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The herbal paste is burned to help promote detoxification
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RAKxa reveals Long COVID retreat The heat from the treatment is to help ‘remove excess water elements’ such as phlegm and mucus. After the ritual, guests also spend time in a herbal steamroom to encourage total body detoxification. As part of RAKxa’s integrative approach, the package also includes IV treatments, hyperbaric therapy, acupuncture, abhyanga and more.
Euphoria, Greece Four nights €950 (£820, US$1,163)
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RAKxa Wellness and Medical Retreat, Bangkok, Thailand Three days THB150,000 (US$4,542, €3,821, £3,261)
Euphoria tackles pandemic-induced trauma Holistic destination spa Euphoria has launched a Feel Alive retreat to help purge and process negative emotions built up during the pandemic. Between July and November, the retreat is being hosted by Euphoria’s founder Marina Efraimoglou and spiritual mentor Mary Vandorou, who guide guests through a daily three-hour one-on-one session. Every morning guests do meditation, qi gong and breathwork, bodywork, forest walks, capoeira and expressive dancing. With a maximum of nine participants, activities include emotional expression work and theatrical improvisations, and creating personal mandalas with a vision of guests’ future. In the afternoon, attendees are encouraged to spend time at the spa or immersed in nature.
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The Feel Alive retreat helps guests with negative emotions
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Bangkok’s medi-wellness facility RAKxa has created a Long COVID package that uses traditional Thai medicine’s (TTM) ya-pao ritual where a herbal paste is placed on guests’ stomachs and then lit to help detoxify respiratory systems. The practice follows TTM’s philosophy which upholds that the body is based on the four elements.
