Beauty treatments to spice up your life!
The World Poppadom Tower record and the Samosa Speed Challenge - both can only mean one thing: its National Curry week 2010!
Celebrating 200 years of curry restaurants and Asian culture in the UK, this week sees restaurants, pubs and caterers nationwide cooking up special dinners, attempting world record breaking, and generally celebrating all things curry.
Not only is Indian curry one of Britain’s favourite foods, overtaking the likes of fish and chips, but the nation is crazy for Indian spa therapies too. To celebrate its 13th year Wahanda.com - the UK’s largest online community for beauty and wellness - has rounded up some of the best Indian treatment offers from some of the country's most prestigious spas and salons, bringing the nation an array of sumptuous Indian spa treats from as little as £32!
Ayurveda: Wisdom never wrinkles. When it comes to wellbeing, it's reassuring to know that a therapy has stood the test of time - and with over five thousand years of experience behind it, Ayurveda is no spring chicken. Ayurveda originated on the Indian subcontinent and roughly translated it means the 'science of life'. We're not talking test tubes and chemicals here, though; Ayurveda combines diet, herbs, exercise, meditation, yoga, massage and a form of physiotherapy to prevent and treat disease. It's wholly natural and all about finding the best, healthiest you.
As a good place to start, TA-oR – The Art of Relaxation – in Derby has an Ayurvedic body massage with Baobab nuts (60 mins) for a very low £32, OR Etrily Beauty in South West London has 20% off a Sarvangbhyanga Full Body Ayurvedic massage - £64 for 60 mins.
For those in need of stress relief, Shirodhara is the ultimate treatment to relax and soothe away strife, whereby warm oil is poured continuously over the forehead (the third eye) in order to clear the mind and cleanse the soul. Santhigram Kerala Ayurvedic Centre in Milton Keynes offers an hour’s Shirodhara for £60.
Indian Head Massage: It only takes a light touch to make your scalp tingle. An Indian head massage is a gentle healing treatment based on Ayurvedic philosophy. It’s been a part of traditional family life in India for over a thousand years, helping to relieve stress, ward off illness and strengthen relationships through physical affection. Available at around 3,000 spas and salons nationwide, why not try the sumptuous spa at the Park House Hotel, West Sussex - £55 for 45 mins.
And for the ultimate Indian retreat check out Ayush Wellness Spa in Jersey – an Ayurvedic destination spa with an integrated team of Ayurvedic experts from both India and the West, making the stay a refreshing fusion of cultural harmony with genuine concern for your mind and body throughout.
Wahanda has exclusive offers available for these spas, salons and health clubs that you won’t find anywhere else in addition to spa days, spa breaks and Spa Gift Vouchers, which are redeemable at over 600 destinations nationwide. What’s more, for every spa, salon, or gym review written, Wahanda will donate £1 to charity: water to continue supporting their great cause of bringing fresh water to communities.
For more information and fabulous spa deals visit: wahanda.com
For more information on Ayush Wellness Spa visit: ayushspa.com
