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Sand Bathing | Japanese Sunaburo and Sunamushi
Sand Bathing is a popular treatment in Japan, called Sunaburo or Sunamushi. The therapy, sometimes referred to as Sablotherapy, Psammatotherapy, or Ar [ ... ]

Mountaineering for Physical and Mental Health
Mountaineering is also called mountain climbing or alpinism, and involves outdoor activities that aim at ascending mountains. There are several types [ ... ]

Thalassotherapy | Healing with Seawater
Thalassotherapy is a healing therapy that involves using the beneficial properties of seawater and other sea products. The word “thalassa” [ ... ]

Sleeping in Open Air and its Health Benefits
Sleeping is essential for the health of all living beings, but moreover, it’s the quality of sleep that counts. Usually, humans sleep indoors in [ ... ]

What Is Japanese Onsen Bathing?
The Japanese word Onsen refers to “hot water,” “mineral water,” or “water vapor” that comes from underground. As a general rule one could [ ... ]

Climatotherapy | Relocation to a More Favorable Climatic Region
Climatotherapy is about a temporary or permanent relocation to a region with a more favorable climate for a person who suffers (or recovers) from a he [ ... ]

Silence Before the Storm and the Law of Duality
The expression (or idiom) silence before the storm — or calm before the storm — has always intrigued me, because apart from its figurative [ ... ]

Naturism | Practicing Communal and Non-Sexual Nudity
Naturism — sometimes also called Nudism — is a lifestyle of practicing communal, non-sexual nudity in the private and public sphere. Moder [ ... ]

Balneotherapy | Mineral Bath Treatments
Balneotherapy is defined as the treatment of disease by bathing in mineral springs, or bathing in mineral pools that are offered in (medical) spas or [ ... ]

Hay Bath | Heubad Health Benefits
A Hay Bath, also known as Heubad, Alpine Bath, or Alpine Hay Bath, is the practice of “bathing in hay,” which involves immersing oneself for a cer [ ... ]