Straight from Thailand comes an ancient healing method set to raise a sweat from practitioner and client alike. Angsana Spa, sister brand of Banyan Tree, the leading Asian spa operator, is dedicated to providing a range of authentic Thai body therapies, including massages, reflexology, and facials. The Thai massage technique is one of the oldest and efficient methods in history, and will leave you feeling relaxed as well as limber.
A Thai massage is always given on a mat on the floor and no oil is used. With increasing stress levels, there are many who have taken to detoxifying their body. The actual deep relaxation therapy unwinds every knot your shoulder has ever known, and puts you at ease.
Avocado Almond Lustre body polish, a simply delicious minute treatment an hour for the massage and half-an-hour for the polish eases out any semblance of tension, and your skin is glowing and radiant from the body polish. Decorated with an Asian flair, the spa offers six treatment rooms, including two deluxe rooms with steam and shower facilities. A body polish is a popular body treatment that exfoliates and hydrates your skin, leaving it smooth and soft.
A body polish can be done with any number of materials — salt, sugar, coffee grounds, rice bran, pecan hulls — usually mixed with some kind of massage oil or aromatic like essential oils. If the polish uses salt, it might be called a salt scrub, salt glow or sea salt scrub. The exfoliation is usually followed by a shower and an application of body lotion. The flower petal body polish with a massage. It is a natural, purifying scrub, followed by a warm body lotion that is smoothly absorbed into skin.
The allure of this scrub is the aroma. Jasmine and frangipani are no doubt among the most fragrant of flowers. Blending them with mineral salts for a thorough body scrub is a treat that is well and truly deserved.
