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Terapias e Atividades Aquáticas em Spas

Spas utilizam maciçamente as atividades aquáticas em sua carta de terapias e atividades, beneficiando-se dos efeitos terapêuticos e da ludicidade que o meio aquático propicia.

O incessante ritmo de vida nas grandes áreas urbanas leva muitos de nós a procurar um local onde se possa deixar de lado a rotina. Apontados como espaços de eleição, os SPA’s oferecem um conjunto de serviços que visam proporcionar bem estar físico e mental. Lançamos um olhar sobre a evolução do conceito de SPA, além de revelar os principais aspectos a ter em conta na concepção e design de um espaço onde os cinco sentidos devem ser estimulados.

Abaixo alguns dos Spas que usam esta atividade, principalmente as terapias Aquáticas. Brevemente no site iremos desenvolver uma parte voltada aos spas e hotéis.

B r a s i l

Spa Da Alma

foi o primeiro spa instalado na América Latina. Com 30 anos de tradição na qualidade de vida, saúde e bem estar de seus clientes, a Saison Spa fica em meio a  muito verde, fontes de água pura da montanha, toda segurança de Itaipava e localizada a menos de uma hora do aeroporto do Rio de Janeiro.

Num cenário bucólico, típico das fazendas do sul do país, com campos e pastagens a perder de vista e um jardim salpicado de plátanos, pinheiros e outras espécies originárias de países de clima temperado, encontra-se a sede da Lapinha. Uma casa em estilo europeu, de dois andares, que possui 40 apartamentos aconchegantes com janelas que dão para os jardins.

Em meio à natureza exuberante, a Lapinha criou um conceito diferenciado de Spa, gerando um verdadeiro Centro de Bem-estar. Resultado de pesquisas constantes nos campos da medicina, fisioterapia, nutrição e estética, a Lapinha oferece tratamentos consagrados pela excelência, ministrados por profissionais altamente capacitados. A Lapinha preza também pelo conforto de seus hóspedes, oferecendo piscina coberta e aquecida, sauna, salas de ginástica e entretenimento, quadra de tênis, boutique, biblioteca e oficina de artes.

As caminhadas em trilhas ecológicas, realizadas ao amanhecer e as opções de passeios por caminhos floridos ou à beira do lago fazem parte do dia-a-dia na Lapinha.

A dieta oferecida na Lapinha é ovo-lacto-vegetariana, de produção orgânica e rica em vitaminas e fibras que combatem toxinas. A maioria dos alimentos consumidos na Lapinha provém de seu próprio Centro de Produção Orgânica e o sabor e a apresentação dos pratos, bem como a elaboração do cardápio, são supervisionados por um chefe de cozinha e um nutricionista. De 450 a 2000 calorias, a dieta, sempre sugerida pelo médico, além de desintoxicar auxilia na perda de peso e ainda abaixa a taxa de colesterol, equilibra a pressão arterial e combate doenças como enxaqueca e diabetes.

Como explica Dieter Brepohl, proprietário, a Lapinha se diferencia da maioria dos Spas pela abordagem holística da saúde, que prioriza a harmonia corpo-alma-espírito: "A Lapinha tem a consciência de que se estivermos com algum tipo de desequilíbrio interno causado por pressões externas, não conseguiremos sustentar por muito tempo a boa forma física. A saúde começa a reclamar. Assim, a programação de terapias, dieta e assistência médica aliada a exercícios, tem o caráter de cura e prevenção, ou seja, não apenas se limita a tratar de problemas já existentes, mas agem também para que não ocorram problemas futuros".

Em seu cardápio da saúde a Lapinha Clínica e SPA oferece mais de 30 opções de massagens terapêuticas, além sessões de ginástica, alongamento, natação, hidroginástica, caminhadas em trilhas ecológicas e terapias alternativas como Shiatsu, Acupuntura, Massagem Tailandesa e Lian-Gong. O acompanhamento médico e nutricional é constante e os resultados de sua metodologia são reconhecidos pelo Instituto do Coração (INCOR) de São Paulo.

Lapinha Clínica e SPA

Maria Bonita - Nova Friburgo - RJ

O Spa Maria Bonita é um aconchegante hotel-fazenda, que
funciona exclusivamente como spa, com mais de 500.000m²
distribuídos por um maravilhoso vale verde banhado de sol.
Está situado a 1200m de altitude, nas montanhas de Nova Friburgo,
cidade do Rio de Janeiro conhecida por seu clima espetacular.
Uma atmosfera de beleza e de paz, ideal para repensar sua
vida e recriá-la mais plena e feliz!

O Spa pertence a atriz e cantora Tânia Alves que tem um carinho especial pelas Terapias Aquáticas.

A r i z o n a

Canyon Ranch, Tucson, AZ

The 11,000-square-foot indoor Aquatic Center features WATSU®, Wassertanzen, and comprehensive
water therapies acclaimed for their conditioning and relaxation benefits.

Sanctuary Spa provides a relaxed, luxurious retreat with an Asian-inspired design and
philosophy and includes indoor and outdoor treatment rooms, a fitness center with movement studio,
a meditation garden, a therapeutic WATSU® pool, and a shaded, outdoor lap pool.

An intimate retreat, Sanctuary Spa offers a menu of Asian-inspired treatments in fourteen indoor &
outdoor treatment rooms. Enhanced by modern architecture and the breathtaking setting, the Spa’s
relaxing meditation garden, reflecting pond and WATSU® pool provide a tranquil experience.

Camelback Mountain, Sanctuary Spa, Scottsdale, AZ

The indoor/outdoor spa has the highest standards of contemporary luxury
with shaded 25-yard outdoor lap pool, therapeutic WATSU® immersion
pool, and a state-of-the-art fitness centre with movement studio.

Enchantment Resort, Mi Amo, Sedona, AZ

After welcoming the day with a Hatha yoga class, you’ll be ready for a soak in an outdoor Jacuzzi under a
turquoise sky, a WATSU® water massage, or time alone in the meditation room. It is this holistic focus on the
blending of work on the inner self and decadent pampering of the outer self that makes Mi Amo unique.

Royal Palms,Alvadora Spa , Phoenix, AZ

Other highlights of Alvadora’s menu are the Renaissance Massage and Footbath and the Orange Blossom
Body Buff, an exfoliating treatment that uses a moisturizing essential oil made from the bitter orange
blossom. The spa also offers a steam room, a resting area with fireplace outside the locker room, a
WATSU®, massage pool, and a full-service salon.

Sheraton, Wild Horse Pass, Phoenix, AZ

SHUHTHAGI (WATSU®)

Water has historically been seen as the “life-line” for the Pima and Maricopa Indians and is an extremely
important aspect of their every day life. The WATSU® pool was built in the style of the “Vatho”, which
is a common outdoor living space. During this treatment, the water will allow for movements that are
not possible on a traditional massage table. Gentle rocking will loosen your spine while rhythmic
movement, massage, and stretching will relax your muscles and increase your flexibility.

Wyndham Boulders Resort,
Golden Door Spa,
Carefree, AZ
The aquatic therapy takes place in our outdoor heated WATSU®pool. Your therapist will cradle you while
utilizing rhythmic movement, pressure-point massage and stretches to assist with deep relaxation. The
warmth of the water and freedom from gravity allow flexibility of the spine that is rarely achieved through
traditional massage techniques. Please wear a comfortable bathing suit. (Couples WATSU®also available.)

C a l i f o r n i a

Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn, Sonoma, CA
Natural spring water fills the Sonoma Mission Inn’s three swimming pools, one of which is a WATSU® pool.

Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills, CA

The essence of style with a relaxed California attitude, Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles is located in a
quiet palm lined residential neighbourhood just minutes from world-renowned Rodeo Drive shopping.
Soak in the views on the tropically landscaped pool terrace, relax in a cabana and the rejuvenating spa.

For the third consecutive year,
Four Seasons Resort, Aviara,
N San Diego, LA

has earned the elusive Five Diamond Award.
The property remains San Diego’s only hotel
to be honored with this distinction. Less than
one-half of one percent of hotels evaluated receives
the Five Diamond rating.

The facility also is the only resort spa in San
Diego to offer WATSU® (water shiatsu), a form
of aquatic bodywork that involves massage and
stretching while you float in a heated pool.

The support of the water takes the weight off the vertebrae and allows the spine to be moved in ways
that are impossible on land. Aviara’s WATSU®pool is set outside, amid lushly landscaped gardens.

Gaige House Inn,
Glen Ellen CA

Voted the #1 Inn by Travel + Leisure Magazine!
If you are wondering where to go next you should consider a small luxury inn located in the beautiful
Sonoma Valley. Here’s what Travel + Leisure Magazine had to say about them: “Toast a new day with
white wine in bed at Gaige House Inn. Delicate pan-Asian touches are found throughout this 1890’s
Victorian house transformed into a Sonoma Valley refuge, from the Balinese teak chairs in reception to
the gorgeous mass of Dendrobium orchids on the library table. The inn has 15 rooms, including three
suites in an outbuilding (two come with private gardens on an ivy-covered bank above Calabasas
Creek, with runs through the backyard). A masseuse is on call for in-room massages; better yet are the
WATSU® rubdowns in the 40-foot heated pool. Two chefs whip up such breakfast dishes as pesto poached
eggs with goat cheese polenta and chicken-apple sausage.” Visit their web site at http://www.gaige.com

Harbin Hot Springs,
Middletown, CA

WATSU® is the first form of Aquatic Bodywork. Harold Dull began developing it in 1980 floating his
Zen Shiatsu students in the warm pool at Harbin Hot Springs applying its stretches and moves. In the
years since, with the help of countless others in classes, clinics and spas around the world, WATSU®has
evolved into what many consider the most profound development in bodywork in our time. While other
modalities are based on touch, the holding that working in water necessitates, brings the receiver to a
new level of connection and trust. This, combined with the therapeutic benefits of warm water and the
greater freedom of movement it encourages, creates a modality that can affect every level of our being.

Lodge at Sonoma, Raindance Spa
A Renaissance Resort & Spa, Sonoma, CA

The natural hot springs that run beneath the property offer our guests a unique source for bathing and
therapeutic indulgences. The outdoor soaking and WATSU® therapy pools utilize these natural mineralenriched
waters which combine to create a relaxed mind and a smooth hydrated body – something the
Native Americans of the area have used for centuries.
Wet spa treatments such as WATSU® (a combination of movement and massage) are performed in a
body-temperature mineral pool in a garden setting whose water originates from a nearby underground
source. To maximize the revitalizing benefits of mineral baths, try a WATSU® treatment, which combines
healing massage with graceful, flowing underwater movement techniques.
WATSU® or underwater massage, is further complimented by the soothing sounds of relaxing music,
as this service is accompanied by an underwater stereo system.

Loews Coronado Bay Resort,
Sea Spa,
San Diego, CA
WATSU®® (Shiatsu Massage Performed in Water) is performed in our custom-made WATSU®® pool,
which is held at a constant 96 degrees. A series of stretches, massage techniques and gentle pulling
promotes relaxation and suppleness of the spine. This water treatment is excellent for many conditions,
such as insomnia and arthritis, and is the treatment of choice for pregnant women.

Ojo Caliente

Sierra Hot Springs

Oaks at Ojai

Holding Space

The discerning guest will
encounter an experience
unlike any other when visiting
THE WELL at Miramonte.

Miramonte Resort’s Spa, The Well,
Indian Wells (Palm Springs), CA

Miramonte officially opened their new Tuscan-inspired destination spa, The Well, on May
9, 2004. The 12,000-square-foot spa, the “centerpiece of the resort,” offers 10 outdoor and 9 indoor
relaxation suites, four mud bars, two signature river benchesand a WATSU® pool.

Unique among Southern California spas in its
intimacy and attention to detail, THE WELL
is a sanctuary from 21st century living, with
classic old-world style.

Two Bunch Palms, Resort and Spa
Desert Hot Springs, CA

In the warm mineral waters of this world-class resort and spa,
hydrotherapy takes form in two of the most popular treatments,
the WATSU®and its close sister WASSERTANZEN.
Hydrotherapy, or water therapy, is the latest advancement in spa treatments.

Weightless Water Therapies
Make Waves

Stretch, glide and gracefully float in the soothing warm mineral water at Two Bunch Palms Resort and
Spa as experienced WATSU®therapists gently cradle and support your body through a series of fluid
movements during a WATSU®session. Seeming to defy gravity as you rest weightlessly in the body
temperature water, stress and tension depart your body with each gentle motion.
WATSU®(Water Shiatsu), a 25-year-old aquatic therapy known for relieving stress and invoking
deep relaxation, is currently offered in only a handful of spas in the United States.
Two Bunch Palms was one of the first spas to offer Watsu–
outside of Northern California’s Harbin Hot Springs, where it was created.

WATSU®and WasserTanzen
The Ultimate Treatments at Two Bunch Palms
In the new “WATSU®-A DEAUX” pool, couples enjoy WATSU®together under a grove of rustling
palms. Or, they can individually experience a brand new treatment called WASSERTANZEN, Swiss
for “Water Dance”.
WATSU®is short for “Water Shiatsu,” the treatment is more like passive yoga in the water than straight
massage. Some guests have described it as a return to the womb, where you hear your own heartbeat
and become one with the water. Developed in the early 1980’s by Harold Dull, Director of Harbin’s
School of Shiatsu and Massage — WATSU®is now practiced worldwide.
Supported entirely by the water and therapist, you are gently stretched and moved through the water,
fluid and weightless. After WATSU®, guests are decidedly refreshed and restored, often experiencing
emotional release as the body responds. Because of the growing demand for couples to experience this
treatment together, Two Bunch Palms has added its largest private pool, warmed just below body
temperature to 96 degrees. Secluded beneath a grove of rustling palms, this pool also accommodates
our newest hydrotherapy treatment, WASSERTANZEN.
If WATSU®is passive yoga, WASSERTANZEN is like passive ballet. This treatment starts as the therapist
gently rocks and cradles you in the rejuvenating waters. As you unwind, the therapist guides you below
the surface, where most of the bodywork occurs. The merger between above and below water is a
harmonizing blend of timeless, weightless wonder.
“The water just takes over and they dance.” “People laugh or sing underwater. They don’t want to
come up.” Comments overheard by Two Bunch Palms therapists.
The underwater choreography distinguishes this treatment from the rest. Developed in 1987 by Swiss
trainers Arjana Brunschwiler and Aman Schroter, WASSERTANZEN has been described as the ultimate
spa treatment. You learn to become seaweed floating in the currents.
You do not have to know the moves of WATSU®OR WASSERTANZEN. The highly trained spa therapists
at Two Bunch Palms take care of that. A return to the Dolphins? Rebirthing in the water? Or simply the
ultimate? We’ll let you decide ....

Cottonwood Hot Springs, Colorado

Amelia Island Plantation Spa in Amelia Island
Grove Island Hotel, Coconut Grove, FL

WATSU® Massage
Deeply relaxing and therapeutic, this unique shiatsu
massage is performed in thermal, mineral-infused
water. Stretching and gentle flowing movements
guided by an experienced therapist promotes
flexibility and soothes aching joints.

WATSU® - Massage in water
This unique massage therapy offers the relaxing and rejuvenating benefits of water, known
for its truly therapeutic and restorative properties. Performed in a perfectly synchronized
environment, the WATSU® pool enables you to relax in water bearing the ideal temperature
of 94 to 98 degrees, which encourages complete relaxation. As your body receives the
WATSU® Massage Therapy, you immediately begin to feel daily pressures, stress, aches and
toxins easing far, far away. Your breathing begins to stabilize. You can actually sense each
and every tired and fatigued muscle unwind and release without pain or hesitation. As
soreness and fatigue are reduced, your circulation gently removes any metabolites left within
your muscles. You are ever so gently transcending to a complete feeling of oneness with all
that is peaceful, calm and serene; one perfect balance of body, mind and spirit. As new
positive energy rises throughout your entire being, you discover where tension is stored and
how to effectively deal with it. You surface to a new-found world of peace, relaxation, inner
order and tranquility, armed with the focus necessary to confront the world with a strong,
positive attitude.
WATSU® Massage
Get ready to experience the ultimate massage in water: WATSU®. As you float freely within
the warm water, your massage therapist commences with a stretching, soothing and
rehabilitative massage. As the massage proceeds, your body gracefully flows and moves
without pain or limitation. You slowly become weightless, feeling the releasing effects of the
massage as soreness and fatigue are reduced while spine tension is removed. Flexibility,
relaxation and freedom are reinstated as you enter into a state of emotional, psychological
and physical inner and outer peace. Bathing suit required.

Holding Space

The Grove Isle
Hotel & Spa,
Miami, FL
general manager, Michael Allen said
SpaTerre originated at The Grove Isle’s sister property, Little Palm Island Resort & Spa in the Florida Keys.
“The addition of SpaTerre introduces
the local community to a level of
sophisticated boutique luxury
unrivaled in South Florida.”