Stop Smoking Treatments That Work

The majority of smokers want to quit, but find it too difficult.  At some point they have tried going cold turkey, hypnotherapy, reading a self-help book, or swapping cigarettes for nicotine-replacement patches, gum, or e-cigarettes.  A few lucky people never start again, but most smokers spend years caught in the stop-start cycle, feeling out of control and unhappy.  Some people find that they replace fags with food, and start smoking again when they find that they have put on weight.

Over the counter products alone don’t always work.  If you are serious about quitting, I suggest a week-long smoking cessation retreat at a specialist spa to get help to stop smoking and to learn how to never start again.

Rather than just replacing the nicotine, “Stop Smoking” spa retreats will:

• Uncover the reasons you smoke
• Break the triggers that cause you to smoke
• Get rid of the cravings you have for cigarettes
• Give you techniques to deal with stress
• Educate you on how to be a healthy non-smoker

Spa retreats offer state of the art facilities and the top doctors, lecturers, and spa practitioners in their field.  Modern techniques and therapies are administered to get fast, long-lasting results.  Some of the most popular treatments include:

• Hypnotherapy
• Acupuncture
• Massage
• Detoxification
• Laser Therapy
• Magnetic Therapy
• Oxygen Therapy
• Serotherapy
• Ozone Therapy

In addition to lectures, counselling, and therapies, papering spa treatments are used to help you relax and relieve stress during this detox process which can be stressful on your body and taxing on your nerves.  You will learn relaxation techniques that you can practice once you return home as well.

Activities to distract yourself from your yearnings for cigarettes and fitness (particularly outdoor fitness) will make you feel healthy and curb your cravings.

Spa retreats help you to relieve the stress of quitting cigarettes, teach you coping strategies, and will help you focus on your priorities without any distractions or temptations.  It is a time to focus on yourself and to devote to improving the quality of your life to be healthy, live longer, and have more quality time to spend with your family. 

MY RECOMMENDATION –

SHA Wellness Clinic has an excellent 7 day programme to stop smoking using cutting edge technology, supervised by doctors.

Speak to Jo at Healing Holidays to find out more about the retreat.

What is your favourite spa to stop smoking? Let me know and I’ll blog about it.

By Spa Samurai

The Best Treatments for Insomniacs

We constantly seek stimulation in this digital age.  Nowadays everyone has a smartphone and uses it to fill the gaps in their day – work emails, social media updates, games, texting, and oh yeah – talking on the phone (how old skool)! We can’t seem to be separated from our phones for a minute and we all know someone that can’t help themselves from constantly checking their screen.  This over stimulation and fear of missing out on something is contributing to increased anxiety and sleeplessness. With the blessing of mobile convenience comes the curse of insomnia!

Sleep disorders are on the rise in the UK and there is an alarming number of couples who sleep in separate beds. Sleeping in the spare bed or on the couch is accepting the discomfort of sleepless nights, but now there are some effective holistic spa retreats that offer insomniacs a good night’s sleep.

Playfully called “Sleep School” or “Sleep Camp”, sleep retreats offer diagnosis and sleep enhancement therapies to get to the root of the problem and find solutions to treat sleep disorders.  There are numerous causes in addition to overstimulation that can contribute to sleepless ness – an unhealthy diet, stimulants (e.g., caffeine, sugar, supplements), stress, fear, and bad habits can all impair your circadian rhythm. Sleeping is a natural process and should be viewed as a monster that feeds on fear.

Sleep retreats are offered at specialized spas and usually last from 3 – 10 nights.  You will begin with a sleep enhancement consultation to determine the cause of your sleep imbalance.  The focus of the retreat is to address sleep issues through treatments and therapies that draw on naturopathy, traditional Chinese medicinal philosophies (e.g., acupuncture, Qigong), Indian medicinal philosophies (e.g., yoga, pranayama), and massage to treat your disorder in resort and to give you the tools to continue to once you have returned home.

State of the art technology such as polysomnography and auto-CPAP therapy is used in conjunction with specialized macrobiotic diets and relaxing spa treatments in most sleep retreats. Nutritionists, doctors, and lifestyle coaches teach you tactics  to break the cycle of insomnia.  At the heart of the strategies is mindfulness to stop the downward spiral when your thoughts begin to spin out of control.  You will also learn important facts like most people don’t need the golden 8 hours of sleep that most people think is necessary to be functional the next day.

So next time you are laying in bed stressed out about work or on the verge of murdering your partner who is blissfully snoring away next to you, you will know how  to shut out the mental noise (and noise from snoring) to finally be able to sleep like a baby.

MY RECOMMENDATIONS –

SHA Wellness, Spain – The 7 day “Sleep Well” program treats insomnia and apnea through Western diagnosis techniques and natural therapies.  They understand, from a medical perspective, the influence of sleeplessness on the circulatory, respiratory, and nervous system. SHA Wellness has earned its reputation as an expert in the field of sleep therapy through years of experience and a fully comprehensive program.

Kamalaya, Thailand – The “Sleep Enhancement Program” was started last May and is offered in 5, 7, or 9 day increments or you can add a 5 night “Add On Sleep Enhancement Program” on to any of the other spa retreats that they offer.  A unique combination of Eastern medicinal techniques (e.g., Chinese, Indian, Japanese) are used to create a balance between mind and body to provide long term solutions to insomnia.

Speak to Tracy at Healing Holidays.  She can answer any questions you have about these two spas and she can recommend her own choices for the best sleep retreats.

By Spa Samurai