Wellness on the Islands: The Philippine Spa Experience

Healthy living is in style in the Philippines. People are realizing the benefits of taking care of their health and wellbeing. Many are looking to organic food, herbal cures, and holistic life systems. Many others are turning to the wellness spas to relax and rejuvenate their stressed, polluted selves. This book delves into the fast-growing field of wellness-and points you in the right direction, with recommendations on where to go and what to experience. As wellness connotes holistic, integrated health, derived from a wholesome lifestyle blessed with sunshine, clean air and water, we let Mother Nature be our guide along the path. This book celebrates wellness for the body, mind, and spirit, starting with the movement toward herbal healing and the use of natural ingredients to promote wellbeing amid the modern day lifestyle. There's a back-to-nature trend that has encouraged people to heal themselves holistically-with the help of yoga and qigong, the moving meditations; with organic and nutritious foods; and with tropical fruits and vegetables used both internally and externally to bring on wellbeing. And there's also the trend to seek out the healing ways of massage, the Filipino power of touch therapy. There is a wellness world out there, a burgeoning spa culture found amid the Philippines' natural environments, tucked away in scattered resorts on far-flung islands amid all-encompassing Nature.