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Prana Spa Report | Bali spa

On April 19, 2010, I visited “Prana Spa” in The Villas where calm Seminyak area! Prana Spa is known as the very qualified famous spa among Bali spa lovers. It’s popular that Indian Ayurvedic Shirodara and Yoga lesson by the famous yoga trainer. This time, I tried their original course for HIRO-chan, “Ayurvedic Chakra Course” and my first try to Yoga!

 

Visiting Prana Spa!

Leave our office in Jimbaran at 1:30 pm, and arrive at The Villas about 2:00 pm! This is the shuttle are of Prana Spa. It’s awesome beautiful car.

 

Through Palace-like Stairs to Lobby…

Once step into the spa from busy Kunti Street, suddenly the world is changed! I’m curious the space as Arabian or Indian palace, “Wow!!” The spa was designed based on the image of the legend of Rajasthan Palace, and it’s really exotic atmosphere as in “Arabian Nights Entertainments.” I’m for sure, I can have fascinate spa experience in here.

Through the garden that makes me feel like taking many pictures, climb up stairs to the lobby on the second floor.

The Lobby is exotic and classic atmosphere! There are not many spa that the lobby is inspired and offers gorgeous taste.

The attitude of the reception staffs is really nice, and I think it’s different from other spa. Check-in at the reception, sit down on the fabulous sofa, and have Welcome drink.

Have the grapefruit scent towel and hot honey lemon tea.

Take course counseling and fill out the counseling sheet.

“Disease” none,
“Allergy” none,
“Expect Pregnancy” none!!

I join Yoga lesson, that is held every day, the session from 5:30 to 7:00. So, I try the treatment first and then take Yoga.

Today’s Experience Menu: Ayurvedic Chakra (3.5 hours)

  1. Welcome Drink & Towel
  2. Prana Foot Ritual 10 min.
  3. Relaxing Body Massage 50 min.
  4. Shorodara 60 min.
  5. Yoga Lesson 90 min.
  6. Free Drink at Restaurant

 

Introduce Treatment Room & Facility!

◆ 1st Floor Moroccan-style Treatment Room ◆

Before the treatment, go to the photo touring of spa! It’s really the palace with impressive exotic atmosphere. Red and gold color spa’s wall is decorated by detailed decorations. Drawing and furniture are matched into the atmosphere by warm orange lighting.

 

 

The 1st floor is Moroccan-style room. It’s based on Arabian style. Some treatment rooms in the 1st floor has treatment bed- bathtub; it’s weird bed that has the bathtub under the bed mattress.

Twin Room has plenty of space. There is nice big bathtub that 2 persons can take it together.

 

◆ 2nd Floor Indian-style Treatment Room ◆

The 2nd floor is Indian-style. Is it Maharaja-like design? Comparing pictures, you can see differences of decoration and design of wall, etc.

There is no bathtub on the 2nd floor treatment room, so for the course including bath time, guests need to move to the bath room. (picture below)

 

◆ Salon ◆

Next room is Salon. If the course includes Cream Bath and Shampoo, use this room.

 

◆ Good Deal! FREE Pool & Sauna ◆

Actually, they offer pool & sauna for free! Guests who apply not only package but also other menus can use them for free. How nice service it is! It’s not big pool, so not swimming bat soaking. Sauna is also small, as size for 4 people.

If you want to use them, please bring your bathing suits!

 

◆ Changing Room, Locker, Shower ◆

 

And then, here is the last place, Changing Room. The picture is the room for women. There are locker with key, shower, changing room, and WC.

Put valuables, clothes, and shoes into the locker, and wear the red gown and slippers. After the treatment, guest can use this room; blowing hair and make-up, etc.

Cleansing, Face Moisture, Body Lotion, Cotton, and Cotton Sticks.

The mineral water with lemon and lime. I recommend to drink water before taking treatment because it tends to get thirsty during treatment.

 

Body Massage & Shirodara 120 min.

◆ Relaxing Body Massage 50 min. ◆

On the 2nd floor twin room, start treatment! The therapist is 10-year working experience in Prana Spa, she is the veteran. Her big arms show dignity.

The room is the most elegant than other spas that I tried, and it’s dark!! Because of darkness, pictures are dark and not clear; please understand this condition. Depend on the spa, offering treatment in bright room or sun lighting room, and I feel embarrassed sometimes, but I feel comfortable in this darkness.
The spa has many rooms, however, I don’t hear any noise from outside, and I can be calmed in quiet room. I like small volume of relaxation music, too.

 

The first impression when I lie down is “How comfortable bed mattress it is!!!”

There are varieties of size, width, type of treatment beds and the comfortableness is different. Especially, it’s very important of comfortableness of the face part when I lie down on my stomach! If the part were too hard or not just size, I feel really uncomfortable throughout the treatment time.

The bed in here has very thick cushion and soft. Plus, it’s wide enough for T-Manager, who has big body! It was the best treatment bed that I ever had.

Body Massage is the original smooth whole body massage by the combination of Balinese and Swedish style. Lie down on stomach and start from right leg. Right after the massage starts, I realize, “The oil is special!!!”
It is totally different touching comparing with general spa oil; it’s not sticky but very light and smoothly covers skin with a few drops. It’s massage as whole body is covered with a film.

The skill of the therapist is very good and perfect!!!
Calm room, quietness, and perfect bed… It is really happy relaxing time. Usually, I don’t fall asleep in 50 min. massage, but this time, I almost half asleep. I’m really calm and finishing massage.

 

◆ Shirodara 60 min. ◆

Shorodara inclues 20 min. Oil Head Massage, 20min. Dropping Oil, and 20 min. Neck and Shoulder Massage. First, put bottled oil to the hairline, massage head skin by hands, and absorb oil into hair. I feel really good about smooth touching of oil massage on not only head but also face line and chin.

After that, get up and the therapist prepares for dropping oil. She asks me, “Do you want to drink mineral water?” so I take a break with water.
I lie down and close eyes with cotton… I feel warm touching on my forehead!

“Prana Spa is Shirodar, Shirodara is Prana Spa.” As it is, it’s the favorable menu.

Shirodara seeks the complete calm world rather than hair care, and it’s very difficult menu that the therapist needs skills and detailed care to make guest relaxed.

I tried Shirodara in Adi Spa, Toya Spa, and Queen Rose, but it’s very difficult to meet all conditions; temperature of oil, touching of skin, calm and relaxing atmosphere, and skill of therapist. However, Prana Spa meets all conditions and it is perfect Shirodara! It was the best Shirodara, and I enjoyed warm oil touching for 60 min. After finishing the treatment, go back to the changing room, rinse hair by the special shampoo for Shirodara, blow hair, and change to Yoga cloth.

 

Yoga Lesson 90 min. (17:30 to 19:00)

In Yoga Room next to the lobby, the lesson already started because we took longer time to take spa pictures than we planned! Round shape Yoga room doesn’t have AC, so it’s normal temperature. In orange color and little dark room, Balinese instructor, I can hear Mr. Putu’s calm voice. Today’s attendants are about 15 people. Most of them come from western country, and there are some Indonesian and Japanese.

Nobody talks to us, so we bring Yoga mattress and open it on the open space. Now, we just start Yoga to follow others! Aiko is the beginner without Yoga experience and knowledge, and T-Manager tried a few times.

 

 

Mr. Putu’s lesson is offered by English and Indonesian. I cannot understand well either one, so just follow Mr. Putu and others to make posing. Keep one posing for 10 seconds and relax, keep next posing for 10 seconds… and continues. Mr. Putu checks positioning and body angle during lesson.

To be honest, I didn’t know that Yoga is such a hard sport, I considered it too easy… Recently, I’m losing my muscles as I cannot open the cap of pet bottle. It’s really hard Yoga debut for me!! It’s normal temperature in the room, so I sweat a lot and my sweat dropping off.

Four hands pose.  “Ready, go!” pose. (Aiko named)

 

Looking down dog pose.
This pose is very important pose for flow style yoga. It effects for boredom, chronic tiredness, hunchback, and shoulder stiffness, in addition, can be expect bust-up and hip-up!

Monkey King pose.
This pose needs flexibility of hip-joint, and it effects tiredness of legs and waist, wrap pelvis, and cold blood circulation, plus, shape-up hip and back fat.

Most of people bring their towel for sweat and mineral water. Both are “must” items!!

As I checked later, Hero’s pose, Baby’s pose, Triangle pose, Flog pose, Archery pose, V pose, new moon pose, Empty pose, and Cobra pose, etc. At the end, all together “Empty pose.” Lie down on the floor, release whole body force, and think nothing to finish the lesson. I’m really tired to used up my energy, but I feel refresh for body and mind. It’s good to exercise! Thank you very much.

 

Postscript…

HIRO-chan’s original “Ayurvedic Chakra” that you can try both popular Shirodara and Yoga in Prana Spa. In this covering, I’m confident that Prana Spa is surely offering great service!

Massage and Shirodara was perfect, and Yoga was hard but I could really refresh after that. If my house were closer, I wanted to try in my day-off.

Yoga level is okay for beginners also, however, it might be little bit hard for aged-people. Wear casual clothes to easy to move. I recommend you to bring towel and mineral water.

In addition, this course is offered by the reasonable price. For only Shirodara 60 min., the price is $81 (April 2010 in HIRO-chan price), but this course include Yoga lesson and Massage also!! Please try!

※This report was written based on the information when the time of visiting. Course menu and schedule might be changed without notice. In addition, the report contains individual opinion and impression, however, these are not applied for all people. Please read it just for your reference. Thank you.

 

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