What is a thermal journey at a spa?
A Cycle in Three Steps to Delight the Body and Mind The thermal experience, also known as the thermal cycle or thermotherapy, is an ancestral ritual of alternating hot, cold and rest. The thermal cycle consists of alternating between hot and cold, followed by a period of rest, until you reach deep relaxation. It is a passive exercise to integrate into your lifestyle to improve your physical and mental health, and thus contributing to your well-being.The word ‘thermal’ relates to heat. In the context of a spa, it means that you can use facilities that harness the wellness properties of extreme heat.Thermal spa experiences have a long history, dating back to Ancient Roman times. The combination of therapies involving hot and cold treatments are renowned for relieving muscular aches and pains, detoxing skin, improving body metabolism and increasing circulation.A proper thermal suite is a lot more than a sauna and a steam room, it’s a combination of different areas, temperatures and levels of humidity, which are designed to take you on a journey that helps relax and cleanse the body, as well as prepare it for spa treatments.A true thermal journey is designed to take you step by step, through a range of spa facilities to elevate and cool your body’s temperature.
What is a thermal journey session?
Thermal Journey The journey moves you between six different thermal areas, from a Frigidarium to Caldarium, Tepidarium to Hay Sauna, stimulating the body’s immune system and metabolic rate, while soothing the nervous system. Visitors with infectious skin diseases, or skin conditions that are worsened by thermal waters, or people with heart problems and high blood pressure are not recommended to visit the baths.In the long term, bathing in thermal baths offers even more health benefits. Regular immersion in the mineral-rich thermal waters can help to alleviate skin conditions such as psoriasis and eczema, boost circulation and strengthen the immune system.Thermal suites offer numerous benefits for overall health and well-being, including improved circulation, detoxification, stress relief, muscle relaxation, immune system support, and skin rejuvenation.
What to wear at a thermal spa?
We recommend bringing a comfortable bathing suit (bathing suits are required in all areas of the Spa), a reusable plastic or metal water bottle, sunglasses, and, if you like, a good book! You can slip in a lip balm and a good book to enhance your moments of respite. In the summertime, add your sunscreen. Don’t forget to bring a toque on colder days. Towels and bathrobes are always included when you reserve an access to the Spa Village.
What is in a thermal spa?
A recreational thermal spa is a space that includes aquatic installations, such as swimming pools, thermal baths, saunas or steam baths, that also offer recreational elements for families, couples or groups of friends. Spa and thermal baths: the difference Thermal baths like spas also exploit the benefits of water to offer therapeutic treatments. The peculiar feature, however, lies in the type of water used. In fact, the thermal baths exploit the hot waters that flow directly from the subsoil, their vapors and the resulting muds.Basically a thermal spa is where you spend time at different ‘stations’ and experience temperature changes to open the pores and encourage perspiration.Yes, thermal bath spas reduce cortisol levels and relax tense muscles, leading to a relaxed body and improved sleep quality.
How long to stay in a thermal spa?
Less is more. The medical success of the thermal bathing cannot be forced with extending the bathing time. On the contrary: less time in the thermal water is often more useful. A daily bath in the thermal water of 15 to 20 minutes is sufficient to achieve the desired effects. A daily bath in the thermal water of 15 to 20 minutes is sufficient to achieve the desired effects. For joy and fun the duration of the bath in the thermal water can be extended here and there to a half or even a short hour – except you have a low blood pressure.
What is a thermal experience in a spa?
Consisting of several chambers, each housing a different heat treatment, the thermal spa experience offers you the chance to indulge in therapies that date back hundreds of years. The thermal spa experience includes the use of a Sauna, Hot Rooms, Aroma Steam Rooms, Hydrotherapy Pools, and Hammam with Foot Baths. Use the thermal suite before spa treatments Firstly, it’s recommended that you use the facilities before having a spa treatment, so you can best prepare the skin and body to enjoy your therapy.