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La Stone Therapy

Round, smooth lava stones that are warmed to a temperature of approx. 50 degrees Celsius are the basis of this massage treatment, which was invented in Arizona. Up to 40 hot stones are placed along the energy centers on the body. Several ice-cold marble stones are also used. This hot/cold effect stimulates the body and the results are comparable to that of a classic Kneipp treatment.

This warm-up phase is then followed by the actual massage using large stones. Aromatic oils are rubbed into the skin and soft music in the background creates a relaxing ambiance. The use of warm stones to treat tired muscles is not new. The Chinese have been using a similar technique for over 2,000 BC.

Even Indian and Hawaiian Schaman used such treatments. This is basically a re-discovery of ancient therapies. The La Stone treatment, the combination of hot stones and massage techniques, is perfect for relaxing muscles and relieving tension.

Laconium

Laconium is the term for a type of dry sauna in which the temperature is approx. 55° C. After a short period of time, the body will gradually get warmer and warmer until you reach an intensive sweat, which is optimal for detoxifying the body. This stimulates the circulation, purifies the body and mobilizes the body's own defense system.

Regular use of a Laconium will also help reduce stress. This also stimulates the heart and regulates blood pressure. The result: a feeling of freshness and deep physical and spiritual relaxation. The duration of use depends on each individual, but is recommended to stay for at least 15-20 minutes to purify the body.

· gentle variation of a Finnish sauna
· temperatures: 55°C
· room climate: dry
· for purifying and detoxifying the body
· helps fight against harmful environmental factors and stress
· stimulates the heart and blood circulation
· recommended use: 15-20 minutes, 2-3 x weekly
· followed by: 20-30 min. rest

Liquid Sound

Bathe in light and music. Float weightlessly while listening to the sounds of sanctums and whales and watching colorful lights and incredibly relaxing videos.

Lymphatic drainage

Water is removed from the tissue and brought back into the arteries. When the lymph node system is not working properly, the body's water gets blocked in the tissue, which causes swelling to occur (Oedema). The goal of lymphatic drainage is to restore balance between the amount of water in the tissue and the performance of the lymph track. At the same time, this procedure stimulates the immune system. Lymphatic drainage, like a classic massage and connective tissue massage, falls under the category of manual therapy.

Philosophy /origins:
Manual lymphatic drainage was developed by the Danish Physiotherapist Emil Vodder. He worked for approx. 50 years in Cannes, France at an Institute for physical therapy. He observed how patients with chronic colds often showed signs of swollen lymph nodes. Vodder carefully massaged the swollen lymph nodes of a young man with a circular motion - which went against the current practice at that time. The young man got better. Based on this experiment, Dr.Vodder developed the concept of manual lymphatic drainage.

Medicinal massage Since the beginning of man, massages have been known to have positive effects on people. It is only in the 20th century that massages have been recognized as a form of medicinal therapy. The Dutch Dr. G. Mezger and Russian Dr. Zabludowski reintroduced massages into the medical field and modern medicine. The classic massage is comprised of a variety of techniques in which pressure is applied to the muscles, including kneading, pressure points, stretching, pulling, vibrating, rubbing techniques and more.   Therapists use massage techniques as a form of stimulation and regulating therapy. Massages stimulate the blood circulation and lymph flow, which purifies and detoxifies the body. Specific massages can target and relieve muscle tension or aches. Modelage A type of mask used in facial beauty treatments that turns hard on the skin. It warms the skin, thereby cleansing the area. It smoothes and regenerates the skin and stimulates the blood circulation. Whey cure On a daily basis, you drink a total of 1-1.5 liters of whey milk or whey powder mixed with water throughout the day, which is the equivalent of 6-8 glasses. In addition, you drink 2-3 liters of mineral water, herbal tea or unsalted vegetable broth. You may also drink fresh plant juice made of  nettle, dandelions or artichokes, which is good for cleansing the blood stream and detoxifying the body. The whey cure is the best diet for losing weight. Per day, you will lose 400-500 grams. MORA Therapy MORA is a medical diagnostic and therapy appliance, operating on the principles of biophysics.  It's functioning is based on measuring the electromagnetic vibrations of the human body.  This therapy method was developed in 1977 by Dr. F. Morell and the engineer E. Rasche, hence the name MO-RA. Beside healthy vibrations, ill people also have disharmonic vibrations in their body causing illness.    Evening Primrose Oil Bath Evening primrose oil contains important amino acids, minerals and vitamins as well as almost 10% fatty acids. Gammalinole acid and vitamin E play an important roll in skin anti-aging products. A pack with this highly valuable natural product nourishes your skin and helps neurodermatitis and other skin problems, as well as relaxes your entire body. Ear Candling Ear candling, also called ear coning or thermal-auricular therapy, is a folk medicine practice that dates back to the Hopi American Indians intended to assist the natural clearing of earwax and toxins from a person's ear by means of a hollow candle placed in the ear. It involves lighting one end of the hollow candle and placing the other end in the ear canal.  It is mostly made of honey essence, beeswax, sage oil, chamomile, St. John's Wart and natural linen cloth. One end of a cylinder or cone of waxed cloth is lit, and the other placed into the subject's ear. Usually the subject is lying on one side with the treated ear uppermost and the candle vertical, perhaps stuck through a paper plate or aluminum pie tin to protect against any hot wax or ash falling down the side. The flame is extinguished approximately two inches from the body, sometimes using a dish of water. An ear candling session can last up to 45 minutes, during which time a series of 1 or 2 ear candles may be burned for each ear. The experience is generally described as being unusual, but pleasant and relaxing. However, there is also the rare danger of burns or damage to the ear from hot wax or ash when candles without filters are used. Ear candling is claimed to stimulate the peripheral lymph system, as well as working on the acupressure points and energy system around the ear. The radiation from the flame heats the air around the client but not the candle itself, making them feel warm and comfortable. Ornish Dean Ornish is a medical practitioner at several hospitals in San Francisco and professor at the University of California. He is also head of the Institute for Preventative Medicine in Sausalito, USA and Bill Clinton's personal consultant. The program that Dr. Dean Ornish calls "Opening your heart" is a supplement to and not a replacement for conventional medicinal therapy. This is an intensive holistic treatment for coronary heart patients with improved diet (low fat, whole foods, plant based), exercise, stress management and social support that has proven to be efficient. If you suffer from coronary heart problems, you should consult your doctor before beginning this program. Every person is different; therefore, every person must decide for himself whether or not he should undergo bypass surgery or whether it would be wise to chose angioplasty or take medication. These options are personal decisions - but the pros and cons should be discussed with your doctor before making your final decision. This program deals with healing the heart in a physical, emotional and spiritual way. It is the only scientifically therapy program for heart diseases that has been proven to be effective without the use of cholesterol-lowering medication or surgery. The only side effect is a change in your lifestyle. You will feel a growing sense of happiness and vitality, your chest pain will gradually decrease or even completely disappear. You can take less medication or even quit taking it altogether - your cholesterol level will sink automatically without pills. You don't have to deprive yourself of anything - it's just a matter of changing your diet in a completely different way.  The goal is to not only help you live a longer life, but also to help you enjoy the life you have. The "Open your heart" program will teach you how to become a happier and freer person. If we can open our own hearts, we can rediscover the source of inner peace and happiness.     The program includes the following components: · Exercises to better manage stress (meditation, relaxation techniques) · A very low-fat and low-cholesterol diet · A system that helps you lose dependencies, e.g. smoking, coffee, alcohol, etc. (yoga, 5 Tibetans) · Moderate body training (sport, yoga) Osteopathy Osteopathy is a type of alternative medicine developed in the mid 19th century in the USA which emphasizes the role of the musculoskeletal system in health and disease. The father of Osteopathy Dr. Andrew Taylor Still (1828-1917), who researched ways to treat illnesses without medicine or surgery.  Osteopathy emphasizes a holistic approach and the skilled use of a range of manual and physical therapies (Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine) in the prevention and treatment of disease, particularly, but not solely, joint, muscle and nerve problems, such as back, neck and head pain.    Osteopaths often see their role as facilitating the body's own recuperative powers by treating musculoskeletal or somatic dysfunction. If this is successful, the body can function normally and the person's self-healing powers will be stimulated and the person can get better.   Osteopathy is divided into 3 main groups: 1. Parietal osteopathy  for treating muscular systems and joints 2. Visceral osteopathy  for treating  inner organs 3. Cranial osteopathy for treating the central controls of the body and brain Ozone Therapy Medicinal OZONE is made of pure oxygen. Ozone refers to oxygen molecules that have a strong oxidizing effect, created by UV radiation (sun). It is vital to life, but hazardous to health in high concentrations - it can have a toxic effect on the lungs. Ozone has a number of medical uses. It can be used to positively effect circulatory disorders in the brain, peripheral arterial disorders, acute hearing loss, tinnitus, immune deficiencies, bacterial or viral infections (Hepatitis B, C, herpes), arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and allergies. It s also used in rehabilitation programs for heart attacks, cancer, sport medicine and other illnesses. An example of Ozone therapy: The patient will be let approx. 200 ml blood in a vacuum bottle with the classic ozone own blood treatment. This will then be enriched with ozone (approx. 2000 to 3000 g). Three enriched oxygen atoms will be used to win energy. The ozone brought into the blood breaks up into water and oxygen which is then available to the cellular respiration. This decay frees energy that can be used directly by the patient.  This therapy should in no way be carried out on patients with heart or blood diseases or on children with thyroid hyperfunction.

Padahyanga This Ayurvedic foot massage helps your body restore balance and at the same time stimulate your metabolism. Traditionally, Ghee (like concentrated butter) was used, but today, oils are much more commonly used, such as sesame oil. Peeling Fine grains in body creams and gels are rubbed on the skin to remove dead skin cells and deeply cleanse the skin. The skin's pores become less visible and it allows highly valuable skin care products to be absorbed more easily. Permanent Make-up Dark pigments are implanted in the eyebrows, lip contours or in the eye lid.  The effects last for up to 5 years. Phytobiodermie The name says it all: plant products (phyto = plant) natural origins (bio = life) and skin (dermie = skin). This anti-aging cosmetic treatment uses essential oils, algae, clay, mineral salt and corn oil without any added colours, preservatives or scents. Combined with the old Chinese teachings of Yin and Yang and the body's energy flow, Phytobiodermie helps skin problems and weight problems. Phytotherapy This form of alternative medicine counts as one of the oldest and most well-known forms of therapy. It is used in almost every home, sometimes without even realizing it. Using herbal remedies is becoming more and more popular. Herbal plants have positive effects on symptoms caused by illness, whereas the effects are not so strong as those produced by chemical medicine. Herbal remedies are not about finding the fastest cure, but rather it has to do with stimulating the body and finding and finally overcoming the real cause of the illness.   Phytotherapy can be combined with other natural homeopathic remedies. The classic form is tea, then  Herbal remedies come in more shapes and sizes than just tea, such as pill form, tinctures, juice, wraps, ointments, creams, syrups, oils, etc. Qi Gong In China, Qigong is an aspect of Traditional Chinese medicine  involving the coordination of different breathing patterns with various physical postures and motions of the body. Qigong is mostly taught for health maintenance purposes and  therapeutic intervention. There are currently more than 3,300 different styles of qigong. Qigong relies on the traditional Chinese belief that the body has something that might be described as an "energy field" generated and maintained by the natural respiration of the body, known as qi (this is analogous to Prana and Pranayama in Yoga). Qi means breath or gas in Chinese, and, by extension, the energy produced by breathing that keeps us alive; gong means work applied to a discipline or the resultant level of technique. Qigong is then "breath work" or the art of managing one's breathing in order to achieve and maintain good health, and (especially in the martial arts) to enhance the energy mobilization and stamina of the body in coordination with the physical process of respiration. Qigong is thus a series of body positions combined with breathing techniques that harmonize the body and stimulate the energy flow. Qigong is very similar to the more challenging Tai Chi variation. Qigong believes that stress can block the energy flow. The purpose of Qigong training is to bring the energy flow back to its original healthy, flowing state. A Qigong instructor describes it as follows: "Every position practiced in Qigong influences particular aspects of the energy of life, into which everything flows and which connects us with the cosmos." Qi Massage Like acupuncture, Chinese Massage techniques are based on the theory of channels and collaterals (meridian). According to this theory, the body is networked by a system of pathways which function to transport qi (energy flow) and blood, to regulate yin and yang, to protect against external pathogens and to link the internal organs with the exterior.  Stimulating the meridian will restore harmony to your body and give you a sense of deep relaxation. Rasul Bath With the first signs of steam, the room gradually gets warmer and more humid. An herbal scent begins to fill the room. The mud pack that you have applied to your skin beforehand becomes moist and a tingly feeling is felt all over the skin. You automatically begin to lightly rub the mud pack on your skin. This has a cleansing and peeling effect and removes dead skin cells. Rasul® bath: · Combination of steam bath and mud pack · Temperatures: begins at approx. 38° C  then increases to 46/50° C · Room climate: dry, with increasing humidity of up to 80 % · The gradually rising room temperature and humidity is gentle on the circulation · Has a cleansing and stimulating effect on the skin · Recommended duration of use: 30 min., 2-3 x weekly · Followed by rest Reiki Reiki, an ancient Tibetan spiritual and healing practice, was rediscovered in the 19th century by a Christian priest Dr. Mikao. Reiki believes that the universe is filled with an infinite amount of energy. Reiki is "holistic energy of life", a natural healing energy that flows through the hands of a Reiki healer and transferred to others with gentle contact. This healing ability can only be activated by a Reiki master, who helps people to reopen their own inner healing channel, or self-healing system. The flowing Reiki energy restores balance between the body and mind - Reiki works on all levels, spiritual, mental and physical. Reiki promotes self healing, removes blockages and balances Chakra. It is also ideal for combining with other therapies. Reiki is used on humans, animals and plants. The focal point is self-healing. Reiki is not a religion, nor a cult nor a philosophy. It's about the personal experience of this energy of life.