Good morning friends. When we heard of the word spa, it comes to my mind that it is a process of massaging any part of the body. It is one way to feel our body relax and free with tension. It’s good the may ones a week we have to go to a massage parlor or let our family do that to us. But did you know that there is something with a different meaning of spa when it comes to religion? Let me share this with you.
The spa is a sanctuary that enables self-renewal in an environment that can be described as being the antithesis of our fast-paced, high-tech world by facilitating retreat into the vital elements of life.The focus on ‘healing environments’ has emphasised the quality of touch, smell, hearing, seeing and sensing to bring us into harmony with a natural state of being where we are no longer required ‘to do’, but rather, ‘to be’.
In a worldwide fusion of influences, the spa has evolved into a place where we go to reconnect with our inner selves, our soul, and experience that joyous sense of gratitude for simply being alive that comes so easily when you feel good. This journey through the elements nurtures the body, yet takes us beyond its finite form into a timelessness and serenity where we are content to simply breathe, happy in our own skin.
The spa has become the new monastery, the house of the spirit, a place where we all become one in the anonymity of robes, shared baths, bareness, peace and the mutual respect we hold for each other’s space. The mystical quality of human consciousness is reflected in these temples of repose, where the hands-on therapist creates the bridge across the divide from chaos to peace, from stress to balance, guiding us further on to touch base with our inner gods, whoever they may be, bringing us home to ourselves. – The Times of Indian