SPA World

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 the Belgian city-resort in the Ardennes, famous for its natural springs.



World SPA No. of people are discovering SPA-therapy in the search for ways to maintain 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 on this phenomenon could be characterized as a normal SPA fashion trends, but this whole culture of spa treatments and rituals that originated in ancient times and transmitted from mesopotamtsev, Egyptians and Minoans to the Greeks and Romans, and later - to the Japanese, the Turks and Europeans.



Curative mud, mineral waters, climatic resources, massage techniques and exercises used by the ancient Greeks. With them came the tradition of taking medicinal baths.



The successor of the Greek tradition has become the Roman Empire. In 25 BC. Oe. during the reign of Agrippa came first term and each subsequent emperor considered it his duty to build terms, which surpassed its predecessor building luxury and perfection of equipment. Later baths spread throughout the Roman Empire - from Africa to England. Gradually, they became a kind entertainment centers, where they could not just take a relaxing bath and heals and get a massage with essential oils, but also to participate in sports, and tasty.



Although the origins of SPA in its modern sense is best to seek a set of procedures that were invented by the Romans, the culture SPA assimilated influences of other civilizations. In the VIII century, Japan opened a hot spring near Izumo, and centuries later were discovered 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 have started to appear in Finland already in the X-XI centuries, beginning the tradition of the famous contemporary, later became part of the SPA-therapy. At the same time have popular today rituals immersion in ice water after the sauna and use of large quantities of beer or vodka.



World SPA The Turkish culture has contributed to the history of the SPA-motion invention hammam, or Turkish bath - one of the major symbols of Eastern culture, combining the deep philosophy of luxury and receive the full range of positive emotions. Turkish bath, crowned with a domed ceiling and adorned with mosaic panels, features a refined interior, combined with elegant design, where the proportionality of beauty and utility enables 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, England Bath, 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 visits to the steam bath, swimming, massage.



However, "water" culture is not always developed at a rapid pace. When it first to contain the spread Christianity, then, with the start of epidemics of black plague in the middle of XIV century, and syphilis in the XVI century public baths in Europe were closed. And only in the late seventeenth century, when it was shown that bathing helps treat many diseases, bathing again became popular.



USA opened a whole new chapter in the history of SPA. Equipped with an array of facilities and offering a wide range of options for every taste luxurious resort Saratoga Springs bestowed visits such famous people like Edgar Allan Poe, and even Franklin Delano Roosevelt.



World SPA First Day-SPA-Salon modern type, Red Door Salon, opened in Manhattan in 1910, Elisabeth Arden. The next sensation was the salon Golden Door Spa, opened in 1958 in California by Deborah Szekeli first introduced the general public an individual program of weight loss and fitness, through, inter alia, with the participation of Jane Fonda, pervootkryvatelnitsy compound exercises, which became known as "aerobics."



Shortly thereafter, in 1974, debuted in the same first fitness-SPA-center, Ashram. And at the end of the 1990's began to spread medical SPA-centers, offering the latest medical technology combined with traditional SPA-procedures in a luxurious atmosphere SPA-resort. In the latter years especially strongly accelerated the triumphal procession SPA-therapy on 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 around the world.



History of SPA - this is one of the surprising stories of the transformation of accidental inventions in the global fast-growing industry, which generates each year tens of millions dollars of income. In the modern sense SPA - Wellness is a set of procedures for using any water - and mineral, and marine and freshwater, and marine algae and salt, curative mud and herbs.



World SPA SPA-procedures are aimed at improving and relaxation of the whole organism. Influencing through the skin, SPA-components activate the metabolism, improve blood circulation, eliminates toxins and slags from an organism and improve health. After treatment the skin becomes extremely soft and elastic, becomes saturated with tone and vitality. SPA-therapy contributes to the overall strengthening and rejuvenation of the body, supports good spirits, gives strength and energy, helps to preserve the beauty and health.