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Spas – Good For What Ails You
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Alberta’s health spa industry has a deep source of inspiration:
the natural hot springs. These springs are a fixture of Banff
National Park’s history and have drawn people since the late
1800s, who have sought the waters for restoration and relaxation.
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Spas – Good For What Ails You
Copyright (c) 2007 Travel Alberta, All Rights Reserved
Written by: Travel Alberta
http://www.travelalberta.com
Alberta’s health spa industry has a deep source of inspiration:
the natural hot springs. These springs are a fixture of Banff
National Park’s history and have drawn people since the late
1800s, who have sought the waters for restoration and relaxation.
These waters were even bottled and sold as people travelled from
around the world to be cured.
Today, the Banff Upper Hot Springs continue to inspire visitors,
who also have the option of visiting the Pleiades Massage and
Spa. It provides a holistic approach to health and well-being
through massage therapy and other treatments, in an environment
dedicated to helping people grow and develop in mind, body and
spirit. If you go to Jasper’s Miette Hot Springs with the aim of
simply recharging, you can also explore interpretive trails and
hiking.
At Ripley Ridge Retreat, nestled in Calgary’s Paskapoo Slopes
Forest, the spa encourages visitors to connect with tranquil,
therapeutic surroundings. You can even have a Forest Massage
outside in one of the protected gazebos. The water used at the
Retreat, including the health spa, is natural spring water,
collected from the many springs present on the slopes.
Retreat owner Shawn Ripley offers visitors a ‘wellness walk’
that provides an interpretive tour of the slopes and what grows
there. Various flowers and barks are used in healing oils and
other applications. If you are well enough to take the walk, you
can learn about the flowers that will be used to help treat you
and even collect them with your guide. You can literally stop and
smell the roses, and then pick them, if they apply to your
healing.
“We want people to be contemplative about their condition and to
be involved in the healing process,” says Ripley, a registered
massage therapist who is certified to treat sciatica and
whiplash, among other conditions.
Among various flowers found on the slopes, the health spa uses
the resident Alberta wild rose hip to encourage relaxation and
stress release, as well as recognizing its topical anti-viral
properties for healing the skin.
At the Institut de Sant=C8 in Calgary, Living Better is a program
that addresses all aspects of healing. Marketing Director Wanda
Love says: “We get a lot of people coming through with lifestyle
changes like divorce, change of jobs and cancer.” The health spa
is owned and operated by a physician (Dr. Wendy Smeltzer), and
offers one-stop availability for treatments.
“Our focus is the whole body, that’s why we introduced the
lifestyle ‘Living Better’ program that integrates psychological
counselling and nutritional counselling,” says Love, who adds
there is a full range of spa treatments available. You can start
by meeting with the doctor and then can take fitness and cardiac
testing. A sports therapist and a personal trainer can be added
along the way to help you put together a fully integrated
lifestyle that is both healing and healthy.
The Black Cat Guest Ranch located just outside Jasper National
Park, is one of Alberta’s oldest, established in 1935. It’s a
small, family owned and run guest ranch that features 16 rooms
with great views of the first range of the Rocky Mountains.
Black Cat owner Amber Hayward says the beauty of the mountains is
a natural tonic that is complimented by various spa treatments
during the ranch’s featured health spa weekends. Hayward has
written a novel about a psychic healer entitled (of course!) The
Healer. She says visitors’ favourite healing activities include
yoga, massage and reflexology and, for those who can do it,
hiking in this remarkable natural setting.
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