Covering the spa beat is grueling work, but someone has to do it.
Whenever I travel, I find spas with unique treatments and a holistic approach. I’ve tested the benefits of numerous skin and body treatments worldwide: a Dead Sea salt scrub in Israel, a peat pack in Ireland, a kelp bath in France, a cayenne facial in Vail, eucalyptus steams in Utah, and oak-leaf slapping in a Québec banya.
Wild at Heart
Healing Lifestyles & Spas, March/April 2003
I highlighted two unique, wilderness spa/resorts located in British Columbia’s Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve: one with accommodations in luxury tents, the other on a floating barge. Both spas/resorts use wind, solar and water power; emphasize local, organic foods; and feature low-impact building. Read Article >
Ireland’s Mythic, Magical Spas
Healing Lifestyles & Spas, May/June 2006
Up-to-the-minute spas let guests enjoy Ireland—a land filled with ancient history and mythology—experience the country in a new, holistic way.
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Renewal in a Mexican Sweatlodge
Healing Lifestyles & Spas, November/December 2002
Taking a traditional Mexican sweatlodge, called a temazcal, was quite a spiritual adventure at a seaside resort north of Manzanillo. The bathing-suit-optional ceremony on the beach and inside the womb-shaped mud hut was cleansing and purifying. Read Article >