Spa Wars

In the book “Spa Wars” Reflexology was mentioned, how about that?!!!

“Reflexology-It will feel like a foot massage to you, but a good therapist, can rub on different pressure points of the feet to clean out the body, or find potential health problems. Make sure you drink a lot of water after this treatment to flush out the toxins. If you don’t, you might get sick or a headache. It can hurt, but that usually means you have something going on in that part of the foot or corresponding organ”.

Raindrop Technique with Reflexology

This unique technique integrates gentle touch with the application of a series of therapeutic-grade oils applied along the spine or on the feet. The proprietary blend of oils supports the immune system against microbes; helps protect the body from damaging inflammatory responses and environmental stress.

Combine Raindrop with Reflexology for a unique experience,

there is truly nothing like it!

What is Reflexology?

Reflexology is a natural healing art based on the principle that there are reflexes in the feet, hands and ears that correspond to all of the glands, organs and parts of the body. By applying alternating pressure to these reflexes using thumb and finger techniques, every gland, organ and parts of the body are activated. By stimulating these reflexes properly, reflexology is able to help many health problems in a natural non-invasive way.  It promotes relaxation, improves circulation and digestion, reduces pain, soothes tired hands and feet, promotes the proper function of the related areas of the body and encourages overall healing.

What is soap?

                

Soap is made through a natural chemical reaction between an acid and a base. The acid part is the oils used (coconut oil, palm oil, olive oil, sunflower oil, ect.) and the base is a mixture of water and sodium hydroxide. When the two come in contact with each other a process called saponification takes place. Saponification is the process of the sodium hydroxide bonding to the fats in the oils. This bond transforms the separated mixture into a thicker more uniform mixture that hardens and becomes soap bars.

Everyone knows that we need soap to get clean, but how does soap actual get us clean?

Soap bars help us get clean in two ways. Their first act is to prep the surface of our skin so that the water can reach the surface (our skin has a natural oil covering it and water and oil just don’t like to mix). It’s second act is to connect the dirt and germs on our skin to the water, that is now able to get to the skin, helping the water to wash the dirt away.

How do I know what soap to buy?

Soap comes in many different packages and price ranges. The difference in packages just comes down to marketing. Do you buy the item with the least amount of packaging? Do you buy the most colorful? Or do you buy the prettiest? Price range differs based on the quality of acid (oils) used. If a company is trying to compete on price then they will use low quality oils because this keeps their costs down which in turn makes the product cheaper for the consumer. But if it is quality your after then be prepared to pay a bit more.

Why do I need quality? Don’t they all just do the same job?

Something to take note of is that our skin is our largest organ. Our skin also absorbs everything we put on it. So with this in mind, being aware of what you are putting on your skin is extremely important. The oils that are a higher quality contain essential fatty acids. Essential fatty acids are named so because they contain essential nutrition for the skin and are not produced by the body so we must get them either in soap or lotion form to apply to the skin or take them internally.