there are three fundamental touches found in every Elemis spa-therapy…

“Sensuality, simplicity, and vibrance. That’s really what we’ve captured in these treatments -- it is touch to the maximum.”
Noella Gabriel, Director of Treatment Development

The Welcome Touch – every treatment starts with a warm aromatic compress on the feet – this cleansing ritual literally wipes away the urban environment, focusing on the senses and centering the client through grounding touches and abdominal breathing techniques.

The Ten Cultural Touches of Elemis – every therapy has a unique new sequence of massage movements that have been influenced by the ten different techniques below that originated across different cultures and were influenced by many schools of thought:

• Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Massage
• Chinese Tui Na
• Thai Massage
• Balinese Massage
• Indian Ayurvedic
• Middle Eastern
• Swedish Massage
• Reflexology
• Japanese Shiatsu
• Reiki

Every movement is given a name that reflects the movement or background e.g. soothing circles and Hawaiian wave. Noella has devised the ultimate therapy for each treatment that answer the needs of the complete body be it eyes, face, colon cleansing or pregnancy. Each sequence has taken many months of trials and technical work to create a flowing and actively therapeutic routine.

• The Awareness Journey is the final touch to gently bring the client around from the intense depth of the Elemis Therapy. The therapist literally journeys around the client gently touching the body with a subtle touch of the back of the hand over a towel to bring the whole body awareness back together as one. The gentle chime of the Tibetan cymbals symbolizes the “awakening” and the end of the ritual.

In addition, Elemis therapists’ are all encouraged to develop their own Elemis Sixth Sense that enhances their personal levels of intuition and awareness.

With every therapy that was created, we always challenged it to the following questions: Is this therapy treating the full needs of the clients and does it create absolute sensory heaven.

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