The selected ryokan directory boasts that visiting an onsen ryokan (or Japanese hot spring inn) will purify your mind and body and may even help you to “enter into a poetic state and achieve a sudden Zen enlightenment.” As if that weren’t enticing enough, the site lists several other reasons one might want to visit […]
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Many Levels of Healing at an Onsen
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The Buzz Bus Stops For Hot Water Wellness
After founding the Spa Buzz, which connects industry leaders throughout the country, Kristi Konieczny felt she needed to take things a step further, spreading the message of health and wellness across the country on a road tour. After all, she reasoned, “it would really be impolite not to.” After acquiring an Airstream RV, the Buzz […]
Hot Tub Eases Stress and Promotes Connection
Betsy Thurlow-Shields, of Silver Spring, Maryland, traces her addiction to hot water immersion back to her childhood, when the day’s end would be signaled by the sound of running bathwater. “In our family,” Betsy recalls, “stressful times were always treated with a good hot bath, no matter what time of day, or how many times […]
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Take Care of Your Self, It’s the Only One You’ve Got!
In The Importance of Self Care for Health And Stress Management, Elizabeth Scott, M.S., writes that “taking time out for self-care can contribute to long-term feelings of wellbeing.” She goes on to say that “taking a break from stress amidst a tub of warm bubbles or under the hands of an experienced masseuse can help […]
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Relaxation for Relationships
Skinship is a term I recently learned. Apparently the word originated in Japan, where it is believed that social interactions are more relaxed and intimate when they take place at the public baths. The idea seems to be that this type of nakedness removes certain social barriers and facilitates emotional intimacy. A few days after […]
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