We are Sis Wellness Holidays, a booking agency for inspirational wellness getaways in Spain and Portugal. Our goal is to inspire you to become your best self with our wellness and health tips. We write our blogs ourselves, sharing our knowledge, experiences, and insights as your SISters in wellness. We hope to motivate you with our advice on living a healthy lifestyle, so you can be the best version of yourself!
Metabolic Balance® is a scientifically based healthy eating program, backed up by 20 years of research by German Physicians and Nutritionists. It is a healthy eating plan for weight control and general well-being. There is no calorie counting, fasting or starving; you eat the nutrient-packed foods that your body needs as determined by a blood test. […]
Life extension science, also known as anti-ageing medicine is the study of slowing down the processes of aging to extend both the maximum and average lifespan. Some researchers in this area, and “life extensionists” or “longevists” (those who wish to achieve longer lives themselves), believe that future break-throughs in tissue rejuvenation with stem cells, molecular repair, and organ replacement (such as with artificial organs or xenotransplantations) will eventually enable humans […]
Last 6th of December SpaFinder® Wellness today revealed its annual Trends Report, which forecasts top trends that will impact the spa and wellness industry and shape consumer experiences around the globe. Susie Ellis, president of SpaFinder Wellness and industry expert, noted that when the company’s first trend report was issued a decade ago, the industry was […]
Could you ever imagine a world without colours? No way!! Aren´t we all inspired in front of the beauty of a green landscape, a virgin white beach and turquoise sea, a carmine sunset, a blue sky or a field full of red coloured poppies… But what you did not know is that the beauty of […]
Treatment menus sometimes show treatments or therapies, which you do not have a clue about what it is. Watsu is such a therapy, which makes most people say W(h)atsu??? Watsu is a gentle form of therapy that takes place in temperate (around 35°C.), waist-deep water. It combines elements of massage, joint mobilisation, shiatsu and muscle stretching. […]
In the last part of our Sauna trilogy we would like to pay attention to a very special kind of sauna which we have come across in Spain. Spain is extremely rich in thermal springs. The country has about 2,000 registered thermal springs, all in a beautiful natural setting. Mineral resources are located in places […]
In our earlier Blog we explained about the different kind of saunas there are available in modern Spa centers. Now we would like to learn you more about what the sauna can do for you apart from feeling HOT 🙂 Because the sauna is not just for heating up. At the moment you lay or […]
Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot… (part 1) In our opinion the heart of each Spa is by far the SAUNA!! In Holland people say ¨We go a day to the sauna¨, where they actually mean we go a day to the Spa. This example makes it clear how much the sauna is integrated in the Spa. […]
Do you also feel relieved when you can take off your shoes after a day at the office and do you also enjoy the feeling of freedom that you get when you walk barefoot in a park or on the beach on a nice summer day? That is because walking barefoot is a natural feeling […]
At every stage of life, yoga can be highly effective in helping women to achieve and maintain hormonal balance and inner harmony. Gentle, dynamic movements and deep postures, aligned with the breath, have a regenerative and revitalizing effect. Yoga helps you find your center, to remain flexible both internally and externally, it is soothing and […]