| The point of a holiday is to relax and unwind, so that | | | | you a good example, even if the lure of chocolate is |
| you can return to your normal life feeling refreshed | | | | still too much once you return home! Try Ayurvedic |
| and energized. Asia is one of the best travel | | | | treatments at luxury hotels like Novotels throughout |
| destinations in the world for relaxation, both physical | | | | south east Asia (as well as the rest of the continent). |
| and mental. Asian medicine and meditation techniques | | | | Scrubs, wraps and massages are all essential |
| are gaining popularity in the West, as more people | | | | ingredients on a spa menu at luxury hotels. You'll find |
| realize the value that their gentle, natural arts hold for | | | | lovely ones like chlorophyll butter massage, guava and |
| our busy and stressful lifestyle. What are the best | | | | salt scrubs, and Ayurvedic spice wraps at the |
| treatments and courses to explore on your luxury | | | | Beaufort Spa in Sentosa in Singapore. It is a good |
| Asian holiday? | | | | idea to look out for spas that utilize the natural |
| Reflexology is a common spa treatment, but not a | | | | resources of the region, with native plants and Asian |
| common practice in the Western world. Your luxury | | | | spices and herbs included in their treatments. Not only |
| Asian holiday is the perfect opportunity to learn | | | | will their uses be familiar to the practitioners, it makes |
| about the joys of this practice. Reflexology is a | | | | for a wonderfully genuine experience of the area for |
| massage or pressure point discipline where your feet, | | | | you. |
| hands or ears are worked on in order to improve the | | | | Bath treatments are another favorite at Asian luxury |
| general health of other parts of your body. There | | | | resort spas. The word spa actually comes from an |
| are quite a few luxury resorts in Asia that offer | | | | acronym for the Latin sanus per aqum, or healing |
| reflexology -the Shangri-La group, which can be | | | | through water. You'll find some resorts are focused |
| found throughout China, India and Asia, is a notable | | | | more on water treatments, or more on the herbal / |
| one. | | | | essential oil treatment side. One great spa for water |
| The Ayurvedic health system is another of the East's | | | | treatments is the Pangkor Laut in Malaysia. You begin |
| gems that the Western world has borrowed bits and | | | | your water-healing journey with a traditional Chinese |
| pieces from the philosophy, but few people actually | | | | foot massage, moving through a Malay 'wall of |
| practice it properly. Your luxury rest in Asia is the | | | | water', and on to a Japanese style bathhouse. You |
| perfect opportunity to find out what true Ayurveda | | | | are surrounded by beautiful clear, cleansing water |
| is, and have an Ayurvedic massage and assessment | | | | from start to finish, and the bathhouse has more |
| by a true practitioner. This also allows you to see | | | | than 30 treatments (wraps etc) to choose from. |
| how to embrace the philosophy as a lifestyle ... giving | | | | |