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Jhalu Day Spa & Fitness, Ettalong Rss

Spa Ingredient Focus – Exotic Fruit Extracts

An effective product range is a direct result of high dilutions of active ingredients. Highly profiled within the Waterlily Skin, Body and Spa collections are lashings of dynamic fruit extracts within most of our formulations.

Rich potent antioxidants, brightening vitamin C, revitalising minerals, vitamins and skin smoothing enzymes, these power-packed fruits offer a variety of visible benefits to create glowing luminous skin.

What is DETOX, and why do it?

What is Detox?

Detox can be used as a tool to help relieve symptoms AND as a preventative tool to increase overall health, vitality, and resistance to disease.

Detox is a widely used treatment and concept in alternative medicine. The leading detox principle is that illnesses can be caused by the build-up of toxic substances – or toxins – in the body.

Why Detoxify?

Detox can be helpful for people suffering from diseases and conditions, including:

  • Allergies
  • Depression
  • Low blood sugar
  • Anxiety
  • Headaches
  • Digestive disorders
  • Arthritis
  • Heart disease
  • Mental illness
  • Asthma
  • High cholesterol
  • Obesity
  • Chronic infections

Detox therapy is also useful for those suffering from immune system problems that including chronic fatigue syndrome, environmental illness/multiple chemical sensitivity, and fibromyalgia.

The United States Centers for Disease Control estimate that over 80% of all illnesses have environmental and lifestyle causes.

Therefore, detox has also become a prominent treatment as people have become more aware of environmental pollution.

For example, it is estimated that one in every four Americans suffers from some level of heavy metal poisoning, including mercury, lead, cadmium and aluminum.

Toxins in the body also include chemical pollutants such as pesticides, DDT, PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls) and food additives. Drugs and alcohol also have toxic effects in the body.

7 little known facts about cellulite

What is cellulite?

Cellulite is the lumpy, rippled skin which typically appears in the thighs and buttocks area. Although it is typically associated with a weight problem, an individual need not be overweight to have cellulite.

Causes of cellulite

Cellulite can be caused by

  • Water retention and circulatory problems that may result from a variety of factors, including hormones,
  • A weakening of the connective tissue located just beneath the skin,
  • (Perhaps) genetics, and also
  • (Perhaps) hormones.

Who suffers from cellulite?

Although cellulite has been known to occur in men, it is much more typical in women.

Millions of dollars are spent each year on cellulite treatment creams and other types of products to eradicate cellulite, a condition that is considered to be unattractive and believed by many women to be a rare condition. In truth, most women have cellulite and it actually begins to form just after puberty hits. The degree of cellulite varies, but more than 90 percent of all women have it to some degree.

What can be done to remove cellulite?

So, if all women have it, is there anything you can do about it? Many people fail to do anything about their cellulite because they believe there is either nothing they can do about it or that it’s simply fat. The truth is that it isn’t fat that there are actually number of steps that women can take to prevent and reduce the appearance of cellulite.

The most important step women who are concerned about cellulite can take to reduce and prevent its appearance, is to eat a healthy, well balanced diet that is low in fat. Women who do this from an early age, and maintain such a diet, are shown to have far less problems with cellulite than women who do not. Exercise helps to keep the body toned and promotes good circulation, another key step in fighting cellulite.

Finally, the benefits of drinking plenty of water have been touted for many health conditions and cellulite is no different. The main purpose of water is to wash away toxins within your body which can help to increase circulation, thus preventing and reducing cellulite.

It has been suggested that genetics as well as the surge of hormones that many women face, may also be among the causes for cellulite development. While there is nothing you can do about your genetics, and little you can do about your hormones, fighting cellulite by living a healthy lifestyle has been shown to produce amazing results.

Studies also indicate that cutting down or quitting smoking altogether can also provide an improvement in the appearance of cellulite. This is mainly due to the fact that smoking causes damage to small blood vessels, which increases the risk for cellulite.

In summary, to reduce or eliminate cellulite you should:

  • Eat a healthy, well balanced diet that is low in fat,
  • Exercise,
  • Drink at least 2 litres of water per day,
  • Quit smoking.

Jhalu Day Spa has a number of treatments which are beneficial for reducing and preventing cellulite, including the far infra-red sauna, body wrap, massage and the spa-jet capsule.

Please explain the different types of massage

Swedish massage

(which is a proper name, not a reference to Sweden) refers to a collection of techniques designed primarily to relax muscles by applying pressure to them against deeper muscles and bones, and rubbing in the same direction as the flow of blood returning to the heart. Swedish massage can relax muscles, increase circulation, remove metabolic waste products, help the recipient obtain a feeling of connectedness, a better awareness of their body and the way they use and position it.

The strokes and manipulations of Swedish Massage are each conceived as having a specific therapeutic benefit. One of the primary goals of Swedish Massage is to speed venous return from the extremities. Swedish Massage shortens recovery time from muscular strain by flushing the tissue of lactic acid, uric acid and other metabolic wastes. It improves circulation without increasing heart load.

It stretches the ligaments and tendons, keeping them supple. Swedish Massage also stimulates the skin and nervous system while at the same time relaxing the nerves themselves. As it can help reduce emotional and physical stress it is often recommended as part of a regular program for stress management.

Aromatherapy massage

Aromatherapy massage is massage therapy with the addition of one or more scented plant oils called essential oils to address specific needs. The massage therapist can select oils that are relaxing, energizing, stress-reducing, balancing, etc. One of the most common essential oils used in aromatherapy massage is lavender. Aromatherapy massage is particularly suited to stress-related conditions or conditions with an emotional component.

Pre-Natal (pregnancy) massage

Pregnancy massage is becoming increasingly popular with expectant mothers. Massage therapists who are certified in pregnancy massage know the proper way to position and support the woman’s body during the massage, and how to modify techniques.

Pregnancy massage can help to:

  • Reduce stress,
  • Decrease swelling,
  • Relieve aches and pains, and
  • Reduce anxiety and depression.

The massage is customized to a woman’s individual needs.

Remedial Massage

(remedial means ‘repair from injury’. Remedial massage provides a healing treatment that can be gentle or strong, deep or shallow. When muscles and tendons become damaged or impaired, knotted and tense or immobile, Remedial Massage provides a healing treatment that can be gentle or strong, deep or shallow. Remedial massage holistically treats the whole body and traces the discomfort as far as possible back to the original cause, healing both the cause of the disorder as well as the symptoms.

Stone Massage

At Jhalu we use a specific type of stone massage called Lithos Therapy™. This treatment uses heated and chilled rocks as therapeutic instruments to enhance and prolong the benefits of massage and beauty treatments for the body, face, hands and feet.
Lithos = ancient Greek for “rock”

Why sweating is good for you

In a word – DETOXIFICATION!

  • Sweating is the body’s safe and natural way to heal, stay healthy, and detox.
  • Sweat carries toxins out of the body and pushes it through the pores.
  • Sweating helps the body release heat and keeps your internal core temperature as consistent as needed.
  • The average person has 2.6 million sweat glands. Sweat glands are distributed over the majority of the human body.
  • Skin is the largest organ in the body and it plays a significant part in the detox process.

feature saunaAt Jhalu, we utilise a Sunlight Far Infrared Sauna. Detox from a Far Infrared sauna is 7 to 10 times greater than conventional saunas because it operates more effectively at temperatures 60 to 80 degrees lower than conventional saunas.