Spa Style Europe Therapies, Cuisines, Spas

From its early emphasis on healing waters, Europe's rich spa tradition has evolved to incorporate different healing practices and therapies - not just from Europe, but from around the world.

Spa Style Europe is a comprehensive guide to the intricate tapestry of popular modern spa treatments in Europe and those quality spas where you can enjoy them.

232pp, 240mm X 200mm, Paperback
Normal Price : Rp. 184.000
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Spa Style Asia Pacific

Spa Style Asia-Pacific is the definitive guide to time-honoured healing traditions and the luxury spas that practise them.

The major healing systems of Asia-Pacific—including Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Indonesian, Filipino and Australian—are explained in the Spa Therapies chapter. Here, an overview of the cultural and historical backgrounds of each tradition is presented, along with what can be expected from specific treatments and therapies. Handy recipes provide the opportunity of a spa experience at home. Spa Cuisine surveys the major national cuisines of Asia with healthy recipes for complete meals together with calorie, protein, carbohydrate and fat counts.

While Asia-Pacific is the primary focus of the first two chapters, spa therapies and a cuisine style developed in the West can be found in the Cosmopolitan sections. Spa Digest serves as an illustrated directory to the region’s carefully selected and most stylish spa retreats. Insights into the essence of each property will help you decide on the spa that best suits your needs, personality and preferences, while the Spa Statistics panel summarises the facilities, therapies, services, recreation options and contact details.

Text: Ginger Lee, Christine Zita Lim, Kate O'Brien, and Annette Tan
ISBN: 978-0-500-28620-3
264 pp, 240 mm x 200 mm, paperback
Normal price : Rp. 184.000
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Spa Chic Asia

This book will enable stressed-out urbanites and discerning spa aficionados to make sense of the dazzling array of options available in Asia. Everything from destination spas, medi-spas, day spas, wellness retreats, and spas that incorporate alternative medicine are covered in this guide. Well-researched chapters by one of Asia’s top spa gurus, Kate O’Brien, provide insights into the different spa traditions and the unique treatments available , along with recommendations that will help one find the perfect spa to pamper and soothe body and mind into a delightfully languid state. Spa Chic also explores new spa trends and interior designs, healthful organic cuisines and signature treatments that use indigenous ingredients based on traditional Asian wellness philosophies.

Text: Kate O'Brien and Brandon Lee
ISBN: 978-981-4217-42-2
224 pp, 215mm x 215mm, paperback
Normal price : Rp. 230.000
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Slow Life

The rising tide of environmental and climate change is a wake-up call that has spurred a growing number of people to seek a more sustainable way of living. However, many are uncertain as to how they can make a real and positive impact on the environment. The Six Senses business model embodies the concept of SLOW LIFE, which embraces the idea of integrating business with environmental health in order to generate a paradigm shift in living habits. The Six Senses brand is well known for creating luxurious resorts that are environmentally friendly, suggesting that minimising the ecological and carbon footprint of our homes, workplaces and holidays is not incompatible with comfort and style. Packed with useful tips, inspiring case studies and insightful analysis, this beautifully illustrated yet practical guide reveals how adopting the SLOW LIFE is an attainable goal.

Text: Kate O'Brien
ISBN: 978-981-4217-38-5
160 pp, 280mm x 260mm

Retail price : Rp. 506.000

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Health and Beauty from the Rainforest: Malaysian Traditions of Ramuan

Malaysia’s rainforests are among the oldest in the world, and within them its peoples have discovered therapeutic secrets that have been incorporated into their traditional system of healing, wellness and beauty practices for centuries. Written by a team of academics and specialists, this book reveals the vast array of rainforest plants and roots that are used by the indigenous people of Malaysia as well as the Malays, Chinese and Indians to maintain both health and vigour, as well as radiance and beauty. Readers will gain deep insights into the unique ways in which the people of Malaysia maintain their youthfulness and vitality.

Editors: Professor Gerard Bodeker,
Dr Christof Jaenicke, Dr Joerg Gruenwald, Professor Dato' Dr Hood Salleh, Dr Ruzy Suliza Hashim, Zurinawati Zainal Abidin
ISBN: 978-981-4217-91-0
256 pp, 244 mm x 195 mm, hardback
Retail price : Rp. 275.000

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Balancing Senses: The Six Senses Spa Book

Keeping that elusive spa feeling a permanent one, long after the spa visit, can be tricky. With this in mind, the Six Senses Spa Book is a refreshing recipe for making the most of the body you were born with. From detoxing to yoga, from body treatments organic food, the book is packed with easy to follow recipes and guidelines for nourishing the body, both inside and out. The Body Sense chapter explains how to live the sixth sense by eating fresh, wholesome and seasonal foods and combining ancient healing traditions with today's sound scientific knowledge on how the body works. Here, you can learn about detoxing as well as pertinent advice that will help you become healthier, and feel younger, fitter and stronger. Beauty Sense is a guide on how best to treat your body from the outside, from facial treatments to body scrubs, from hair to feet, every aspect is taken care of. Mind Sense looks at movement and meditation techniques, old and new, that work to alter the inner-self. Time-honoured healing practices such as yoga, tai chi, pranayama and meditation are detailed to show you how to stay looking and feeling your best. As a completely usable guide, Balancing Senses provides menu and exercise programmes that will enable you to relive the spa experience at home, making a transitory experience into a real and permanent way of life.

Text: Kate O'Brien
Photography: Jörg Sundermann
ISBN: 978-981-4155-84-7
160 pp, 280 mm x 260 mm, hardback
Retail price : Rp. 368.000

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