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Glyco-peeling
Derived from fruit acids, this alpha-hydroxy acid-based
peeling is used to reduce age spots, control acne, improve
complexion and revitalize the skin's appearance.
Guided Imagery/Visualization
Basics: Imagery is an inner representation of experience.
According to Martin L. Rossman, co-founder of the Academy
for Guided Imagery, "the internal process involved in
worrying yourself sick and imaging yourself well are quite
similar." Through the mental processes of association,
guided imagery directly affects physiology and provides
insight into one's emotional landscape.
Hakomi Therapy
(Hakomi Integrative Somatics)
A unique approach to personal growth wherein the body is
used as a source of information about the unconscious mind,
serving as a vehicle to contact those key memories and basic
emotional attitudes that determine the overall quality of
our daily experience.
Hamam
Turkish/Middle Eastern communal bath house.
Haysack Wrap
Kneipp treatment with steamed hay intended to detoxify the
body.
Hellerwork
Named after its founder, Joseph Heller, Hellerwork is a
series of eleven 90 minute sessions of deep tissue bodywork
and movement education designed to realign the body and
release chronic tension and stress. Verbal dialogue is used
to assist the client in becoming aware of emotional stress
that may be related to physical tension. It is regarded as
preventive rather than curative and reflects a holistic
approach to health. Hellerwork is used to produce permanent
change.
Holistic Health
A non-medical approach to the health of the whole person
that combines physical and mental well being. This
philosophy seeks to achieve balance by considering all the
interwoven environmental, mental, physical and spiritual
aspects. Holistic Spas focus on alternative healing methods.
Holistic Medicine
General term for various forms of alternative medicine that
include: homeopathy, chelation therapy, clinical ecology,
acupuncture, stress reduction, nutritional therapy and other
alternative medicine methods.
Homeopathy
A system of medial practice that treats a disease by
administering minute doses of a remedy that would in healthy
persons produce symptoms of the disease treated. This
principle is used to stimulate the body to cure itself.
Hot Plunge
Deep pool for the rapid expansion of the capillaries and
loosing of bound muscle tissue.
Hot Spring
A source of water issuing from the ground that is above 37
degrees Celsius.
Hydrotherapy
Water therapies using jets and underwater massage for
therapeutic purposes.
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