World of SPA

SPA - Today is the name everyone knows firsthand. To this day remains a mystery, as it appeared, but one of the most common version, SPA - an abbreviation of Latin phrase «Sanus Per Aquam», or "health through water". Also Spa - is the name of a Belgian resort town in the Ardennes, famous for its natural springs.

The World SPA No. of people discovering SPA-therapy in the search for ways to preserve health, beauty, youth and bordrosti growing rapidly. The variety of salon procedures SPA, SPA-cosmetics, SPA-centers, even the SPA-SPA-hotels and resorts, as well as books and articles about this phenomenon could be characterized as a normal SPA fashion trends, but it's a whole culture of spa treatments and rituals that originated in ancient times and passed from Mesopotamians, Egyptians and Minoans to the Greeks and Romans, and later - to the Japanese, the Turks and Europeans.

Medical mud, mineral waters, climatic resources, massage techniques and exercises used by the ancient Greeks. Thanks to them, there was a tradition of taking medicinal baths.

Successor of the Greek tradition was the Roman Empire. In 25 BC. er. during the reign of Agrippa were first terms, and each successive emperor considered it his duty to erect a term which is superior to its predecessor construction of luxury and perfection of equipment. Later, the terms have spread throughout the Roman Empire - from Africa to England. Gradually, they became a kind of entertainment venues, where you could not just take a relaxing and revitalizing bath and a massage with essential oils, but also to participate in sports, and delicious food.

Although the origins of SPA in its modern sense is best to look at the complex procedures that were invented by the Romans, the culture SPA absorbed the influence of other civilizations. In the VIII century, Japan opened a hot spring near Izumo, and a century later opened the first SPA-hotels, surrounded by magnificent gardens of Zen, offering therapeutic water treatments in the open air, various health centers, as well as delicious cuisine.

Saunas began to emerge in Finland already in the X-XI centuries, giving rise to the famous modern tradition, and later became part of the SPA-therapy. Then arose popular today rituals of immersion in ice water after the sauna and use of large quantities of beer or vodka.

The World SPA The Turkish culture has contributed to the history of the SPA-movement invention, a hammam, or Turkish bath - one of the main characters of oriental culture, combines the depth of the philosophy of luxury and get the full gamut of positive emotions. Hamman, topped with a domed ceiling and decorated with mosaic panels, features a refined interior, combined with elegant design, in which the proportionality of the beauty and benefits allows a person to achieve overall harmony of body and soul.

Not surprisingly, the SPA-culture was distributed in areas rich in natural resources and thermal springs. In an era Renessanasa arose in Baden-Baden in Germany, Bath in England, Spa in Belgium - City-fragments of the Roman bath-house culture, which to this day known as the water resorts that have preserved the ancient tradition of visiting a steam room, bath, massage.

However, "water" culture has not always proceeded at a rapid pace. If at first it contain the spread of Christianity, then, with the beginning of the epidemic of black plague in the middle of the XIV century and syphilis in the XVI century public baths in Europe were closed. Only at the end of the seventeenth century, when it was proven that bathing helps to cure many diseases, bathing became popular again.

United States opened up a completely new page in the history of the SPA. Equipped with numerous amenities and offers the widest range of options for every taste luxurious resort Saratoga Springs bestowed visits to such famous figures as Edgar Allan Poe, and even Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

The World SPA First Day-SPA-salon of the modern type, Red Door Salon, opened in Manhattan in 1910, Elizabeth Arden. The next sensation was the salon Golden Door Spa, opened in 1958 in California by Deborah Szekeli, first introduced to the public individual programs of weight loss and fitness, through, in particular, with the participation of Jane Fonda, pervootkryvatelnitsy compound exercises, later came to be known as "aerobics."

Soon after, in 1974, ibid debuted the first fitness-SPA-center, Ashram. And in the late 1990's began to spread medical SPA-centers, offering the latest medical technology combined in traditional SPA-treatments in a luxurious atmosphere SPA-resort. In recent years, particularly strongly accelerated triumphant SPA-therapy in the world. Best SPA-resort of Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic, Baden-Baden in Germany, as well as Vichy and Evian in France are very popular throughout the world.

History of SPA - this is one of the stories of amazing transformation of a random invention in rapidly growing global industry which brings tens of millions of dollars in revenue. In modern SPA - Wellness is a set of procedures for using any water - and mineral, and marine and freshwater, and marine algae and salts, curative mud and herbs.

The World SPA SPA-procedures are aimed at improvement and relaxation of the whole organism. Acting through the skin, SPA-component activates metabolism, improves blood circulation, eliminate toxins and wastes from the body and improve health. After the procedure, the skin becomes extremely soft and supple, toned and gets saturated with vital energy. SPA-therapy contributes to the overall strengthening and rejuvenation of the body, supports good spirits, gives strength and energy, helps maintain the beauty and health.