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Spa Feast 2008
Saturday, January 26
10AM ~ 1PM @ The Country
Inn at Berkeley Springs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13,
2008
PRESS CONTACT ONLY: Jeanne Mozier 304-258-4248
www.berkeleysprings.com/spas
PHOTOS AVAILABLE -- email Jeanne Mozier - star@starwv.com
HISTORIC SPA CAPITAL
STAGES A PAMPERING FEAST
BERKELEY SPRINGS, WV -- Berkeley Springs, a centuries-old health resort
and the present-day Spa Capital of West Virginia, stages a free sampling of its
more than 50 bodywork and health-enhancing treatments at the 18th annual Spa
Feast Saturday morning fair on January 26 from 10am to 1pm at the Country Inn
at Berkeley Springs. Spa Feast is the first major weekend of Berkeley
Springs' three- month Winter Festival of the Waters.
The three-hour fair showcases an array of health-giving therapies ranging
from Lomi Lomi and Russian massage to foot reflexology, acupuncture, facials
and
pedicures. Information
booths provide samples of homeopathic remedies, locally made herbal oils and
healthy treats that taste good. Shop owners and professional staff
are on hand to talk about special diets and holistic treatment for pets.
There are
demonstrations as well as diagnostic tests from War Memorial Hospital. Highlighting
National Yoga Day, local teachers present demonstrations and mini-classes
throughout the morning. Door prizes, including massages and other treatments,
and health
and beauty products are given away every half hour.
Atasia Spa debuts its new line of mineral cosmetics designed by Hollywood make-up
artist and skin cancer survivor Susan Posnick with natural sun blocks. Three
people an hour will receive a free application.
The Spa Feast welcomes the new Colonial Springs Spa that is part of Berkeley
Springs Inn/Best Western. Designed with a down-home country style decor,
Colonial offers a full-line of body and skin services including massages,
facials, pedicures
and manicures by licensed professionals. Specialty treatments are a hot stone
facial that places two large heated stones under the shoulders during the
facial and a stone pedicure with little hot stones between the toes and larger
stones
used to massage the calves. "We wanted to offer a treatment that was not
being done in town," said Tanya Martz, spa manager. Another special feature
offered by Colonial are in-room massages at the adjacent inn. "Our guests
wanted something nearby," said Larry Omps, owner of the Berkeley Springs
Inn. "We see this as complimenting our lodging." Colonial Spa is
offering sample massages at the Spa Feast.
"
It's exciting to have six spas in town along with all the individual practitioners," said
Laura Smith, Travel Berkeley Springs' administrator. "We heard there
were more lawyers opening offices so to keep our famous claim of three times
as many
massage therapists as lawyers in town, we needed a new spa."
Spa Feast expands beyond the Saturday morning fair to a weekend of special
spa-related activities including spa treatment packages, healthy specials
at local restaurants
and sale prices on spa and health items at several downtown shops. Seekers
of health and stress relief are urged to experience in-depth versions of
the samples
at the spa fair and plan a two-day adventure picking and choosing among the
town's spas and other practitioners. Soaking in heated mineral springs water
in the
1815 Roman Bath House in Berkeley Springs State Park proves to weary winter
travelers that warm water is closer then they think.
For more than 250 years, visitors to the area have followed in the path of
Native Americans who soaked in the warm mineral waters from time immemorial.
George
Washington was the beginning of a parade of notables that made Berkeley Springs
the destination of choice during a series of spa Golden Ages. Historic
visitors would be astonished at the range of treatments -- and the facilities
that house them -- now sharing center stage with traditional soaks in the
warm mineral springs that still flow unabated in the center of town. Berkeley
Springs
easily translates its history as America?s first spa into its future as the
premier spa town of the 21st century.
Information on the Saturday morning fair, Spa Feast specials and great lodging/spa
packages is detailed on Travel Berkeley Springs award- winning Website at
www.berkeleysprings.com. or call 1-800-447-8797, and ask for a Winter Festival
of the Waters calendar
covering events in January through March.
A SAMPLING OF SPA FEAST
FAIR PARTICIPANTS
~ AnimaliA Veterinary Care -- Holistic approach to pets, including homeopathy,
acupuncture and nutritional counseling; also conventional medicine.
~ Atasia Spa -- Thai, therapeutic and Lomi Lomi massage; wraps and scrubs
as well as pedicures, facials and manicures. Whirlpool tubs, steamroom and
sauna.
~ Awakenings Health Center -- Reflexology, acupuncture with Dr. Lin Wang, massage,
Aqua-Chi foot bath, classes and more.
~ Bath House Day Spa & Shop-- Couples, Thai Yoga and Russian massage; Thai
body wrap and coffee scrubs. Bath-related shop offers natural organic
products.
~ BeautiControl -- Skin care, make-up classes and in-home spa escapes. Full
line of make-up and skin care products as well as bath & body products.
~ Berkeley Springs State Park -- Historic Roman Baths, steam treatments, Swedish
massage.
~ Colonial Springs Spa -- Couples & therapeutic massage; hot stone pedicures
and facials, Baltic mud wrap; manicures.
~ Community Garden Market -- Organic food and other holistic health products.
~ The Country Inn at Berkeley Springs ~ Five Senses Spa -- Therapeutic massage,
pedicures, manicures, European facials and body waxing. Two-person whirlpools.
~ Have Table Will Travel -- Therapeutic, pre-natal and post-partum massage
with Samantha Redston.
~ Homeopathy Works -- The world's only combination manufactory, museum and
retail outlet of homeopathic medicine.
~ Sage Moon Herb Shop --Herbs and teas, essential oils, natural body care,
books, crafts, jewelry and more.
~ Tamme Marggraf -- Acupuncture and vibrational medicine. Realign with
nature to promote ease in the body/mind/spirit.
~ Peggy Carey -- Young Living Ambassador/Wellness Consultant. Chemical-free
personal care products, massage oil, essential oil/herb enhanced nutritional
supplements, rejuvenating antioxidant juice, and anti-aging skin restoration
formula.
~ War Memorial Hospital -- Full service hospital and emergency room; wellness
program and swimming pool.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 2008
PRESS CONTACT ONLY: Jeanne Mozier 304-258-4248
www.berkeleysprings.com/spas
PHOTOS AVAILABLE -- email Jeanne Mozier - star@starwv.com
For information on the Spa
Fair, Spa Feast specials and great lodging rates call Travel Berkeley
Springs at 1-800-447-8797, and ask for a Winter
Festival of the Waters calendar covering January through March
or check Berkeley Springs prize
winning Website at www.berkeleysprings.com.
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