by Sheri Demarco

Created on: April 15, 2009   Last Updated: April 17, 2009

If you are considering a day at the spa, make sure you plan ahead. Consider what it is that you want from your experience. There are so many things to choose from. Are you looking to reduce stress? How about a day of relaxing? Are you looking to detox your body? Todays spas offer quite a range of choices for your outer as well as your inner soul.

Spas offer a wide variety of treatments. They include the following: massage; facials; waxing; body wrapping; manicures & pedicures and laser hair removal. Depending on where you chose to go and what your budget and time allows you can even find nutritionists and doctors to help with your head to toe health.

Lets go over the benefits of some of the treatments offered at a spa. A massage can rejuvenate your mind, body and soul. It can help you to relax, therefore help your stress level disapate. Spas offer a variety of massages. Here are some massages that a Spa may offer:

Deep Tissue Massage: This deep tissue therapeutic massage helps to release muscle tension and toxins. This relieves pain deep in the tissues from stress or injury.

Hot Stone/Rock Therapy: This is known as one of the deepest forms of relaxation. These stones(which are usually a river stone) are heated just to the right temperature and used to massage the body. This procedure simply opens pathways of energy and deep relaxation.

Lets go over now the Body Wraps that spas offer. Body Wrap treatments generally are used to detox your body. You are covered with seaweed, mud, clay, lotion or oil, then wrapped up for 20 minutes. Then rinsed you are rinsed off to a new you. A lotion is then applied to your skin after this. Here are some Body Wraps that some Spas offer:

Deep Hydrating Wrap:This wrap will hydrate your entire body. Your body is covered with shea, cocoa butter and honey.Then wrapped in a hydrating lavendar body butter.It includes vitamin E which helps to sooth and rejuvenate the skin.

Skin Firming Wrap: A firming gel is applied to your skin to help and enhance its elasticity. Next your skin is usually massaged with amino oils to help with circulation giving the skin a more smooth appearance.

Spas now even offer couples treatments; girls day out; mother/ daughter day; and they do coroparate events too. So you can celebrate anything you want at a spa. Spas have come a long way from just soaking in hot springs. So no matter your budget, you too, can enjoy the benefit of a great Spa Day day.

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