Just like heaven

IN THIS fast-paced, cut-throat life, most of us experience moments of extreme stress. While not necessarily life threatening, such responses to stress as a rapid heartbeat and nausea can be controlled by focusing on our breathing for a few seconds. 
Longer lasting benefits come with a few hours at a spa and while the traffic build-up and frustrating navigation through cars, motorbikes and pedestrians on Sukhumvit Soi 11 ramps up my personal stress levels, I can feel my heart slowing as I draw up to Divana Nature Spa, Thai Retreat and Longivity. 

The treatment rooms boast a modern design along with a steam room, en-suite bathroom, and two large lotus motif baths.

As an effective preventive measure against the stressors of everyday life, Divana Nature Spa integrates traditional Thai medicine and oriental wisdom with a modern holistic approach to wellbeing. Elegant and tasteful in design, the spa offers treatments based on four fundamental principles of “Wellness Life”, both psychological and physical, by ridding the body of toxins and impurities and healing mind and spirit through natural methods. 
The theme of this one-rai property is the lotus blossom, symbolising the bloom of youth and longevity. The mansion zone boasts a courtyard, an inner healing glass house called Anatta, an alternative treatment room called Arokaya, a reception area, product corner, and treatment rooms whose names represent the meaning of lotus. The villa zone meanwhile is detached from the main property and flanks the mansion on both sides. It has 16 double treatment rooms with 32 beds and an en-suite bathroom as well as a steam room. 
The lotus motif, representing a harmonious blend of lotus flowers, petals, leaves and patterns, comes n forms and lines that depict the stages of unfurling (the abstract) and display (the concrete) throughout the compound. The furniture is contemporary Thai in design and reflects the subtle craftsmanship, which is particularly evident in the bas-relief walls in the interior and the baths. 

The reception area

The features of the lotus flower are incorporated into the design of all 36 treatments, which range from 70 minutes to 210 minutes. 
One of the recommended treatments, “Organic Golden Silk Royal Pampering” indulges guests with the ultimate luxury of natural skin nourishment – silk. The 210-minute journey start with a detoxifying Ashiyu Foot Soak and Refreshing Foot Toner using Divana’s organic products and is followed by the Prana lemongrass scrub that combines the citrusy scent of Siamese’s signature herbs (kaffir lime, ginger, galangal) with an Acupressure Point massage of the legs and feet. 
For the body, the therapist uses organic tanaka to cover the whole body and then flicks the skin lightly with sericin silk thread. Thai silk is endowed with beneficial properties and this golden silk thread is rich in protein while the mulberry leaves, contain significant vitamins. The golden cocoons contain a total of 18 essential silk amino acids known to be good for the hair and skin. More fresh, natural and organic ingredients are added during the massage including a Milky Compress and a Honey and White Pearl body scrub. 
Guests are then escorted to the steam room for a 15-minutes mulberry detoxifying treatment that stimulates circulation, drains lymph nodes, and opens pores. 

Organic and fresh ingredients are used to rejuvenate body and mind. 

Back on the treatment bed, the therapist relaxes muscular tension with a massage using organic silk and warmed Korean ginseng oil. This is followed by a Golden Silk Moisturising Facial Mask to disperse the free radicals, nourish the skin, and reduce signs of ageing. 
The treatment ends with a carefree soak in a flowery Golden Cocoon Luminous milk bath, leaving the skin smooth, healthy-looking and reinvigorated. 
Each programme is an innovation in its own right. Thanks to the integration of traditional Thai remedies, warm herbal compresses and massage with acupuncture, yogi massage, ayurvedic massage and medical technology, you leave the spa feeling pampered, relaxed and ready to battle the traffic once more without getting stressed. 
 

SMOOTH AS SILK
>> Organic Golden Silk Royal Pampering is priced at Bt6,950. 
>> Other programmes cost between Bt1,450 and Bt9,850,
>> The spa is open from 11am-11pm on weekdays and from 10am on weekends. Bookings are accepted until 8pm.
>> Book your session by calling (02) 651 2916 or find out more by visiting www.DivanaSpa.com/NurtureSpa