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Quarterly Magazine / Issue 8 RRP £3.99 Treatment Focus Why looking after your feet will do good for your whole body A therapist’s guide to make-up removal by Elemis 5 Simple Steps To Breaking A Game of Thrones Bad Habit A new year, at Bali Health Lounge a new you Interview with Indira Varma YOUR LIFE more joy BALI HEALTH LOUNGE MEMBERSHIP We believe life should be full of enjoyment. This lead us to create the Bali Health Lounge Membership - a simple and structured way to live and relax. Discover how our membership can help bring more joyful moments to your life. Make a healthy choice for a healthy life -style today. Find out more www.balihealthlounge.com/membership #FeelTheDifference Quarterly Magazine / Issue 8 WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO Hola! "Hello in Spanish" More and more training... We worked with two new trainers to continue our wonderful training scheme: Active Health Group in the Northern Quarter, and Valerie Delforge of Delforge + Co, both delivering fantastic training days in their respective fields of expertise. And also our first batch of therapists have now completed our 18 month Bali Health Lounge training programme! Congratulations. Things got festive... New faces We took a day off treatments and gathered the We continued to grow our team and welcome full team to hold our team Christmas party and Agnieszka, Amie, Jolene, Enika and Lena to the awards ceremony. We recognised all the hard team, this has been our biggest recruitment drive work of our star performers over the year, and yet and we are super pleased we have managed then we headed out for a glamorous evening of to hire such fantastic therapists! Lucky us! serious food and drink. Produced by Bali Health Lounge. If you would like extra copies please contact [email protected] Disclaimer: Bali Health Lounge is not a medically certified institution and information written in this newsletter are not written by a medically qualified doctor. Any advice or information contained in this newsletter or obtained from any Bali Health Lounge staff or website ("Information") is strictly on a non-medical basis. All information provided is delivered through our own experience and research. Bali Health Lounge limited is not responsible for any bodily harm or injury caused as a result of Information provided. If you wish to follow any advice given in the Information and are unsure if suitable for you, you should seek clarification from your GP or medically certified doctor. Quarterly Magazine / Issue 8 Why looking after your feet will do good for your whole body We often joke about wanting a foot rub but when was the last time you actually tool care of your feet? Our feet carry the full weight of our bodies every day whether One large review by Kunz and Kunz (2008) summarised 168 you only walk 1 mile or 100 miles. Even if you’re wearing shoes research studies from around the world and concluded that your feet are usually the point of contact between you and the reflexology may: tough outside world. For what are actually quite small parts of our body, they deal with a huge level of activity, which is why at ✔ Impact specific organs the end of the day, we love to put our feet up. For example, fMRI readings demonstrated an increase in blood flow to kidneys and to the intestines. Keeping our feet in good working condition is therefore very important, but what you may not know is that the feet actually ✔ Improve symptoms have a big impact on the rest of the body as well. Connected to In particular, positive changes were noted in kidney functioning your whole body through your nervous system, bone structure with kidney dialysis patients. (where your feet are the main point of load transfer externally) and major leg muscles you will find that relaxing your feet will ✔ Induce relaxation have resulting effects on the rest of your body as well. Through EEG measurements of alpha and theta waves, resear -chers saw that blood pressure decreased, and anxiety lowered. Reflexology is an ancient technique based on the principle that there are reflex points on the feet that correspond to various ✔ Reduce pain areas of the body. Over the years, research has shown that Twenty-seven studies demonstrated a positive outcome for stimulating these reflex points can deliver many benefits. reduction in pain; e.g., AIDS, chest pain, peripheral neuropathy of diabetes mellitus, kidney stones, and osteoarthritis. Using moderate pressure and pinpointing specific parts of your feet, reflexology will massage away the tension from your feet, and you will find your whole body begins to be relaxed as well. There is no question that reflexology can put a spring in your By bringing your body into a state of balance and equilibrium, step. A single 30 minute treatment with a professional therapist many people who experience reflexology may relieve tension can make a difference, so why not give it a go now! In fact, you in the rest of the body as much as, if not more than, a full body don’t have to run around in circles looking for a fabulous reflex massage. -ologist, we have some excellent ones here at Bali Health Lounge. Quarterly Magazine / Issue 8 A Therapist’s Guide to Make-Up Removal There is nothing we look forward to than on a Friday evening when we get off work and head out for a drink and nice meal with our friends. We also know that some nights, removing your make-up is the last thing you want to do before you sink into slumber. However, it is important - there’s no way around it if you want good skin health. So we thought we would give you some expert support and advice on how to get it right from Therapist Supervisor at The House of ELEMIS, Hannah Barnes. What's really so bad about leaving my eye make-up on at night? Anything unnatural on the body for any length of time is going to inhibit the natural function. The eye area is made up of such delicate skin, we must cleanse the skin to remove any impurities and ensure we avoid any premature ageing or unnece -ssary drying of the skin. For the lashes also; you want them to be able to breathe and grow. Using White Flowers Eye & Lip Oil, lotion, gel, micellar water.... what's the best texture to Make-up Remover with Vitamin B5 to help enrich the lashes remove eye make-up? I believe it's personal choice. Just as you overnight, is a great way to protect them. have your favourite facial cleansing texture to use, you can find your favourite eye make-up remover too. I personally love a Why doesn't ELEMIS make face wipes? We've all heard the more oil-based one, which feels nourishing and helps the worrying stories about face wipes; some being able to remove make-up to simply slide off the skin and lashes. limescale, others cleaning stains off windscreens. Who knows if this is the case? But as a therapist, what I do know, is that a lot What about waterproof make-up? For waterproof make-up, of my clients who have come to me for advice having used these using an oil based or bi-phase (one you shake to mix the oil for years, have extremely sensitive and dehydrated skin. and water-like solution together) is the best way to clear away that stubborn mascara and make-up off the eye area. Make-up wipes typically contain a lot of alcohol and preservatives, to keep the wipe itself moist. This is unnatural and can destroy My eye area always tingles when I cleanse - what am I the skin’s natural microflora and acid mantle - the skin’s environ doing wrong? You're not necessarily doing anything wrong, -ment, natural protective film and pH balance - if these harmful you just might be using something not specifically designed for substances come into contact with the skin. This in turn causes the eye area or something your eyes are slightly sensitive to. I the skin to become problematic with dehydration or breakouts. would recommend trying a different product, something natural and suitable for sensitive skin. White Flowers Eye & Lip Make-Up The closest thing we provide to a facial wipe is our incredible Remover contains White Water Lily, White Peony Extract and Smart Cleanse Micellar Water. I fell in love with this product White Tea, as well as Marine Spring Water, all natural and calm when I first used it. It's perfect for those nights, when you come -ing ingredients to ensure you do not experience any heightened in exhausted from either work or play and can't muster up the sensitivity in the eye area. energy to get to the sink to do a deep cleanse. Grab your bottle of Smart Cleanse Micellar Water, your packet of cotton wool and What's the best temperature water to use? The happy simply sweep away the day. Rest easy that you've gone to bed medium. Nothing too hot or too cold, just lukewarm water is having carried out your skincare. perfect to enhance the effectiveness of your make-up remover. Smart Cleanse Micellar Water £24.00 Single or double cleanse? Join the double cleanse club - two is always better than one! This will ensure make-up is fully removed and that your skin’s microflora is in its best possible environment. What else do I need to perform the best cleanse? Cotton wool pads are a therapist’s best friend.