cells from the upper skin layer, making the skin surface smoother and more receptive in preparation for certain nourishing skin packs. It is is suitable for detoxification adn cellulite treatments owing to its effect as a metabolism stimulator.
Dry carbon gas bath: This treatment is applied either to the whole body or to extremities. Carbon dioxide is moistured with sweat within the closed space of a plastic sack, with heat generated inside.
Energiser Massage: A soothing upper body massage focusing on key areas to relieve tension and ease the muscles. For those who require focused attention on the back whilst enjoying a complet scalp and shoulder massage.
Espa Chakra Balancing Ritual: Chakras are the seven subtle energy centres in the body which affect our equilibrium and inner harmony and through which one's life force energy flows. Recognised in both Ayurvedic and Chinese philosophies blocked and congested Chakras can affect the body and mind both emotionally and physically. Natural energies are stifled and the zest for life is lost or subdued.Chakra balancing begins by a full body skin brush and exfoliation before being massaged with ESPA blended aromatherapy oils using volcanic hot stones. Stones are carefully placed on body Chakras powerful energy centres at vital energy points on hands and feet for balance and grounding. Gentle stretching helps release deep-seated tension around neck and shoulders and stones are positioned along the spine and on the energy points. Critical tension points are massaged around the eyes and ears, before an acupressure head massage is given to calm and soothe the mind and spirit.
Espa holistic hip and thight treatment: A specialised treatment to stimulate the circulatory and lymphatic systems, concentrating on the areas of the body prone to 'blockages', cellulite, fluid retention and uneven skin texture. After deep exfoliation with a seaweed and salt rub there follows a detoxifying massage using stimulating essential oils and an application of warm marine algae. The feet reflex zones and pressure points are activated, then pressure point and lymphatic drainage massage is undertaken to the eye area, gently helping to purify and cleanse the body.
Eye Contour Treatment: Intensive treatment for dehydration lines, congestion, puffiness and dark circles. It also has a lifting effect and is suitable for all skin types.
Exotic Hand Ritual: Pure pampering for your hands and nails to restore beauty and suppleness. Warmed aromatherapy oils nourish and condition, whilst the sublime sensation of a milk bath lavishes its richness and healing action on your skin.
Exotic Lime and Ginger Glow: An exotic exfoliation ritual to invigorate and bring vitality to your face and body. After light body brushing, warm oil is dripped luxuriously all over your body before a sublime Exotic Lime and Ginger Salt Glow is applied. Your skin is deeply cleansed, polished and softened to perfection, finishing with a final application of Exotic Island Flower Body Balm, leaving the skin glowing and vibrant, replenished and flawless.
Facial Care: All facials include the face neck and shoulders massage. Essential Facial Care and Bio Stimulate Facial include the scalp massage.
Fango Therapy: Specialists in thermal medicine prescribe personalised treatments with mud enriched with chemical and biological elements of proven therepeutic value.
Finders Inchwrap: The dead sea inchwrap will detoxify your body, emulsify fat, reduce cellulite and improve skin tone with an added benefit of instant inch loss.
Fitness Training: Assess and plan a complete fitness and exercise program with a fitness expert. This customised approach will compliment all of the other therapies and activities that you will be experiencing.
Floatation bed: Relaxation-flotation water bed.The body feels elevated, light, floating in warmth.
Flow yoga: Ideal for beginners, Flow Yoga integrates movement with deep abdominal breathing, yet the movements evolve through Hatha Yoga postures.
Foot acupressure: Massage that is applied to the zones of your feet that correspond to all the parts of the body and internal organs. The treatment stimulates the body's own healing and balancing process.
Foot reflex zone massage: The sensitive, trained hands of a Reflexologist can detect tiny deposits and imbalances in the feet, and by working on these points the blockages can be released and the free flow of energy is restored to the whole body.
Frangipani Body Nourish Float: From the exotic shores of Tahiti, coconut and frangipani flowers are soaked together to produce Monoi, which literally means 'scented oil'. With the most exotic aroma and texture imaginable, Polynesian women traditionally use this to protect their beautiful bodies and condition their lustrous hair. Monoi will soothe, condition and soften your skin. Drench yourself in its moisture and bathe in sensuality in the unique dry float.
Full body or parital mud pack: Mud application temperature is approximately 45°C, duration of partial or total wrap is 20 minutes.
Garshan Massage: Stimulates both the lymph nodes and the circulation. The whole body is massaged with raw silk gloves. This treatment is available with a preparatory oil massage.
Gommage Thermal and Plankton Treatment: This plankton mask treatment is preceded by careful and delicate peeling of the entire body, which leaves the skin in an excellent condition to fully absorb the moisturising qualities of the thermal plankton.
Hamman: A shower prepares the body for this purification ritual, followed by 10 minutes in the caldarium, 15 minutes relaxation in the hamman, a scrub, 20 minutes in the scented "ghassoul" mixed with rosewater, followed by relaxation in the rest room.
Hatha Yoga: Hatha represents opposing energies: hot and cold (fire and water, following the same concept as the yin-yang), male and female, positive and negative. Hatha yoga attempts to balance mind and body via physical exercises, or "asanas", controlled breathing, and the calming of the mind through relaxation and meditation. Asanas teach poise, balance & strength and are practiced to improve the body's physical health and clear the mind in preparation for meditation in the pursuit of enlightenment.
Himalayan Honey and Rose Facial: Local raw honey and pure rose water is massaged on your face. Your therapist then covers your neck and face with cooling cucumber strips. While the cucumber works its magic, enjoy a hand and foot massage. Hot and cool compresses complete this treatment.
Holistic Massage: A free-style therapeutic full body and scalp massage including face reflexology at Evason.
Honey Lime and Cucumber Facial: Enjoy an age-old traditional Thai facial that refreshes the skin and promotes new cell growth to leave your skin soft and fresher. Used in conjunction with each other, these three natural ingredients reduce the discomforts of any skin irritations whilst promoting new cell growth.
Hot Stone Massage: This massage concentrates on soothing away tiredness, stress and alleviating tension, inducing relaxation to the body and mind.
Hot Stone Therapy: Tibetan Monks and American Indians used stones for their beneficial properties. This deluxe full body and face massage using stones, will instill a deep level of calmness while relaxing tight muscles, removing blockages and dissolving stress.
Hydra Massage Source Facial: This facial gives vitality and suppleness, eliminating the sensation of tightness and dehydration, leaving the skin noticeably smoother and refreshed.
Hydrating Coconut Delight Body Works: Ideal for dry skin and hair, this delightful top-to-toe treatment uses the moisturizing properties of young coconut pulp to re-hydrate dry skin and hair resulting from exposure to long flights, sun and salt water. With slices applied to the eyes, in a pureed consistency to the face and body and blended to extract the oil for application to the hair, your skin will feel soft and re-hydrated.
Hydrobath: Micronized marine algae and other herbal extracts rich in mineral, trace elements and vitamins are added to the bath to re-mineralize and detoxify the body's lymphatic system. A 10 minute relaxing underwater massage is performed further enhancing the detoxifying effects. Excellent for relieving tension and stress.
Hydro Jet Bed: A relaxing massage on a water bed.
Hydromassage: The treatment is given in a hot bath with a water temperature of 35 degrees. The soft massaging effect of the warm water has a relaxing and healing effect on the muscles and joints. It is excellent for blood circulation and a general feeling of relaxation and well being.
Hydrotherapy: A water treatment combining exercise and relaxation in water.
Hydrotherapy with essential oils: Essential oils of cypress, juniper berry, rosemary, oregano, sage and lavender assist in the elimination of toxins and excess fluid retention, whilst the hydrotherapy jets relax and sooth your aching limbs.
Indian Head Massage: Excellent for helping to relieve the tension that builds up in the head, neck and shoulder area as a result of stress. Includes a gentle facial massage.
: Hope Candle: A Hopi candle, made of flax, honey and herbs, is gently inserted into the outer ear to treat sinusitis, rhinitis, earwax, earache and tinnitus.
Indonesian Massage: Using traditional Javanese essential oils, this massage incorporates rolling and long kneading strokes to renew the body.
Infrared Sauna Session: Far Infrared therapy provides deeply penetrating heat while maintaining a comfortable air temperature of 32 - 45 degrees celcius. Us e of far infrared sauna has many therapeutic benefits - it stimulates circulation, increases metabolism and burning of calories and promotes detoxification to purify the body. This includes a possible reduction of heavy metal accumulation. Far Infrared therapy deep cleanses skin for a youthful appearance, reduces cellulite, and slows the ageing process because it promotes skin cell regeneration and unburdens the body of toxins. Various skin conditions may be treated and joint or muscular inflamation reduced. The Far Infrared Sauna promotes deep muscle relaxation to vanish tension and stress and a feeling of well-being is achieved.
Introductory Facial: Includes a cleanse, tone, exfoliation, mask and moisturise.
Jamaican Hydro Massage: Professional hydromassage bath with sequential cycle. Combines water and air jets for an aero-bath experience. Equipped for underwater massage and ideal for adding essential oils, algae and other sea products.
Japanese Silk Booster Facial: Experience the ultimate in scientific skin therapy. The advanced booster facial promises to take your skin on a journey of total renewal. Natural Japanese silk protein or sulphur compresses and advanced aromatherapy skincare, producing immediate results beyond question.
Jet Lag Recovery Treatment: A rebalancing treatment that stimulates the circulation, reduces swelling and eases muscle tension. This treatment combines body massage, foot acupressure and eye therapy to sooth you after a long journey.
Karna Purana: Oil treatment of the ear.
Kneipp: The Kneipp treatment is named after Sebastian Kneipp, a German priest who lived in the 19th century. Recovering from an illness he treated with water and herbs, he developed the theoretical and practical fundamentals of his cure. The cure is effective for the treatment of sleep disorders, exhaustion, certain heart conditions, strengthening the vascular and immune systems, but also effective in stress reduction. Kneipp treatments include pouring cold and warm water and jets of water on the body, as well as packing, washing down, wrapping in herb infusions and aroma baths.
Kneipp Pouring: Treatments include pouring cold and warm water and jets of water on the various body parts which stimulates the nervous system.
Kneippness: Integration of traditional Kneipp methods within the fundamentals of wellness.
Lepam: A medicinal paste treatment applied to face, body and head.
Lith-cal Seaweed Body Peel: This unique peel energizes, oxygenates and remineralizes via a vigorous polish with seaweed granules. Rich in calcium and iron, this treatment is a detoxifying body peel.
Lymph Drainage: Lymphatic Drainage is a therapy in which the practitioner uses a range of specialised and gentle rhythmic pumping techniques to move the skin in the direction of the lymph flow. This stimulates the lymphatic vessels which carry substances vital to the defence of the body and removes waste products.
Maldivian Sand Massage: Cool wet sand is used to exfoliate the skin, followed by acupressure along the energy meridians. Pure coconut oil from the local islands is then applied to soften the skin, complementing this unique treatment.
Marine Prelude Wrap: This treatment combines natural sea mud with sea salt, followed by a massage with specific essential oils, it has a stimulating and invigorating effect, leaving the body smooth, detoxified and tranquil.
Marma Massage: An energising massage of the marma points (specific energy centres), voted as one of the top five health and beauty treatments in the UK by The Independent newspaper. This revitalising massage stimulates the circulatory, immune and nervous systems, and also helps to restore energy.
Meditation: Breathing and relaxation techniques to help calm the mind.
Micoronised Marine Algae Wrap: Rich in minerals, vitamins and micronutrients, this seaweed body wrap activates circulation, relieves aches and pains, detoxifies and revives the metabolic balance.
Milk Ritual Float: Cleopatra was renowned for bathing in milk before her secret liaisons with Mark Antony, so now it is your turn to bask in the ritual as warm Milk Bath is poured over the entire body before being cocooned, weightless, in the unique dry float.
Mineral/Thermal Bath: Sulphids from the mineral water are absorbed through the skin, which results in deposits of sulphur in the skin. It is further absorbed into the body as cysteine, methionine or gluthation. The sulphur inhibits the degradation of elastine, collagen and hyaluronane, thus reducing blood pressure, and causing the dilatation of blood vessels. The bath has a total relaxation and tranquillising effect.
Mirror Bath: The pool is filled with natural sulphuric thermal mineral water with a temperature of 38°-39°C, where the guest is submerged up to his/her arms. The mirror pools have a distinctive meditative quality to them which promote physical healing as well as mental relaxation.
Moor Mud Wrap: A gentle thermal action helps to simulate and relieve any muscular tension, also excellent for relieving pain from arthritis and rheumatism. Rich in vitamins, minerals and enzymes which help boost the body’s immune system.
Morning Serentiy: Morning Serenity is usually a serenity walk with a meditative touch. Depending on the weather, it can also be any or a combination of yoga, walking, meditation or other lifestyle activity.
Manual Lymphatic Drainage: Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) is an advanced therapy in which the practitioner uses a range of specialised and gentle rhythmic pumping techniques to move the skin in the direction of the lymph flow. This stimulates the lymphatic vessels which carry substances vital to the defence of the body and removes waste products.
Maroccan Cocoon Body Wrap: This extraordinary cool, rich mud soothes and heals eczema, psoriasis and skin sensitivity. Rich in magnesium, iron and calcium which all help to renew the skin.
Mud Wrap: Prepared with a natural bed made from a 10 - 30 cm layer of original Piešťany sulphuric mud and a water layer reaching approximately 50 – 90 cm above the sulphuric mud. The temperature of the mineral water varies from 39°to 40°C, sometimes reaching locally higher levels in places above the springs. Guests in the mud pool stand, slowly walk or sit on the edge of the pool. The duration of the bath is strictly individual, on average it lasts 5 - 10 minutes.
Mud Pack: The packs are directly applied to the skin and are beneficial in the treatment of rheumatic complaints. The mud can be used for either full or partial packs depending on the doctor's prescription. The pack temperature is normally 40 degrees C. The effect of the hot mud is extremely relaxing to the muscles and improves the blood circulation of the whole body.
Mud Treatment: Specialists in thermal medicine prescribe personalised treatments with mud, enriched with chemical and biological elements of proven therepeutic value.
Nasya: It effectively relieves sore neck and shoulders, headaches, allergies, congestion, loss of smell, sneezing, sinusitis, and sunken and puffy eyes. Nasya is also beneficial for sufferers of insomnia, as well as for those who feel run-down and fatigued. The treatment starts with a short face massage with oil is followed by steam applied to your face and is completed with the administration of 3-8 drops of oil in each nostril.
Natatorium Thermal Circuit: Dip among bubbles and jets to rebalance mind and body.
Natural Thai Facial: The traditional Thai facial uses a blend of natural ingredients to cleanse, exfoliate and massage the skin, finishing with a mask and beautifully refreshed skin. Ideal when combined with Thai Massage.
Naturopathy: The roots of naturopathy are found in the ancient Greece of Hippocrates, who recognized and wrote about the healing power of nature. As a specific discipline, naturopathy is related to the European nature cure, which evolved during the 19th Century. Begun as a result of observing the healing effects of nature, these methods use fresh air, sunlight, water, diet, exercise and rest to promote health.
Niagra Hydro Massage Bath: This treatment begins with the application of a self-warming sea mud wrap, a specific trace element serum and finally, soothing body milk.
Njavara Kizhi: Application of medicinal packs dipped in herb infused milk to release muscles
Ocean Facial: Designed specailly for men's needs, this treatment involves special massage movements and a purifying mask.
Ocean Star Bath: Pamper yourself with a warm bubble bath in the evening, as you sip alcohol free champagne while star gazing the African sky from a classic bathtub set into the coral on the beach. Bliss!
Oriental Hamman: A typical hammam consists of three interconnected basic rooms similar to its Roman ancestors: the hot room (caldarium), the warm room (tepidarium) which is the intermediate room and the cool room.
Oriental Herbal Detoxifying Scrub and Wrap: Oriental herbs are used to gently exfolitate the body while increasing overall circulation. This is followed by an invigorating wrap using Thai White Mud, which has long been used by Thai women for cleansing and brightening the skin. Thai herbs, each specially selected for their beauty and health-enhancing properties, will warm and stimulate the circualtion. This treatment is recommended for water retention, sluggish circulation, muscular problems and detoxification.
Physiotherapist: Treats injury or dysfunction with exercises and other physical treatments.
Pampering Facial: Cleansing, gentle exfoliation, toning and moisturising accompanied by a rejuvenating massage to the face, neck and shoulders. Includes a moisturizing hand massage.
Papaya Body Polish: Asian women are known for using papaya around their eyes to keep wrinkles at bay. Pureed papaya is smeared all over the body in this body polishing session where the enzymes contained in the papaya, biochemically known as papain, soften and revitalize the skin by acting like an alpha hydroxyl, without the tendency to cause skin irritation.
Peat Pack: A compress of peat is applied to treat locomotor system disorders, gynaecological disorders and respiratory disorders. The heat improves the blood circulation and metabolism, softens connective tissues and loosens muscles.
Pediluve: Stimulation of the lower limbs through hydro-jets, alternating hot and cold water to improve the blood circulation.
Pilates: Tones muscles and strengthens the body's core, improving posture, circulation and flexibility. Quiet and calming, it can restore balance to mind and body.
Pindasveda: Originally, this treatment was used to cure injured or tired soldiers. Specially prepared rice is cooked with a mixture of Sida Cordifolia decoction and milk in a warm bolus bag and gently massaged over the body.
Pizichill: Warm herbalised oil continuously flows over the entire body and is combined with a soothing massage. A rejuvenating therapy that counteracts stress and promotes positive health.
Pranayama: Pranayama is a sanskrit word that means control (yama) of the life force (prana). It is also commonly used to describe various yogic breathing exercises that help give the practitioner control of the life force, or pranayama.
Prescriptive Facial: All skin types will benefit from this treatment, tailor made to your individual needs.
Presso Therapy: This technique consists of stimulation of the circulation in legs and feet through the application of pressure via intermittent waves of compressed air.
These “inflating stockings” gently squeeze the lower extremities up and down, and are particularly effective in treating heaviness, inflammations and circulatory disorders, enhancing lymphatic drainage and blood circulation. You wil experience a wonderful feeling of lightness, freshness and relief in feet and legs.
Punagathi Kizhi: herbal packs, dipped in warm medicated oil and applied to the body
Qi Gong: A Chinese system of prescribed physical exercises or movements performed in a meditative state.
Rebalancing Massage: This massage is a gentle anit -stress massage, an excellent therapy for busy people who have little time for themselves.
Reflexology: An ancient therapy used to reactivate all bodily functions through pressure on reflex points located on the soles of the feet.
Refreshing massage: A massage with Swedish technique enhancing blood circulation and lymph flow, re-energising the body.
Refresh Stone Therapy: An introductory treatment to stone therapy including a spinal layout and front placement using warm, basalt stones, along with a facial, scalp, foot and hand massage.
Regenerating Massage: This massage improves blood circulation, tones up muscles and gives back a feeling of wellbeing.
Reiki: A holistic and natural hands-on energy healing system, Reiki practitioners channel energy to restore the body’s energy field to its natural frequency which can bring about deep relaxation, remove energy blockages, detoxify the body and provide healing.
Relaxing Massage: This massage concentrates on soothing away tiredness, stress and alleviating tension, inducing relaxation to the body and mind.
Revitalising Salt Body Therapy: A gentle massage followed with salt therapy exfoliation. Relax, unwind and revitalise tired, sore muscles. Excellent as a treatment following long periods of travel or exercise to relieve tension from the whole body. To finish, your skin is nourished with Six Senses revitalising body treatment lotion.
Reviver Facial: Ideal for all skin types, except very sensitive. An advanced treatment using oxygen which leaves the skin looking fresh, clear and radiant. An instant boost for all occasions.
Salt Scrub: Invigorate and enliven the body with an all-over mineral rich sea salt body exfoliation. Removes dead skin cells to reveal a radiant complexion.
Sarnas Experience: A 3 hour journey that takes you through various Heat Features, Outdoor Vitality Pool, Holistic Treatment of your choice and Pure Relaxation.
Scalp Massage: The massage sent from heaven will awaken your brain, stimulate hair growth and relax your entire body.
Sea Salt Bath: A remineralizing and detoxifying bath.
Sea Salt Brush: Containing dead sea salt, it exfoliates and nourishes the skin naturally leaving the skin soft and supple.
Sea Shower: The Sea Shower jet incorporates a stimulating manual jet of seawater with specific movements all over the body. This refreshing treatment improves the circulation, relieves tension, invigorating the body.
Seaweed Body Wrap: Mud bath rich in marine mineral substances eliminating volume, toxins, cramps and pains, thus reducing all muscular tension.
Seaweed Wrap: Warm micro-processed seaweed is applied to the whole body, which is then wrapped in a thermo cover, allowing the active components to penetrate the skin.
Sensory Spa Journey: A unique variation of a four - hand massage from two highly skilled therapists, working in harmony to take you on a journey of the five senses and beyond.
Serenity Full Body Massage with Honey and Sesame: This full body pampering massage features a range of customised Aromatherapy oil blends to convey the healing, harmonising and rejuvenating properties of Essential Oils into the body through rhythmic touch. Choose your own favourite oil to suit your mood.
Shambhala Massage: A nurturing massage using Como's signature pre-blended massage oil to assist in calming the mind and rejuvenating the body.
Shiatsu: Japanese form of massage involves powerful stimulation of the body's pressure points to invigorate and relax. Combined with stretching, palming and mobilsing movements, this massage also loosens profound muscular tension.
Shiroabhyanga: Ayurvedic herbs are boiled in sesame oil in preparation for a head massage, balancing and rejuvenating the entire body.
Shirodhara: Warm oil is poured on the forehead continuously followed by an Ayurvedic face, neck, head, shoulder, hand and foot massage using specific organic oils to relieve mental stress and restore calm.
Shirogriva Massage: A very special and unique massage derived from ancient Indian knowledge. Head, face and neck are treated to coordinate body functions using reflexology techniques, offering relaxation for body and soul. Results are immediate and amazing…You will instantly be relieved of stress, insomnia and headaches.
Skin Fitness Facial: Created to eliminate impurities and improve the general appearance of the skin, this treatment includes thorough cleansing, exfoliating, moisturising and hydrating while special massage techniques relax. Includes a moisturizing hand massage.
Skin Fit Men's Facial: The Skin Fit Men's Facial has been formulated especially for the needs of male skin with scientifically advanced anti-ageing properties. With a fantastically potent formula of natural ingredients, including caviar, to noticeably improve skin, it will soothe, repair and rejuvenate.
Skin softening foot treatment: Exfoliation of the feet, followed by a mint mask and application of moisturiser.
Sole delight foot treatment: Warmed aromatherapy oils nourish and condition your feet and nails, whilst the decadence of Milk and Exotic Frangipani Monoi Oil lavish their richness and healing action on your skin. A sensory experience for your feet only, which promises to leave you walking on cloud nine!
Spa Indulgence: Combination of therapies from a wide selection of treatments at the Sila Evanson Hideaway Spa: Element, Spa Delight, Chocolate Sensation, Stress Relief.
Spicy Herbal Body Scrub: A potent sensation of an all-over deep heat experience, this scrub is a centuries-old village recipe using herbs and spices that are usually asociated with curries, and warms the body to have both a curative and preventative effect.
Spicy Spa Ritual: This divine Thai delight is the spa ritual for you to enjoy. Your skin will be softer and smother and you will have an absolutely memorable experience. Main recipe ingredients are Jasmine, Ylang Ylang, Cinamon, Milk and flower petals.
Sports Massage: Especially beneficial if you are suffering from aches, pains and stiffness. The masseur will help to relieve tension from specific areas of your body, improving circulation and mobility.
Steam Therapy: Purify your body in one of Evason's beautifully designed steam rooms.
Step Aerobics: Aerobic exercises performed by stepping up onto and down from a stepping block.
Stress Relief: Total de-stress and relaxation with a one hour Aroma Body Massage and one hour Foot Reflexology.
Stress Relief Treatment: Stress-relieving scalp, neck and shoulder massage.
Supervised Thalassotherapy Programme: The unique programme offers the curative effects of mineral enriched seawater. The supervised session takes you through four outdoor or three indoor pools, each with a different temperature and salinity content. Combined with the hydrotherapy jets, this programme is very beneficial for joint and back problems, arthritis, osteoporosis, water retention or for sheer indulgence and relaxation.
Swedana: A steam body treatment with the use of herbs.
Swedish Full Body Massage: A relaxing massage which releases tension, improves circulation and eases aching muscles.
Tai Chi: This Chinese art promotes health in mind, body and spirit by learning movements formed at a slow pace. Tai Chi exercises practised correctly can strengthen deeper inner muscles and joints and provide better body awareness, resulting in correct posture, improved circulation and reduced stress levels.
Templarium Thermal Circuit: Immersed in a real environment of an ancient Roman thermal, replicating ancient customs and treatments, you will find relaxation and wellbeing.
Thai Herbal Body Glow: Dry brushing technique to exfoliate and stimulate your circulation followed by an envelopement of Thai herbs to deeply nourish and re-hydrate your skin to leave you with a healthy glow. Ideal when combined with a Thai Facial and Thai Massage.
Thai Herbal Massage: An ancient treatment to warm your muscles and re-awaken your body's energy flow. A strong dry pressure massage combined with gentle stretching to help you relax.
Thai Massage: By applying pressure along the meridians, this treatment unblocks trapped energy and improves vitality. Often referred to as passive yoga, it incorporates yoga-like stretches to stretch joints and balance major muscle groups of the body.
Thalassotherapy: Thalassotherapy (from the Greek word thalassos, meaning "sea") is the medical use of seawater. The properties of seawater are believed to have beneficial effects upon the pores of the skin.Trace elements of magnesium, potassium, calcium sulphates and sodium, found in seawater, are believed to be absorbed through the skin. The therapy is applied in various forms, as either showers of warmed seawater, application of marine mud or of algae, or inhalations.
Thalaxion Bath: A hydrotherapy treatment with alternating hot and cold seawater massage on areas such as stomach, hips, thighs and legs, which speeds up the breakdown of cellulite and improves blood circulation.
Thalgo Slim: A slimming massage with plant extracts.
The Organic Pharmacy Detox Body Ritual: begins with a full body exfoliation using Spirulina, known for its powerful detoxifying and re-mineralising properties, blended with toning lemon and stimulating eucalyptus. The body is enveloped in a juniper and seaweed mask to nourish, tone and detoxify before the luxurious application of a detoxifying body oil to leave you feeling nurtured and complete.
Therapeutic Massage: A full body massage to ease tense muscles and soothe away aches and pains, bringing harmony to body and mind.
Thermae Experience: Thermae Experience is a sequence of Greco- Roman thermae heat rooms, with the added benefit of a beautiful Hammam and Sauna true to the classical bathing rituals of cleansing and relaxation.
Thermal Bath with Ozone: A thermal bath with ozone helps dilate the blood vessels, relax the muscles, and stimulate blood circulation.
Thermal Eye Treatment: Specifically for the delicate eye area, this treatment uses a gentle gelatine verbena heat mask to decongest and firm the eye contour area.
Thermal Regenerative Facial: The ultimate facial. An intensive boost of all nature's vitamins and minerals with a warm infusing mask to maximise penetration into the deeper layers of the skin. Restores elasticity and radiance leaving your skin nourished, hydrated and toned.
Toning Algae Wrap: Rich in marine minerals and vitamins, this treatment detoxifies and improves the circulation, aiding in both inch reduction and water retention.
Toning Body Wrap: Aids slimming and helps skin tone.
Traditional Bhutanese Hot Stone Bath: A traditional Bhutanese therapy and powerful stress reliever utilising wood-fired stones placed in a bath where they crack and steam, releasing key minerals for relieving deep-set aches and pains.
Tranqulity Stone Massage: This massage concentrates on soothing away tiredness, stress and alleviating tension, inducing relaxation to the body and mind.
Tui Na: Using acupressure and deep friction movements, this traditional Chinese massage or Tui Na will alleviate ten
