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Best Salt Spas, Salt Caves and Halotherapy Studios

Best Salt Spas and Salt Caves Browse our directory of the best Salt Spas, Salt Caves and Halotherapy Centers, from simple family-friendly studios to luxury sea salt rooms ideal for a quiet mini refuge.
November 25, 2023 |

Favorite Hot Springs and Mineral Springs

HOT SPRINGS AND MINERAL SPRINGS We’ve selected a few of our favorite places to soak up the waters, both destinations for the simple pleasure of a mineral water hydrotherapy soak, as well as more advanced therapeutic waters used for balneotherapy.
December 1, 2022 |

30 Amazing Spa Resorts and Wellness Retreats for your Bucket List

Amazing Bucket List Spa Resorts A rustic hot springs town in the Colorado mountains, an opulent palace on a lake in India, a stunning castle in Ireland, a watering hole in Mexico, an eco friendly retreat in New Zealand, a monastery in Italy. Each of these — and more spa hotels, resorts and wellness retreats — are on our editors’ and staff bucket lists for 2019.
January 20, 2019 |

Tips for Beating the Winter Blues

6 TIPS - Beating the Winter Blues Before those winter blues get you down prepare for this common mood monster and develop a strategy to beat the cold weather doldrums. As the days grow shorter and the temperatures get lower, some simple shifts in your behavior can help you avoid seeking comfort in food to get through the winter months.
December 1, 2018 |

12 Fly In Spa Resorts

Roche Harbor Resort Forget the “$100 hamburger” — that phrase was coined decades ago and now flying enthusiasts are finding destinations with more to offer than just a good burger. Instead, try a fly-in massage before lifting off to your next destination. Drop down out of the clouds to these Fly In Spa Resorts which have or are near private airstrips, helipads, or have marinas with access to seaplanes.
November 9, 2018 |

Spa March Madness – 2017

Spa March Madness Polls Our most popular poll is back and the Third Annual Spa March Madness has begun! Our editorial staff, secret spa reviewers, readers, newsletter subscribers, spa partners, press contacts and more, all contributed to selecting 64 USA Spa Resorts in competition to be named Readers Favorite USA Spa Resort 2017.
April 2, 2017 |

3 Reasons You Keep Overeating at Night

3 REASONS YOU OVER EAT AT NIGHT If there’s one thing that seems to plague many of us, it’s the munchies leading to overeating at night. Even after eating dinner, many of us find ourselves peering into the refrigerator each night, searching for something to satisfy. Is it physical hunger that’s calling? Or emotional soothing that food is sometimes so good at providing?
January 4, 2017 |

Healthy Hotel Breakfast Tips

Hotel Breakfast Guests of health and destination spas are served a nutritious breakfast, but what about when you are traveling and staying in hotels which are increasingly offering a Free Continental Breakfast? Spa Index Guide to Spas and a guest nutritionist weigh in on these tips for staying healthy on the road.
May 7, 2016 |

Spa March Madness – 2016

Spa March Madness Polls It’s March, and in the USA, that means “fan”-tastic events are taking place for March Madness!  Each year, March Madness is one of the most popular fan participation events on the American sports calendar, but you’ll also see fun tournaments being played for everything from Best Brunch Spots to favorite television characters to this season of Dancing with the Stars. We think it’s also a fun way to vote for favorite Spa Resorts and Hotels in playoffs for the vaulted title as Annual Spa Index Readers’ Choice Favorite USA Spa Resort.      #SpaMarchMadness We polled our editorial staff, our panel…
March 6, 2016 |

3 Simple Ways to Make Exercise a Habit

MAKE EXERCISE A HABIT It’s a new year, and like many of our readers, we too are setting goals for increased fitness and wellness habits. While just about everyone is gung-ho with motivation and discipline soon after making resolutions or setting goals, the customary period for breaking those resolutions or stumbling with new goals is now — almost a month in. We just need a little bit of help to stay the course.
January 24, 2016 |

6 Signs of a Great Hotel Spa

Four Seasons Hotel George V Paris It’s surprising how many great hotels are let down by their spa. And while we won’t name names, we will give you six signs of a very, very, very good spa.
July 17, 2014 |

Embracing a Healthy Menopause with Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine

TCM and Menopause Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine are based on the concept of Yin and Yang, two forces that must be balanced in the body.  The concept resembles the western notion of homeostasis.  Yin is associated with coolness in the body, and Yang is responsible for warmth.  During menopause, Yin declines and so there is a relative excess of Yang in the body.  This manifests as hot flashes and night sweats, two complaints frequently reported by menopausal women. Other symptoms commonly reported are depression, anxiety, poor concentration, irregular and/or heavy menses, slow metabolism and weight gain, thinning hair, dry skin, vaginal dryness, mood…
November 6, 2013 |

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