handmade journey
NATURAL
BEAUTY
M a k i n g the m o s t o f a h o l i day
t o s l o w d o w n the he c t i c
p a c e o f l i f e o f ten i n v o l v e s
p l ea s urab l y w h i l i n g a w ay an
h o ur o r t w o re l a x i n g i n the
s p a . We d i s c o v er s o me o f the
be s t treatment s t o s o o the
b o dy and s o u l
Spas have come a long way since their
signature treatments: the pungently
sulphurous baths of ancient times
where the spa movement began. The
word spa is thought to be an acronym
for the Latin: saunas per aquum,
meaning health through water; as the
first treatments were all based on this
most important of earth’s elements.
In China, the health giving hot springs
continue to attract visitors from around
the world, 1400 years after Emperor
Xuanzong built himself a palace at the
naturally heated springs of Huaqing.
In the West, the popularity of natural
spa treatments encapsulated more of
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