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“Imagine sitting on the beach with your toes in the salty sand, it’s a perfect day, around 70 degrees, and the air is charged with the feeling of a thunderstorm preparing to roll in. You can feel the electricity in the air, you can taste and smell the negative ions surrounding you, bringing you to a deep state of calm and blissful relaxation,” says Sienna Creasy, the spa and wellness director at Kukui‘ula (kukuiula.com) in Kaua‘i. “This is the effect of being in a Himalayan salt cave.” As an established luxury residential resort community, Kukui‘ula recently expanded its wellness offerings with a Himalayan salt lounge where both homeowners and guests can experience the calming and detoxifying effects of salt therapy. “Our salt lounge experience will be likened to this ocean-meets-tropical cave where you will be cocooned within a space that hosts floor-to-ceiling illuminated pink Himalayan salt blocks and heated benches and a granulated salt floor that you can dig your feet or whole body into,” explains Creasy. “A halotherapy generator will pump grains of medicinal-grade salt, purifying the air and to aid in reducing inflammation in the body. Lava stones will encompass the front windows looking off to the Kaua‘i Mountains.” The robust wellness program continues to be one of Kukui‘ula’s most popular aspects, which includes the highly requested signature Coconut Indulgence spa treatment, and out-of-the-box wellness and fitness experiences from flamenco dance classes to Sip and Sound Healing. Plus in 2023, a Living Well Master Series program will begin, offering guests a rejuvenating and restorative experience, bringing acclaimed masters across wellness, culinary and culture to design bespoke programming. Now, with the salt lounge, guests can hide in an ultimate healing space to deepen well-being practices.
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