FOR FIRST TIME SPA GOER

Is this your first time at a day spa? You are probably apprehensive about the new experience and nervous because you don’t know what to expect or are unfamiliar with the etiquette practices. Here are few hints to help you fit in at the spa and minimize stress through achieving greater relaxation, which is the whole mission of KAlilaya Spa.

Arrive on Time

It is important that you arrive at least 15 minutes early to your appointment, allowing time to fill out any required form, take showers and change your clothing. You may even want to come earlier and take advantage of the spa’s dry sauna in an effort to further unwind.

When scheduling your appointment make sure you give yourself a heavy cushion of time between your spa appointment and other engagements on your schedule. This is important because feeling stressed about time may negate the calming effect of your massage. If for some reason you cannot make your appointment, call the day spa at least 24 hours prior to your appointment. This is common courtesy as well as requirement of many spas.

Maintain Silence

When you arrive, immediately turn off your cell phone to maintain a quiet and calm atmosphere. Also, be sure to speak softly, as you would in a library. You are  not the only one trying to relax at the day spa so keep all social conversation at a low volume and do not bring children.

Disrobing

Most people are most apprehensive about this aspect of a day spa. It is customary to undress completely for massages, this includes jewelry. Towels and robes are provided by Kalilaya Spa and should be used while walking from room to room. The therapist will give you instructions while you lie on the table and will drape the towel over your body simultaneously removing your robe.

During the treatment, your private parts remain covered at all times. If disrobing makes you uncomfortable, KAlilaya Spa provides short pants or leave your underwear on.

Give the Therapist Feedback

During your massage communicate with your therapist. If you desire a change in pressure, room temperature, or talking, tell them. They want to make you comfortable and will follow your lead. Also make sure to tell them of any problem areas and if you experience any pain.

Be respectful of the schedule

Following a massage, the therapist will tell you to take your time getting up to avoid getting dizzy or light headed. They will leave you alone in the room, but this is not the time to take a nap. An appropriate time to lie on the table before getting up is 5-10 minutes.

Do not take longer than this, as the room must be sanitized and prepared for the next scheduled patient. If you feel you need more relaxation time, KAlilaya Spa has a lounge area for this purpose. Day spas do not intend to rush anyone, but still have schedules to follow.

Gratuity

It is customary and polite to tip the therapist that provided you your treatment. This is done when checking out and paying for the procedure rather than just handed to the therapist. Like restaurants, the tip should be at least 15-20% of the procedure price.

If you are still nervous about the whole experience, remember to tell the staff that it is your first time throughout the entire visit. This will ensure that they give you more detailed instructions and will do everything they can to make your trip to the day spa as positive and relaxing as possible.

Published in: on March 3, 2009 at 7:52 am Comments (0)

Secret to beauty, normal weight, health, energy and longevity straight from your fruit basket

Secret to beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight

 Eat your fruits the correct way

We all think  eating fruits means simply buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths.

You will benefit much more if you know how and when to eat.

 

The correct way of eating fruits

 

Fruits should be taken in an empty stomach…not as a dessert after the meal as is often done.

 

If you eat fruit like that, it will also serve a major role to detoxify your system supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities

 

Fruit..the most important food

 

Let’s say you eat two slices of bread and  then a slice of fruit

As fruit digests faster than bread, the slice of fruit digests quickly and is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but its passage is blocked by the bread which takes longer to digest.

 

…in the meantime the whole meal ferments and turns to acid.

Consequently, when the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.

So it is better to eat your fruits in an empty stomach or before your meals.

 

You have heard people complaining – everytime I eat watermelon I burp. When I  eat durian my stomach bloats up, when i eat banana I feel like running to the toilet etc.  Actually all these will not arise if you eat the fruit in an empty stomach.  The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat!

 

Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, dark circles under the eyes …all these will not happen if you take fruits in an empty stomach.

 

It is incorrectly presumed that some fruits like orange and lemon are acidic and will enhance acidity in the stomach.  Research however shows that all fruits become alkaline in our body.

 

Eating the pulp or whole fruit is far better than drinking the juice as the fibre is good for you.

If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it.

 

A 3-day “fruit fast” is a very simple and effective way to cleanse and detoxify your body.

Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3-days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!

 

During the “fruit fast” you can eat different fruits at different times, although occasionally mixed fruit salad would also be permissible and more interesting.

 

If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy and happiness and normal weight.

 

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