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How to Design a Spalike Hydrotherapy Experience at Home

kignews06/29/2022

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Photo courtesy of Anna Dabrowska / Licensed Project

How to Design a Spalike Hydrotherapy
Experience at home

Created with Kohler

Your eyes are closed and you are lying face down on the massage table. Six showers are suspended from the ceiling, perfectly tuned to target every inch of your body: Dense droplets drum your legs and feet in a vibrating pattern while a stream The mist is more gentle on your belly, chest and arms. Red light fills the room, thanks to the custom settings on the Vichy system above. The masseuse moves around the table with mint-soaked soccer balls, handing them onto paper towels.

It’s part of one of the next-level hydrotherapy experiences at Kohler Waters Spa in Destination Kohler. Aesthetician Nikki Miller, director of Kohler Waters Spa and Kohler Kitchen and Bath engineering team, says: “We massage the body from front and back with these spheres to challenge the vasoconstriction, contraction and local circulation. “But then you have this hot sensation immediately after taking a Vichy bath – you constantly feel the contrast all over your extremities. You are tightening and you are relaxing and you are tightening and you are relaxing. “

Set on a beautiful estate in Kohler, Wisconsin, the spa maintains the resort’s wellness program, which includes guided hikes, private yoga nidra exercises, and more.

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Immerse yourself in weekend health

The hydrotherapy treatments at Kohler Spa are not something you can do on your own at home. But it has inspired us to include some elements in our bathing routine.

first

Red light

The next best thing to installing red light panels in your bathroom: a rug that combines red-emitting LEDs with 13 pounds of amethyst, tourmaline, and jade gemstones. Before bathing, lie on warm stones to stimulate local circulation and relieve muscle tension for relaxation and wellness.

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2 Aromatherapy

Kohler Spa treatments combine aromatherapy throughout: lavender to soothe, mint to invigorate the treatments. We keep a diffuser in the bathroom for the same purpose.

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This pack includes four exclusive blends from vitruvi: Try Boost in the morning for citrus flavors and Moonbeam in the evening for a sense of calm.

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3 Hot and cold treatment

If you like it, try the routine Gwyneth wrote about in one of the first newsletters: Draw a bath that’s so hot you can handle it and mix in your favorite salt (we’re currently being bullied). haunted by “The Martini,” made with pink Himalayan salt). Soak for 20 minutes, then soak in a freezing cold shower for 1 minute. Return to the hot tub and stay there until the body is warmed up. Then go back to the shower for another minute.

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Of course, Kohler has a more elegant design for this type of experience: The Anthem Digital Control is a digital thermostatic valve system — the same technology installed in the Vichy showers at the spa. It allows you to try six pre-configured hydrotherapy treatments at the touch of a button.

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4 Sound bath

One of the spa’s hydrotherapy treatments incorporates manually adjustable bowls, which are partially filled with water and placed on the body to add a sense of vibration along with the sound.

Home version: Connect to a Bluetooth speaker in your bathroom and hit play on this 30-minute sonic bath for relaxation and sleep from holistic healer Jasmine Harsono.

5 Full body exfoliation

A key element of any spa treatment and, famously, nearly every one of our beauty routines.

We’ve created this exfoliating salt to smooth, exfoliate, soften and hydrate skin with mineral-rich salts and ultra-purifying oils.

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6 Moisturizing cream from head to toe

The final step – and perhaps the most important to feeling renewed – is to soak in a luxurious, clean butter or body oil.

Lotion from Augustinus Bader helps firm, plump and soothe for healthy skin. It’s made with TFC8 (the brand’s breakthrough ingredient to hydrate and repair skin), along with a complex of polysaccharides, vitamins B5 and E, and aloe to help lock in moisture for soft, supple skin.

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Or, if you have the foresight to light it up before your shower, try this hand-poured candle that doubles the body and massage oil. As the candle flickers, drip its nourishing blend of almond, baobab, and jojoba oils onto your (or someone else’s) skin and gently rub it in — it’s pure magic.