On May 8, 2010, I visited Siesta Spa in Jimbaran! Siesta is coming 12 years old in this year, the long established spa. This time, I tried “Mind Spirit” which is one of the new menus made for HIRO-chan!
Visiting the long established spa, Siesta!
Leaving the office at 9:00 am by Siesta shuttle car, and arrive there in 10 min. The spa is in Jimbaran, so they are our neighbor.
It locates one way inside by by-pass from Nusa Dua to Kuta, so it’s near from the airport and good access.
This is the view of outside. It’s little bid old and well-used building.
Throughout the wooden door, there is the lobby in front. It’s down light and calm atmosphere. It’s still early morning, so it’s quiet without any guests.
Welcome Drink is the rare turmeric tea.
Throughout the wooden door, there is the lobby in front. It’s down light and calm atmosphere. It’s still early morning, so it’s quiet without any guests.
■Vata （Orange, Jasmine）
…Release nervousness and stress
■Kapha （Lavender, Flower）
…Enhance sleep by relaxing effect
■Pita （Traditional）
…Absorb into skin, and feeling moisturized skin.
In Siesta, fill out this form, and based on that, the staff chooses the best oil for your condition.
Physique?→ Normal
Body temperature?→ Cold whole body
Sleep?→ Long and deep
I answer like that, my oil is decided to Vata Oil♪
At the lobby, you can purchase Siesta recommended soap, spa products such as cream bath, etc. and Bali goods, etc.
← Natural Soap $2
Lotus, Sandalwood, Frangipani, etc. you can choose depend on your skin type and fragrances.
Red Rice Tea $3
← The whole-rice tea of roasted red rice of bali. It’s beautiful red tea. Whole-rice contains vitamin B2 and B6 for creating bright skin.
Photo Touring in Siesta!
Before starting the treatment, watch inside of Siesta! Throughout the lobby, there are the garden in the site surrounded by wall, and the heart shape swimming pool on the center. If you bring your own bathing suit, you can swim there for free.
Surrounding the pool, there are the treatment building, bale for taking rest, and foot massage space, etc. The small building on the right side of picture has 2 Twin Rooms of villa type.
The view from opposite side of the pool. In the building in front, there are the lobby, dressing room, and salon, and there are foot massage chairs faced to the courtyard.
Cool bale beside the pool. Treatment Room building.
◆ Locker ◆
In Siesta, they prepare lockers in 2 places; beside lobby and in dressing room. Put valuables such as wallet and mobile phone, etc. into the locker beside lobby.
◆ Dressing Room & Shower ◆
Ladies’ Dressing room. There are shower, WC, wash stand, and locker with key.
In this locker, put big belongings such as clothes for change and sandals.
Shower and space for changing clothes. Tonner, Hair jell, towel, brush.
Men’s dressing room. Same structure as ladies’ room.
◆ Treatment Room ◆
There are 5 Single Rooms with fans. It’s rectangular shape and a bathroom at the end.
Siesta is really kind for single guests! Regardless of menu and price, they offer the shuttle service for single guests also.
Ceiling is connecting through rooms. You might hear the voice from next room?
4 Twin Rooms. In a bigger room, there are 2 beds and a bathroom at the end. The room itself is little bit old, but natural wind and lights through into the room and have relaxing atmosphere.
Cute heart shape bathtub and shower. It’s open-air and bright space.
One of 4 rooms is the connecting type! Recommended for who want to take massage with friends and family in the same room, but don’t want to see each other during massage…and want to take a bath separately…
Other 2 rooms are detached house type villa! You can take treatments in the independent one-stories house. At the entrance, it is separated to the right side room and the left side room.
The left room. The biggest difference comparing with other rooms is taking spa on the mattress on the floor not on the bed! In this way, taking spa as lay down on bedding on Japanese rush mattress, so it is also popular for aged people. Not as the treatment room building, the ceiling is not connected and it’s kept more privacy.
The right side room has the same structure. It’s nice to have the partition.
It’s rare in spa of Bali, but there is charcoal. It has effects of control moisture and deodorant. I feel Japanese atmosphere.
Marble stone taste, bright bathroom. Shower space doesn’t have roof.
◆ Foot Massage ◆
There are 8 Massage Chairs. It has good cushion and hard chair. It must be refreshed to take Foot Massage with wind while watching the view!
◆ Salon ◆
Use this salon for Cream Bath, Shampoo & Blow.
HIRO-chan Original! Try Mind Spirit
Today’s Menu: Mind Spirit (2 hours)
※ The order of treatments might be changed. |
Today’s therapist, Santi. She has 10 years long therapist experience and Siesta working experience.
For men, Jinbee (Japanese summer cloth) type cloth and for women, Tube-top one-piece. Change in the dressing room. Leave clothes and bags, etc. into the locker in dressing room.
◆ Ayurvedic Massage 60 min. ◆
Move to the treatment room and start massage! The room is little bit small and cozy. The therapist covers my body by the smooth touch, big pattern salon.
First, apply finger pressure-like massage from above the towel. From up to down, press strongly along the straight line.
Massage is started from this position and style.
Start from left sole, calf, to tight. Next is right leg. Press massage with thumbs and the slippery long stroke touching with using oil.
The technique is the Balinese standard. Santi’s massage is very stable strength and she knows the points that I want massage, so I can feel ease to take it!! It’s effective stiffness around neck.
After 40 min. massage of lying down on stomach position, turn over and continue massage in the same order.
Massage of lying down on stomach position includes Stomach Massage for removing fat and Arm Massage for removing tiredness of deskwork, and I feel so good.
◆ Shirodara 30 min. ◆
Shirodara starts around the time I doze off by 60 min. Whole Body Massage.
Shirodara is the typical treatment of Ayurveda that drop lukewarm sesame oil on forehead and make mind relaxed and released.
The therapist puts lukewarm oil into the jar, and drops the oil on forehead.
Shirodara is the difficult treatment to control the oil temperature, but Siesta is perfect! Oil of little bit hot than body temperature is just suitable. If it’s too cold, I would be so disappointed.
Dropping oil on forehead is itch at first, but get used to the touching soon. This is my 5th times try, but I smell something fresh than I ever had. I asked about it later, and they use the sesame oil with herb aroma oil.
Move the position of jar, and drop plenty of oil on left and right head line.
Warm oil soak into head, that is unique soft feeling.
While dropping oil, apply foot massage.
It’s different pattern of other Shirodara. Healing head and feet at the same time.
All oil in the jar used up, Shirodara is finished. Wring hair with soaking oil, cover by towel, and move to the shower room. After taking shower and changing tube-top one-piece, go to the salon.
Rinse shampoo quickly as taking in the Japanese salon, and blow hair, then finish. Thank you very much!
Postscript of Siesta…
25th time covering! Aiko’s Impression
I had images that “Old-established,” “Popular for Japanese,” and “Reasonable Price” toward Siesta, and I visited there first time. When I arrived at the spa, I thought, “It’s little bit old building…” but throughout the lobby, out of my expectation, there are the broad green garden and the heart shape pool on the center; the atmosphere is suddenly changed to Bali-like.
I took 2 hours Mind Spirit that is the course including Shirodara! Taking Shirodara continues to the first massage, so I just lay down for 1.5 hours. The course can cure the tiredness of touring. Shirodara is the really professional as the temperature of the oil, skills of therapists, and the atmosphere. The fresh aroma scent was new for me. Usually, it uses lots of the special oil, so accordingly, it’s expensive, however, they offer such a treatment in the tour program!
Moreover, the way of shampoo was really good as Japanese salon, and the face cover cotton has good scent, etc.; they offer detailed service and hospitality. I understood that many guests repeatedly visit the spa, and it’s the spa to take treatments with ease.
If you “don’t apply to the tour, but I want to try the course!,” you can apply Siesta and HIRO-chan’s original, “Ayurveda Mind (2.5 hours)”!
※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.