EVER HAD A SAND BATH?

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Are you a fan of spa treatments?  Maybe psammo therapy is for you. Described as a very natural spa treatment, Sand bathing has been practiced since ancient times. It has been said to cure ailments    like lumbago, diabetes, anemia, infertility. Sand bathing, has also been credited with aiding weight loss and  enhancing the total body beauty.

Sand baths  exist across the world.  Merzouga, Morrocco,  Siwa  Egypt,   Ibusuki, Japan, to name a few.    Japan, also has a Sand bath beach, Beppu. More luxurious versions of sand therapy can be found in Brenner's park Germany, Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort, Abu Dhabi. The Saudi Governments massive tourism project, Al Uqair,  set to open in 2017, will feature an entire sand bathing center.

Gharieni's innovative MLX Quartz sand tables, have brought penetrating heat of sand baths, to top spas like Spa Nalai, New York.  The sand tables, allow spa goers to be immersed in a heated bed of warm sand and quartz. Technology, allows the  shifting sand give a  gentle massage from below, while a massage therapist massages from above. Sounds relaxing doesn't it? Best of all, sand is au naturel.

SO NOW YOU KNOW!!!!!

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